Technology Procurement Specialist

The role

You will research, evaluate, negotiate and buy technology products and services for the firm, including hardware, software, cloud, market data, network and data centre services. You will also manage supplier relationships and the lifecycle of assets.

What you will do

• Research, evaluate, negotiate and procure technology products and services across hardware, software, cloud, market data, network, data centre, professional services and emerging technologies.
• Lead structured sourcing processes, including requirements, RFIs, RFPs, vendor due diligence, proposal evaluation, negotiation, contract review and purchase approvals.
• Work with engineering, infrastructure, security, legal, finance and business teams to define requirements and assess technical options and total cost of ownership.
• Support the procurement and delivery of complex infrastructure projects, including compute, GPU, storage, network, power, cooling and data centre capacity.
• Manage supplier relationships across OEMs, resellers, software and cloud providers, market data vendors, network carriers and data centre providers.
• Support the commercial and procurement workstreams of technology implementation projects, including delivery planning, risk management and handover.
• Manage hardware and enterprise software asset lifecycles, including renewals, maintenance, refresh planning and decommissioning.
• Conduct cost reconciliation, spend analysis, budget tracking and vendor reporting.
• Improve procurement processes, documentation, governance and stakeholder workflows.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, market trends and vendor capabilities, and give technology recommendations to engineering, infrastructure and business development teams.

Required qualifications

• Approximately 3 to 6 years of experience in technology procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, solutions architecture, technical project delivery, infrastructure sourcing or a related role
• Strong technical aptitude and a practical understanding of enterprise technology environments.
• Experience sourcing or delivering complex infrastructure, high-performance compute, GPU, data centre, colocation, low-latency network or direct-liquid-cooled technology.
• Broad knowledge of technology products or services across several categories.
• Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar or emerging technologies and engage with specialist stakeholders.
• Commercially astute, with experience running structured sourcing and negotiation processes and evaluating commercial models, contract terms, supplier risk and total cost of ownership.
• Proven project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage several initiatives at once.
• Effective communicator with strong stakeholder and vendor management skills.
• Articulate, analytical and numerate, with strong verbal and written reasoning skills.
• A bachelor's degree in an analytical, technical, engineering, scientific, financial or quantitative discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience working in financial services, trading, research computing or another technically demanding environment.

Benefits

• Onsite gym, sauna and fitness classes at no charge.
• Extensive medical benefits, including an on-site doctor and therapist at no charge.
• Breakfast and lunch provided daily.
• Support for caregivers, including emergency dependent care.
• 25 days paid holiday per year, plus statutory holidays and paid sick days.
• Generous pension contributions.

About the company

XTX Markets is an algorithmic trading firm that uses machine learning to forecast prices across many financial instruments and trades on exchanges worldwide. It has over 300 employees across eight cities and describes its culture as non-hierarchical and teamwork-focused.