Lead Procurement Manager

The role

This individual contributor will serve as the first in-house buyer to support purchasing across all teams. You will manage the full vendor lifecycle, including sourcing, negotiations, and renewals for software, marketing, travel, and professional services.

What you will do

• Manage vendor relationships and own negotiations
• Track renewals and guide stakeholders through purchasing decisions
• Ensure tools and services are bought at the right price
• Own the full vendor lifecycle
• Balance business needs, commercial terms, vendor risk, and partnership health
• Consolidate redundant tools and reclaim unused licenses
• Coordinate security, data-privacy, and liability reviews with Security and Legal
• Create procurement processes from the ground up
• Build intake/PO workflows, contract and renewal tracking, and spend visibility
• Choose lightweight tooling in partnership with Finance

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, or commercial negotiations
• Proven track record independently owning vendor negotiations, contract management, and renewal tracking
• Experience evaluating vendors competitively and negotiating favorable pricing and terms
• Experience building procurement process from the ground up
• Experience coordinating vendor security and data privacy reviews (SOC 2, DPAs)
• Experience reviewing core contract risk terms (indemnification, liability caps, insurance) with Legal/Security
• Excellent executive-level written communication, presentation, and relationship-management skills
• Located in San Francisco and willing to work in-office

Nice to have

• Ideally in-house at a Pre IPO/ high-growth technology or software company

Benefits

• Benefits

Before you apply

• Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

About the company

Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local and governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions address society’s challenges with an AI-enabled platform. The company supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries.