Procurement Lead Jobs

Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us! About the role We are building a Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team with the ambition and expertise to help shape one of the world's most dynamic environments for artificial intelligence and digital innovation. As our Government Affairs Lead for the Middle East, you will help establish and strengthen Cohere's presence across the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the other Gulf Coast countries ensuring the company's voice contributes to the development of AI policy, digital transformation, public-sector innovation, procurement, and economic diversification initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced government affairs professional who thrives at the intersection of government, technology, and public policy, and who wants to help position Cohere as a trusted partner supporting the region's ambitions to become a global leader in artificial intelligence. You will work alongside experienced policy leaders, collaborate closely with senior executives, and contribute directly to Cohere's strategic growth across two of the world's fastest-growing AI markets. Key responsibilities: Rep

At Asana, security is foundational to our mission of helping teams work together effortlessly. Our security team protects Asana’s employees, users, and customers by proactively addressing threats, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and fostering a culture of security throughout our product and operations. We are a team of security engineers and risk and compliance practitioners who build innovative safeguards and collaborate across the organization to build and maintain trust at scale. As the Third Party Risk Management Lead, you will be responsible for building and running Asana’s Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) program. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle of vendor security risk — from initial due diligence and risk tiering through ongoing monitoring and remediation. You will work closely with Procurement, Legal, Privacy, and Engineering teams to ensure that our third-party relationships are effectively assessed, tracked, and managed. This role is based in our Warsaw office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do, and your recruiter can share more about the in-office requirements. Our employees in Poland are employed under a contract of employment. What you’ll achieve Own and scale Asana’s TPRM program: Design, implement, and continuously improve a risk-based framework for assessing and managing third-party vendors and service providers. Establish risk tiering criteria, assessment workflows, and governance processes that scale with business growth. Lead vendor security assessments: Conduct and oversee security due diligence for new and existing vendors, including reviewing SOC 2 reports, ISO 27001 certifications, security questionnaires (SIG, CAIQ), and other relevant documentation. Identify gaps and work with vendors to remediate findings. Drive rem

We’re looking for someone to join the Datadog Procurement team and help expand the Strategic Sourcing group. Make an impact by being a trusted analyst in several buying categories and continue to prove the value that Strategic Sourcing brings to the organization. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) to enhance market research, accelerate data analysis, and improve efficiency in sourcing workflows Identify opportunities to incorporate automation and AI into procurement processes to drive scalability and smarter decision-making Support and execute sourcing strategies directed by sourcing managers with a specific focus in G&A categories (People Team, Finance, Legal, Real Estate) Develop strong relationships with stakeholders and assist teams to independently evaluate their best practices and adopt a value-driven mindset when purchasing on behalf of the organization Lead and execute Sourcing events (RFx) Negotiate pricing and other business terms with vendors on net-new purchases and renewals Manage the renewals list for designated categories and ensure accuracy of information and proactive communication Analyze spend data and identify potential cost savings opportunities Create pricing models based on vendor proposals to quantify various buying scenarios Build license forecast models and utilization analyses for enterprise software renewals to help uncover usage and savings opportunities Collaboratively align with adjacent functions like FP&A on utilization and forecast models Operate effectively in ambiguous or evolving problem spaces, helping bring structure, clarity, and forward momentum to loosely defined sourcing initiatives Monitor market trends that impact spend categories and

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Lyft is looking for a strategic partner to the business to support our Global Contingent Workforce Program. The Program Lead will balance strategic priorities while helping to manage day-to-day administrative tasks, working cross functionally with teams like Legal, IT, Procurement and our hiring managers. You’ll report to the contingent workforce program manager and help the team prepare to grow their global footprint while automating and creating education around the CW programs ability to support. Responsibilities: Work cross-functionally to support day-to-day operations of the contingent workforce program Help manage the MSP and VMS teams including process, supplier management and automation Identify areas of risk proactively and partner with cross-functional teams to drive solutions to mitigate such risks Identify operational opportunities and help improve existing or develop new processes Consult with business leaders to better understand their workforce needs and advise on the appropriate strategy Establish and develop relationships with all key stakeholders: suppliers, internal customers, internal People team, Procurement, Legal, IT, and other business stakeholders to drive and understand global operational needs Ensure compliance among contingent workforce and suppliers Experience: 3+ years work experience in project management, managing complex and business critical projects Comprehensive understanding of contingent workforce guidelines and best practices, as well as contingent workforce risk and compliance strategies Experience documenting processes and creating step-by-step guides or SOPs, with the ability to translate complex workflows into clear, repeatable documentation Experience working in any Vendor Management System (VMS) Self-directed, detailed oriente

About this Role OpenAI’s Finance organization is helping build the company and finance team of the future. Across Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, Real Estate & Workplace, Corporate Development, and Economic Research, teams are using OpenAI’s products to reshape core workflows, improve operating leverage, and surface practical lessons about how AI changes enterprise functions. As this work scales, Finance is becoming both a proving ground for real-world AI adoption and an increasingly important proof point for customers, and a feedback loop for Product, Research and Revenue teams. The opportunity is no longer just to capture isolated examples, but to turn them into a coherent program that strengthens OpenAI’s internal operations, informs product development, and helps the company explain what high-value enterprise AI adoption looks like in practice. The Visual Storytelling & AI Innovation Lead partners directly with the Chief of Staff to the CFO to turn Finance’s most important work into clear, visually compelling executive artifacts. This person will personally create CFO-facing presentations, board materials, executive briefings, customer-facing materials, and reusable design systems; shape the story architecture for high-stakes leadership and external moments; and establish the visual storytelling and presentation quality bar across Finance. The role will work closely with Global Affairs, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, and Marketing to ensure this work supports broader messaging, audience, and channel strategies. The role will also turn Finance AI workflows into credible demos, proof points, and transformation stories; help Economic Research package and amplify its work; identify and elevate flagship use cases with Finance and Enterprise Platforms & Technology leaders; and develop content and materials that support customer and external engagement. This is a hands-on individual contributor ro

Entry or Associate Procurement Agent Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Global Services organization has a unique and exciting opportunity for Entry Level or Associate Procurement Agents to join the Supplier Management team located in Long Beach, CA or Seattle, WA . The successful candidate will support procurement activities for aftermarket goods and services in a fast-paced environment while learning new skills, solving challenging problems, and experiencing opportunities to grow in the Supply Chain organization. This position acts as an authorized agent of the company with responsibility for managing all supplier-related activities and the authority to commit company resources through contracts and agreements. Position Responsibilities: Effectively manages priorities for a high volume of supplier purchase orders/contracts Oversee source selection for parts and services Manage contractual documents and binding agreements including preparing, negotiating, executing, and documenting Request for Proposals (RFP), supplier contracts, and purchase orders in accordance with regulatory requirements and Boeing procedures Support Proposal Board activity including gathering supplier cost and lead time inputs to support customer proposals, Requests for Information (RFI), and business development opportunities Gather data for supplier performance evaluation and improvement opportunities to ensure delivery, quality, and financial stability Manages supplier performance, interpreting and enforcing contract terms and conditions Initiate supplier improvement activities, while integrating and aligning with program business unit goals and strategies Communicate and engage with stakeholders to ensure that p

About Us: AI needs a new infrastructure layer. We're building it at Modal. Every era of computing brought new workloads that previous infrastructure couldn't support: mainframes, databases, and the cloud. Each time, the company that rebuilt the layer underneath defined the decade. AI is no different, except it touches everything instead of one slice, and the window to build the layer underneath it is open right now. Our customers include category-defining companies like Lovable , Ramp , Cognition, DoorDash, and Suno. They rely on Modal for instant GPU access, sub-second container starts, and native storage, so it's simple to serve low-latency inference, fine-tune models, and access production-ready sandboxes at scale. We recently raised a $355M Series C at a $4.65B valuation, led by General Catalyst and Redpoint Ventures. We've crossed $300M+ ARR and grown fivefold since September. Our team includes creators of popular open-source projects (e.g., Seaborn , Luig i ), academic researchers, international olympiad medalists, and experienced engineering and product leaders with decades of experience. The Role: We're hiring a Compute Strategy and Operations lead to own how Modal plans for and acquires GPU and CPU capacity. You'll size our infrastructure needs ahead of demand, source supply across hyperscalers, neoclouds, and datacenter operators, and negotiate and close the contracts to secure it. The compute you secure directly determines what Modal can sell and build. In this role, you will: Own end-to-end procurement of GPU and CPU capacity across hyperscalers, neoclouds, and datacenter operators Build and maintain a strong pipeline of supplier relationships Evaluate supply options on price, availability, hardware specs, networking capabilities, and SLA terms Negotiate and close contracts: reserved capacity agreements, spot arrangements, MSAs, DPAs, and order forms Work closely with our engineering teams to translate technical requirements into procurement specs Track

About the role We are building a higher education researcher motion that helps funded labs adopt OpenAI across core research workflows. This role will develop relationships with principal investigators, researchers, research software engineers, research computing teams, and university technology leaders, then translate high-value use cases into sustained Pro, Codex, API, and ChatGPT Edu usage. This is a hybrid business development and program management role. You will identify and qualify priority labs, design phased access and fellows programs, run pilots, remove technical and institutional blockers, and create repeatable paths from individual researchers to lab- and institution-level adoption. Additionally, this role will launch and manage a community of researchers with events, communications and support. In this role, you will: Build a pipeline of funded labs, research centers, and technical champions at priority R1 universities; qualify opportunities based on workflow value, funding path, influence, and expansion potential. Run discovery with researchers and university stakeholders to understand workflows, data and security needs, procurement constraints, and success criteria. Design and operate phased access and fellows programs, including eligibility, selection, offer mechanics, onboarding, office hours, community programming, and pilot goals. Translate research workflows into effective use of Pro, Codex, API, and ChatGPT Edu in partnership with Solutions, Product, and Education account teams. Manage pilots end to end, remove trust, funding, and technical blockers, and drive measurable activation, retention, and expansion. Turn early usage into product feedback, workflow documentation, peer proof, case studies, and repeatable enablement. Build clear handoffs and expansion paths from researcher to lab to institution; track fellow selection, activation, retained usage, workflow proof, conversion, and expansion. You might thrive in this role if you: Relevant exp

About the Team OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital partners, is embarking on a journey to build the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Stargate team is central to this mission, setting the core infra strategy and implementing this vision. From site selection to the buildout process, this team sits at the intersection of commercial, technical, strategy, and operations, interacting with teams and executives inside and outside of OpenAI. About the Role The New Geography and International Growth Lead will own the strategy for infrastructure expansion into new geographies, including market assessment, stakeholder engagement, and coordination across energy, policy, commercial, and other infrastructure workstreams. This role identifies and enables priority international growth opportunities while ensuring alignment with regional regulatory, operational, sustainability, and long-term infrastructure objectives. This is an individual contributor lead role and does not have direct reports initially. The role will translate ambiguous market-entry questions into clear recommendations, identify the conditions required for OpenAI to advance in new regions, and coordinate the cross-functional work needed to turn priority geographies into executable infrastructure options. Key Responsibilities Build market-entry frameworks for international infrastructure geographies, including power availability, land readiness, regulatory posture, commercial fit, and execution risk. Assess priority regions and countries against OpenAI’s long-term compute, energy, sustainability, policy, and operational objectives. Coordinate cross-functional geographic diligence with energy, policy, commercial, legal, finance, procurement, engineering, and site-readiness stakeholders. Lead early stakeholder mapping and engagement strategy with utilities, regulators, government entities, developers, capital partners, and other market participants. Translate regional findings into exe

About the Team OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital partners, is embarking on a journey to build the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Industrial Compute team is central to this mission, setting the core infra strategy and implementing this vision. From site selection to the buildout process, this team sits at the intersection of commercial, technical, strategy, and operations, interacting with teams and executives inside and outside of OpenAI. About the Role The Clean Energy and New Technology Lead will own infrastructure clean energy and emerging energy technology strategy and execution, identifying and deploying scalable solutions that enable resilient, low-carbon compute and data center growth. The role will work closely with regulatory and policy teams to align infrastructure expansion with OpenAI’s long-term environmental and operational objectives. This is an individual contributor lead role and does not have direct reports initially. The role will evaluate where emerging energy technologies can materially improve reliability, cost, carbon, speed, or resilience; translate those options into practical deployment pathways; and help ensure OpenAI’s infrastructure growth remains aligned with sustainability considerations. Key Responsibilities Evaluate emerging energy solutions such as clean firm power, advanced storage, grid flexibility, low-carbon backup power, heat reuse, water-related energy efficiency, and other scalable technologies where relevant. Identify pilot opportunities and deployment pathways that can move promising energy technologies from concept to commercially and operationally credible execution. Translate technical options into clear reliability, cost, schedule, carbon, regulatory, and operational implications for infrastructure decision-making. Partner with energy regulatory, policy, procurement, engineering, deployment, finance, legal, and site-readiness teams to align technology and sustainability choices with

About the Team OpenAI is building Procurement of the future: one that uses AI-enabled systems, clean data, and scalable processes to help the business absorb increasing complexity, speed, volume, and throughput — while enabling teams across OpenAI to operate more strategically and at greater scale. The Hardware Procurement Operations team supports the operational flow of goods and hardware purchasing across OpenAI's hardware business units. We help teams turn business needs into controlled, accurate, and executable procurement activity, from request intake through purchase orders, supplier coordination, change management, receiving readiness, and downstream invoice support. As OpenAI scales, we are building procurement operations that can support changing hardware needs, new business unit priorities, and increasing operational complexity. That means creating practical standards where they help, preserving flexibility where the business requires it, and continuously improving how requests, suppliers, POs, data, and controls move through our systems. About the Role As a Senior Manager of Procurement Operations focused on Hardware, you will own procurement operations for one or more assigned hardware business units. You will be the day-to-day DRI for hardware and goods procurement activity, leading work from intake through purchase requests, POs, supplier needs, changes, receiving readiness, and operational escalations. This is a hands-on operator-builder role for someone who understands the practical complexity of hardware and goods procurement and can both run the work and redesign how the work gets done. You will keep work moving while improving the operating model through better systems, workflows, automation, AI-enabled processes, controls, metrics, and operating leverage. You will evaluate how people, process, policy, systems, data, fiscal controls, and accounting practices come together, and you will work closely with other Central Procurement and BU Procurement

About Ramp Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books. The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving. We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome. The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same. If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it. About the Team & Role Ramp's procurement product is changing how companies buy. We've built the fastest intake-to-pay platform on the market — 3x faster than traditional P2P workflows, with AI that automates sourcing, contract extraction, approval routing, and invoice matching in one place. Customers save an average of 16% on vendor spend annually and eliminate 46+ hours of manual purchasing work every month. As Manager of Procurement Activation, you're the person who makes that real at scale . You'll lead a team of Procurement Activation Specialists working with Mid-Market customers, typically 100 to 999 employees, $50M to $100M in revenue, from discovery and configuration through go-live. Where your ICs work directly with CFOs and controllers to redesign how individual companies buy, you're building the system that makes those implementations excellent, repeatable, and fast. This is a founding role . There's no playbook to inherit — you'll write it. That means developing your people, building the motion from scratch, and becoming the primary p

Project Coordinator, Technology Operations Job Summary: We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Project Coordinator to join our Technology Operations team. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating planned projects, managing ad hoc tasks, and eventually taking ownership of projects under the guidance of our experienced team members. Key Responsibilities : Collaborate with Tech teams to coordinate planned projects. Follow up with team members on project deliverables and timelines. Schedule meetings, collect updates, and track progress towards project completion. Handle ad hoc project tasks, including logistical support and basic research. Gather performance metrics. Enter requisitions and new vendors into Oracle for procurement purposes. Conduct research and legwork for vendor management to support decision-making. Assist in documentation tasks such as formatting PowerPoint decks, meeting notes, and updating the Confluence wiki. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience. Previous experience in project coordination or project management, preferably in a software company or technology-related environment. Able to work in the Hyderabad office 3 days a week. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Experience with Claude Code/Cowork or other Agentic AI tools is a plus. Certification in project management methodologies is a plus. Experience with tools such as Jira, Aha!, Sigma, and Confluence is a plus. Skills and Abilities: Proficient with AI or possesses a hunger to become proficient. Excellent at prioritizing competing priorities and aligning with project stakeholders on deliverables. Ability to work cross-functionally and influence outcomes. Self-driven with strategic thinking and attention to detail. Additional Information: This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the success of key initiatives and drive operational

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Procurement is part of Stripe Finance and owns the full supplier lifecycle and buying journey. The team sources and evaluates new vendors, renews and negotiates contracts with existing suppliers, and leads third‑party risk management and compliance activities to ensure suppliers meet Stripe’s standards. Procurement also drafts, reviews, and approves supplier contract structures and terms, aligned with Stripe’s risk appetite and legal requirements. What you’ll do We are looking for an experienced Sourcing professional to focus on establishing trusted business partner relationships in the technology space at Stripe with a “users first” approach to ensure early and active participation across the full lifecycle of strategic sourcing and procurement, including: category planning, sourcing strategies, RFx execution, supplier evaluation and selection, contract negotiations and management, and continuous improvements. You will play a critical role in ensuring Stripe's procurement aligns with our operational principles by contributing to our sustainable growth while fostering strong, ethical supplier relationships. Experience with complex software negotiations is required. Responsibilities Develop and execute strategic sourcing plans for designated categories, identifying opportunities for cost reduction, quality improvement, and process efficiencies Lead supplier selection, assessment, and contract negotiation processes, ensuring compliance with St

We take play seriously. We’re looking for curious adventurers ready to find their party, fueled by imagination and drive to build what’s never been built before. At Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, you’ll collaborate with passionate teams to reimagine our iconic brands and create experiences that spark joy, connection, and community through the magic of play. This is your chance to shape legendary play that lasts a lifetime. We are seeking a Global Sourcing Manager, Marketing, to join Hasbro in Boston, MA. At Hasbro, we build play and entertainment experiences that connect generations and encourage fans around the world. As the Global Sourcing Manager, Marketing, you will develop and complete sourcing and category strategies across marketing and production spend. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, build strong supplier partnerships, and provide value through innovation, cost optimization, and operational excellence. You will report directly to the Director of Global Strategic Sourcing, aligning procurement approaches with business priorities. You will also build stronger supplier relationships and advance sourcing initiatives supporting brand growth and business performance. Effective from the date that Hasbro opens its new Boston location, this position will be onsite Tuesday – Thursday at Hasbro’s new HQ location in Boston, MA. In the interim, this position will be onsite Tuesday –Thursday at Hasbro’s HQ in Pawtucket, RI or at Hasbro’s temporary location in Boston, MA. A Day in the Life of a Global Sourcing Manager, Marketing: Lead comprehensive sourcing projects across marketing and production categories, from opportunity evaluation through contract negotiation and supplier optimization. Analyze financial data to deliver timely, actionable insights that support sourcing decisions. Align sourcing and supplier approaches with business priorities, integration plans, and long-term roadmaps. Develop and complete