Senior Contracts Procurement Manager

Overview

The organization is seeking a Senior Contracts Procurement Manager to lead contract management and build supplier partnerships. This role serves as a key point of contact for procurement contracting, aligning with enterprise-wide strategy, governance, and execution.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement, the position drives business-term negotiations, coordinates closely with Legal and Third Party Review (TPRM), and delivers measurable value through risk-adjusted, cost-optimized agreements. The role balances commercial agility with rigorous compliance to support scalable growth.

Responsibilities

Governance

• Develop and enforce procurement contract policies, playbooks, and templates in partnership with Legal, TPRM, and Finance, maintaining clean documentation to support SOX and internal audit processes.
• Track and report KPIs such as contract cycle time and compliance rates, including routine performance updates to stakeholders.

Business-Term Negotiations

• Lead strategic, high-value, high-complexity contracts through the full procurement contract lifecycle.
• Secure optimal outcomes across SLAs, scope, exit clauses, payment terms, and auto-renewals.
• Gather business requirements from internal stakeholders and translate them into enforceable contract language while preserving supplier relationships.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Develop criteria with Legal for contracts that can be executed without Legal engagement, using pre-approved clause libraries to reduce redline cycles by 50%.
• Collaborate with Legal on fallback positions and escalate redlines outside approved positions for Legal review.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, or related field; JD strongly preferred
• 10+ years in procurement/contract management
• Proven track record closing complex, multi-year deals with global Tier-1 suppliers
• Deep experience embedding information security and data privacy terms into commercial agreements
• Prior in-house collaboration with General Counsel and CISO offices
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to communicate ROI of contractual positions
• Proficiency with CLM platforms (Ironclad) and Procurement platforms (Zip)
• Executive presence with exceptional communication, influence, and change-management capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a high-growth tech or marketplace environment, such as e-commerce or SaaS platforms

Compensation & Benefits

• Offers provide highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where employees work.
• This role is remote and base pay depends on the candidate’s permanent work location.
• Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.

US base pay ranges:

• CA, NY, CT, NJ: $183,000—$193,000 USD
• WA: $176,000—$185,500 USD
• OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI: $167,000—$176,500 USD
• All other states: $152,000—$160,500 USD

Location

Remote (Flex First approach). Employees have flexibility to work from home, an office, or other locations while staying connected through regular in-person events.