Procurement LeadPosted today$190K–$240K
The opportunity
We're hiring a Procurement Lead to build Perplexity's procurement function. You'll design how Perplexity buys, from the workflow and policies teams follow to the agreements we sign and the vendor relationships we manage after signature.
What you'll do
Lead our highest-impact vendor deals across software, cloud services, data,: and professional services, from competitive alternatives through pricing, terms, and signature
Structure committed-spend, usage-based, and multi-year agreements that scale: with our usage and preserve our flexibility
Own relationships with our most important vendors, including performance: tracking, business reviews, and renewal negotiations
Design an efficient procurement workflow, policies, and approval thresholds,: and implement the tools and AI automation to run them
Use AI workflows and agents to automate procurement, from intake and contract: review to spend analysis and reporting
Build visibility into vendor spend and contracts, and drive savings through: consolidation, right-sizing, and renegotiation
What they're looking for
- Partner with Legal, Security, and Accounting on contract terms, vendor risk reviews, and audit-ready controls
- + years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing at a high-growth: technology company, including building or scaling the function.
- A track record of personally negotiating multi-million dollar software,: cloud, or data agreements, managing those vendors and renegotiating at renewal, and delivering measurable savings
- Experience building procurement processes, policies, and systems from scratch
