Senior Director, Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
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Senior Director of Procurement leading a team to drive Juniper Square's AI-first sourcing strategy. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance procurement processes and vendor management.
Responsibilities:
- Build upon and evolve Juniper Square's procurement strategy with an AI-first mindset — identifying where automation, intelligent tooling, and agentic workflows can unlock scalability and operational excellence.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing procurement team, modeling continuous learning and embedding AI fluency as a core team capability.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team, shaping vendor strategy and ensuring procurement initiatives align with organizational priorities and our broader AI transformation roadmap.
- Partner closely with Finance, Legal, Security, and Business Operations to ensure procurement activities align with budget, compliance, and risk-management objectives.
- Champion AI-driven process adoption across the organization — educating stakeholders, driving change management, and ensuring consistent policy adherence as new workflows are introduced.
- Lead all strategic sourcing activities, including supplier selection, RFPs, contract negotiations, and vendor performance management.
- Manage the full contract lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and visibility across all vendor agreements — leveraging AI tooling to reduce cycle time and increase data integrity.
- Oversee vendor performance management, including KPIs, SLAs, and renewal reviews, to ensure optimal pricing, service levels, and long-term value.
- Proactively manage renewals and vendor relationships to maintain competitive advantage and operational continuity.
- Identify and deliver significant cost savings across software, services, and operations while maintaining quality and mitigating risk.
- Lead the design and implementation of AI-powered procurement workflows — from contract review and spend analysis to vendor risk assessment and renewal forecasting.
- Evaluate, pilot, and scale AI tools (including agentic platforms such as Claude) that reduce manual lift and increase procurement team output without sacrificing rigor.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting that track procurement KPIs, performance metrics, and savings outcomes — increasingly powered by automated data pipelines and AI-assisted analysis.
- Build a continuous improvement culture on the team, where identifying automation opportunities is an expected part of every team member's role.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- 10+ years of procurement and sourcing experience, ideally within a SaaS or technology company, including at least 2–5 years at the Director level.
- Demonstrated experience leading AI-driven process transformation within a procurement or operations function - not just tool adoption, but measurable workflow redesign and efficiency gains.
- Strong negotiation skills and a proven track record of achieving cost savings and process improvements.
- Excellent understanding of procurement best practices, contract management, and risk mitigation.
- Hands-on experience with AI-powered tools and agentic platforms; comfort experimenting with and deploying new tooling, including platforms such as Claude, is a strong plus.
- Proven ability to build a brand for procurement within a company and drive organizational change through influence, communication, and stakeholder alignment.
- Exceptional relationship-building and cross-functional collaboration skills, especially with executive teams.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
- Detail-oriented and highly organized; able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Experience implementing or scaling procurement tools (e.g., CLM, spend management, AI workflow automation platforms) strongly preferred.
Benefits:
- Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Mental wellness coverage
- Fertility and growing family support
- Unlimited vacation in addition to company paid holidays
- Paid family leave, medical leave, and bereavement leave policies
- 401k retirement savings plan
- Healthcare FSA and commuter benefits programs
- Allowance to customize your work and technology setup at home
- Annual professional development stipend
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