synthesia - Director of Procurement
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Requirements
• A track record of building procurement functions from scratch, with the instinct to spot leverage others leave on the table and the presence to operate at C-level. • 10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management • Significant experience negotiating complex SaaS, cloud, professional services, and/or real estate contracts • Deep expertise in sourcing strategy, vendor selection, contract negotiation, supplier performance management, and cost optimization • A track record of managing multi-million-dollar budgets and delivering measurable savings and operational efficiencies • Familiarity with procurement and SaaS management tools • Strong cross-functional partnership skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across Finance, IT, Security, HR, and Legal • Comfort reviewing and redlining commercial terms in close collaboration with legal teams • A structured, pragmatic approach to problem-solving, with the ability to operate both strategically and hands-on • Location: NYC or London • We’d be particularly excited if you have… • An "AI first" mindset and curiosity about how AI can improve procurement operations • Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure and compute spend, particularly in AI/ML environments • A track record navigating real estate strategy and vendor partnerships in global, multi-office settings
Responsibilities
• Own strategic sourcing across key spend categories, including SaaS, cloud infrastructure, marketing, professional services, real estate, and facilities • In a hyper-growth environment where speed matters, you'll build frameworks that enable the business rather than slow it down • Partner with Legal on contract lifecycle management, ensuring risk-appropriate terms and timely execution • Partner with Security on development of third party practices and process • Drive vendor rationalization and preferred-vendor strategies that maximize leverage without compromising business velocity • Lead complex vendor negotiations for new contracts and renewals, with a focus on cost optimization, commercial flexibility, and risk mitigation • Help establish scalable procurement workflows, policies, governance, and tooling to improve visibility, audit-ability, and internal client satisfaction • Partner with accounting on month end accruals, coding accuracy and PO hygiene. • Help to champion P2P adoption and optimization across the Company, driving compliance, user experience improvements, and workflow automation
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