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Procurement Lead

Perplexity138 open roles

Pay
$190,000 – $240,000 a year
Where
San Francisco
Work mode
Hybrid
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Your applicationOpen nowProcurement LeadPerplexity · San Francisco

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Early applications get read.

12.9% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Perplexity postings stay open a median of 52 days.

Share of postings closed within
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  2. 4.7%3 days
  3. 12.9%7 days
  4. 21.0%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.5%60 days
This job: posted 7 hours ago

Perplexity median: 52 days open

The posting

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. You'll be a key partner to teams across the company, helping them choose the right vendors and structure strong agreements without becoming a bottleneck, and making sure every dollar we commit to third parties earns its keep.

This is a high-impact, hands-on role for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and wants to build the function, not inherit one, with room for your scope to grow as the company does. We value someone who can set direction, dig into the details, and follow through. This position is based in San Francisco and requires in-person attendance 2-3 days per week.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- 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

- Partner with Legal, Security, and Accounting on contract terms, vendor risk reviews, and audit-ready controls

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

- 5-7+ 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

- Ability to run multiple deals at once with incomplete information, and sound judgment about when to move fast and when to escalate

- Comfort using AI tools to accelerate your work and improve workflows

- A low-ego, roll-up-your-sleeves approach to projects large and small and to working across the organization

- Strong communication skills, the ability to influence senior leaders, and a reputation for being commercially tough and fair

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