Head of Procurement

Ashby • ,

8d • $220,000 - $260,000

About The Position

Ashby is hiring an individual contributor to build and own its procurement function in a high-growth technology company. The role is focused on creating a procurement system that is fast and straightforward by default, while routing higher-risk or more complex vendor, contract, and spending decisions to the appropriate stakeholders. The successful candidate will have substantial autonomy to shape how procurement works and will balance sound deal economics with maintaining strong vendor relationships. The position is intended for someone comfortable building processes and playbooks in a greenfield environment without close oversight or an existing team.

Requirements

• Significant experience primarily in procurement or vendor management in a high-growth technology environment.
• Experience designing efficient procurement systems as well as negotiating important contracts.
• Bias toward speed and simplicity, with the judgment to apply scrutiny proportionately to risk.
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to build procurement playbooks independently.
• Ability to achieve sound deal economics while preserving important vendor relationships.
• Principled, well-developed views on effective review-routing frameworks and vendor evaluation methodologies.
• Ability to work effectively as an individual contributor without close oversight or a team.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and administer Ashby’s procurement process, including escalation pathways that involve IT, Legal, Security, Finance, and Founder review when appropriate.
• Create a clear, consolidated view of company-wide vendor spending.
• Tune and administer the existing procurement tool, and evaluate replacement options as the tool approaches renewal.
• Lead negotiation and contract structuring for the largest and most complex vendor relationships, either directly or in partnership with the business leader who owns the relationship.
• Equip business leaders with tools and guardrails to manage vendor relationships themselves when appropriate.
• Partner with IT, Legal, Security, and Finance to design the escalation process and ensure it is working as intended.
• Identify which vendor relationships, negotiations, and process gaps warrant additional attention.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10-year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited paid time off, with four weeks recommended per year.
• Twelve weeks of fully paid family leave in the US; Ashby plans to expand this to employees in other countries as situations arise.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100 per month education budget; more expensive items such as conferences may be covered with manager approval.
• For US employees, health insurance for the employee and dependents with all premiums covered by Ashby.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed