Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management

Mark43•Boston, MA

3d•$100,000 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

Mark43’s mission is to empower communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all. We build powerful, scalable, and elegant software that sets a new standard for the tools upon which our first responders rely. We are looking for a Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management to join our Finance team. This is an individual contributor role focused on the technology and services side of procurement—driving smarter sourcing, vendor management, and operational rigor across our SaaS ecosystem and key service partnerships. You’ll build and run scalable, secure, and cost-effective purchasing processes that keep pace with a fast-growing software company.

Requirements

Must be authorized to work for any employer in the country in which the role is being hired. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Must be comfortable navigating a cloud-based vendor landscape, managing sourcing decisions, and improving workflows through tools and cross-functional collaboration.
Familiarity with Zip or similar procurement platforms is highly preferred.
Analytical and data-driven: you bring structure and insight to decisions that impact spend and efficiency.
A strong communicator: you know how to align stakeholders, explain processes clearly, and build buy-in.
Curious and collaborative: you understand the “why” behind purchasing decisions and use that to drive better outcomes.

Responsibilities

Build and implement a strategic sourcing framework that drives efficiency, compliance, and agility in purchasing software, cloud services, and business partnerships.
Oversee procurement operations to ensure all requests flow smoothly through the right reviews and approval paths while meeting SLAs for speed and compliance.
Partner with our CISO and IT teams to ensure software purchases are secure, complementary to our existing stack, and optimized for cost—eliminating duplicative spend and maximizing vendor leverage.
Serve as system admin for Zip, maintaining and improving workflows that guide stakeholders through each stage of the SaaS and services procurement lifecycle.
Advise business partners on procurement policy and best practices, ensuring expectations are managed and decisions align with company standards.
Collaborate with Engineering and Finance to monitor and optimize cloud spend, surfacing insights that drive budget efficiency.