Senior Manager, Indirect Sourcing & Procurement

SimpliSafe • Boston, MA

6d • $137,000 - $183,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

SimpliSafe is growing a lean, high-impact Procurement team, and we're looking for a Senior Manager, Indirect Sourcing & Procurement to serve as a strategic partner across the full range of indirect spend categories from marketing and technology to professional services, people programs, and operations. At SimpliSafe, Procurement operates as a strategic enabler, not a transactional function. We're customer-obsessed, so every sourcing decision should ultimately help us protect and serve our customers better, faster, or more affordably. We aim high on complex, high-visibility categories with a “make-it-happen” mindset, and we do it as one team, with no ego, lifting up stakeholders and teammates as we climb, and staying lean and nimble so we can move at the speed the business needs. This is a highly visible role for someone who can flex across categories GTM and marketing, IT and technology, professional and consulting services, HR and people programs, contact center and monitoring center operations, data and analytics, corporate services, and other indirect spend areas as the business evolves. The ideal candidate brings broad category fluency, financial acumen, intellectual curiosity, and the interpersonal skill to influence senior stakeholders in a fast-moving, growth-oriented environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated self-starter to build a truly cross-functional sourcing practice and grow into a future procurement leader.

Requirements

• 8+ years of strategic sourcing experience as a generalist across multiple indirect categories (e.g., marketing, technology, professional services, HR, operations), ideally at a high-growth B2C or B2B company. Real estate sourcing experience is not required.
• Proven ability to build relationships at all organizational levels, including C-suite partners.
• Demonstrated expertise negotiating complex commercial agreements across varied category types (SaaS, media, agencies, BPO, professional services, analytics, or similar).
• Comfortable moving across categories and context-switching without losing rigor a generalist mindset rather than deep specialization in a single spend area.
• Meticulous attention to detail combined with the ability to see the forest through the trees and turn analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Exceptional communication, executive-level presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong change management skills ability to influence without authority, drive new behaviors, and navigate ambiguity.
• Effective project manager with the ability to own and deliver initiatives end-to-end with minimal supervision.
• Financial and analytical acumen with the ability to analyze complex spend categories, evaluate investments, model scenarios, and articulate trade-offs to senior stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or relevant master's degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing strategy and execution across a broad portfolio of indirect categories including but not limited to marketing/GTM, technology, professional services, HR/people, and operations with real estate explicitly out of scope.
• Build deep partnerships with stakeholders across the business, aligning sourcing strategy with each function's priorities and SimpliSafe's broader goals.
• Create, prioritize, and execute category strategies and procurement project pipelines with a focus on value creation (savings and cost avoidance), speed, innovation, and risk mitigation.
• Serve as the team's go-to generalist across a wide range of categories, developing enough depth in each to be a credible advisor while knowing when to loop in specialist input.
• Lead RFx processes end-to-end, present negotiation outcomes, build business cases, and influence budget owners and senior leadership through data-driven recommendations.
• Champion strategic procurement across the organization, driving adoption of best practices through influence rather than mandate.
• Collaborate across the organization to streamline workflows, improve spend visibility, increase speed-to-market, and strengthen cross-functional execution.
• Flex quickly across categories as business priorities shift, reflecting our lean and nimble operating style.

Benefits

• A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive
• A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families
• Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.
• annual bonus program
• equity
• health insurance
• retirement benefits
• lifestyle benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager