Senior Sourcing Specialist

Thumbtack

1d • Remote

About The Position

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.
Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.
About the Procurement Team
We are a lean, high-impact team that serves as the strategic link between Thumbtack’s growth goals and the external partners that make them possible. We act as an organizational "compass," managing a diverse portfolio of agreements to ensure our teams have the high-performance tools and services needed to innovate. By balancing aggressive negotiation with proactive partnership, we transform procurement into a driver of value, security, and operational excellence.
About the Role
As a Procurement Manager, you will be the primary operator for our Engineering and IT agreement books, ensuring our technical infrastructure is scalable and cost-effective. You will own the strategy and execution for medium-to-large agreements, with mentored opportunities to lead select extra-large enterprise deals. This role offers a unique balance of high-level autonomy and clear professional development within a function growing in influence and opportunity.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management within a high-growth technology environment.
• Proven track record of independently leading pricing and legal negotiations for medium-to-large scale software, hardware, and technical service agreements.
• Direct experience managing the end-to-end procurement lifecycle within orchestration tools (e.g. Zip, Omnea), Coupa (P2P) and Ironclad (CLM) or similar enterprise-grade systems.
• Strong subject matter expertise in technical sourcing, including a solid understanding of Engineering and IT spend categories.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate and resolve ambiguity by analyzing root causes and developing well-reasoned solutions with limited data.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to persuasively influence decisions and distill complex procurement data for leadership stakeholders.
• Foundational knowledge of vendor risk mitigation and data privacy standards such as CCPA and/or GDPR.

Responsibilities

• Advanced Negotiation: Lead pricing and legal negotiations for medium-to-large technical renewals and RFPs, balancing cost, quality, and risk to maximize value.
• Strategic Development: Partner on select extra-large enterprise agreements as a development opportunity, gaining alignment across cross-functional stakeholders for high-impact deals.
• End-to-End Lifecycle Management: Act as the primary operator for ENG/IT portfolios, independently managing the full lifecycle of POs and contracts within Coupa and Ironclad.
• Operational Problem Solving: Resolve complex blockers between AP, Legal, and vendors while ensuring all financial commitments are accurately captured and tracked to closure.
• Workflow Optimization: Diagnose inefficiencies in technical procurement workflows and implement rule-based automation or process adjustments to improve lead times.
• Data-Driven Insights: Translate transactional data from Coupa into actionable sourcing opportunities, presenting clear hypotheses to leadership to influence spend strategy.

What This Job Offers

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