Strategic Sourcing Manager

Figma•San Francisco, CA

4h•Remote

About The Position

Figma is growing its team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. The company is looking to grow its Procurement team and is hiring a Strategic Sourcing Manager to support growing purchasing needs. This role will be responsible for supporting several departments and will be at the nexus of all supplier engagement activities, including stakeholder relationship management, purchasing planning, and negotiations/contracting. The ideal candidate is a category expert who can cover the spend (focused on technology) incurred across all departments including Engineering, IT, Sales & Marketing, as well as G&A functions. This role will report to the Director of Procurement and is a great fit for someone that thrives in a dynamic, fast-growing, and high-energy environment, and is looking for opportunities to learn and grow. This is a full-time role that can be held from one of Figma's US hubs or remotely in the United States.

Requirements

8+ years of relevant experience in technology-focused procurement or supplier management ideally in a fast-paced, high growth environment
Demonstrated experience in procurement, contracting and negotiating with executives from suppliers
Contract drafting, negotiations and redlining experience with a passion for driving cost savings and process improvement
Strong customer service aptitude and collaboration-focused mindset

Responsibilities

Manage all purchasing needs for assigned departments
Work with department managers and Strategic Finance to anticipate, plan and forecast purchasing needs for assigned departments
Work with department managers to develop accurate scopes of work, including service specifications and any negotiated terms
Lead all supplier engagement processes including conducting vendor due diligence, competitive bids and negotiations. Partner closely with IT for any technology-related purchases
Develop award scenarios including cost models to support negotiations, decision-making and cost forecasting
Oversee all purchasing activities such as shepherding the purchase request process, working with Legal through the NDA/contracting process and working with Security/Compliance to ensure security/privacy needs are met
Manage the deal pipeline including negotiating deal closure timeline with suppliers and actively prioritizing deals with Legal/Security/Privacy Teams
Support the execution of spend management projects that accomplish key objectives. Those objectives may include savings, process improvement, supplier consolidation, risk management, sustainable procurement or improving spend visibility