LaunchDarkly is hiring a Head of Procurement

Head of Procurement Remote - US About the Job: We are seeking an experienced and hands-on procurement leader to elevate our procurement strategy for a dynamic tech enterprise. As the inaugural dedicated procurement professional, you will architect and drive the comprehensive procurement process, collaborating closely with Finance, Legal, and cross-functional teams (including Engineering, Product, Go-to-Market, Ops) to ensure our vendor ecosystem supports strategic and operational objectives while optimizing cost, mitigating risk, and generating value. Responsibilities: - Develop and implement a robust procurement framework, mapping current state, defining target state, establishing policies, governance, and controls, including vendor intake, approval, contracting, renewal, and off-boarding. - Manage the entire vendor lifecycle from selection through contracting, including negotiating, performance tracking, conducting renewals, and assessing risk management. - Drive organizational value by identifying cost savings, consolidation opportunities, vendor rationalization, alternative sourcing, and service delivery optimization. - Facilitate cross-functional stakeholder engagement with partners in Engineering, Product, UX Design for technology software, Go-to-Market for SaaS and services vendors, and Finance/Legal on contract terms, risk, amortization, and vendor obligations. - Negotiate significant vendor agreements (software, cloud services, professional services, managed services) and optimize commercial terms (pricing, usage, escalation, exit rights, SLAs). - Implement procurement tools (P2P workflows, vendor management systems, contract management systems), introduce optimizations and automation, and ensure process adherence and efficiency. - Define and monitor key procurement metrics like vendor count, spend by category and team, savings achieved, contract term, renewal rate, vendor risk score, and regularly report to Finance leadership and Executive team. - Support annual budget/forecast process in coordination with Strategic Finance and business stakeholders, ensuring vendor spend aligns with financial targets and growth plans. - Drive continuous improvement and establish a culture of disciplined sourcing, value-based vendor relationships, transparency, and risk mitigation across the procurement ecosystem. Qualifications: - Minimum 8 years of related experience in a technology or high-growth SaaS company with significant spend oversight. - Proven expertise negotiating complex contracts (cloud, software, services) and collaborating with Legal/Risk functions. - Experience designing and executing Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes and implementing procurement tooling/automation. - Strong collaboration skills demonstrating ability to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders, influence without direct authority, and drive results in a dynamic environment. - Strong analytical and financial acumen, comfortable with vendor cost modeling, ROI assessment, amortization, and aligning vendor decisions with broader strategic/financial goals. - Capability to present to executive leadership, manage vendor relationships, and drive change across functions. - Experience managing vendor risk, performance measurement, renewals, and vendor lifecycle management. - Able to build structure, process, and discipline in a rapidly growing, fast-paced company. - Preferred: experience in SaaS business model, vendor consolidation, category management, and procurement governance frameworks. Pay: Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones for Level 5: - Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle - $171,000 - $235,000** - Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago - $154,000 - $211,000** - Zone 3: All other US locations - $145,000 - $200,000* We operate from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. *Within the United States, our geographic pay zones are defined by counties surrounding major metropolitan areas. **Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary. An equal opportunity employer valuing diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.