Juniper Square

Juniper Square

Senior Director, Procurement and Strategic Sourcing

Americas (USA or Canada) · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$225kDetected 16 days ago
Data EngineeringNegotiationSupply ChainVendor ManagementProcurementPerformance ManagementContract ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role for someone who brings deep procurement fundamentals and a track record of using AI to transform how procurement operates.

Responsibilities

  • Build upon and evolve Juniper Square's procurement strategy with an AI-first mindset - identifying where automation, intelligent tooling, and agentic workflows can unlock scalability and operational excellence.
  • Partner closely with Finance, Legal, Security, and Business Operations to ensure procurement activities align with budget, compliance, and risk-management objectives.
  • Lead all strategic sourcing activities, including supplier selection, RFPs, contract negotiations, and vendor performance management.
  • Manage the full contract lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and visibility across all vendor agreements - leveraging AI tooling to reduce cycle time and increase data integrity.
  • Proactively manage renewals and vendor relationships to maintain competitive advantage and operational continuity.
  • Identify and deliver significant cost savings across software, services, and operations while maintaining quality and mitigating risk.
  • Lead the design and implementation of AI-powered procurement workflows - from contract review and spend analysis to vendor risk assessment and renewal forecasting.
  • Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting that track procurement KPIs, performance metrics, and savings outcomes - increasingly powered by automated data pipelines and AI-assisted analysis.
  • Founder-led since 2014, backed by $350M+ in funding, and now 1,000+ employees strong, we're building a company designed to shape the future of private markets for decades to come.
  • Fertility and growing family support

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of procurement and sourcing experience, ideally within a SaaS or technology company, including at least 2-5 years at the Director level.
  • Demonstrated experience leading AI-driven process transformation within a procurement or operations function - not just tool adoption, but measurable workflow redesign and efficiency gains.
  • Strong negotiation skills and a proven track record of achieving cost savings and process improvements.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
  • Excellent understanding of procurement best practices, contract management, and risk mitigation.
  • Proven ability to build a brand for procurement within a company and drive organizational change through influence, communication, and stakeholder alignment.
  • Exceptional relationship-building and cross-functional collaboration skills, especially with executive teams.
  • Detail-oriented and highly organized
  • able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience with AI-powered tools and agentic platforms
  • comfort experimenting with and deploying new tooling, including platforms such as Claude, is a strong plus.
  • Experience implementing or scaling procurement tools (e.g., CLM, spend management, AI workflow automation platforms) strongly preferred.

Compensation

  • Compensation for this position includes a base salary, bonus, equity, and a variety of benefits.
  • The U.S. base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $225,000.
  • Actual base salaries will be based on candidate-specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable.
  • Annual professional development stipend

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Mental wellness coverage
  • Unlimited vacation in addition to company paid holidays
  • Paid family leave, medical leave, and bereavement leave policies
  • 401k retirement savings plan
  • Healthcare FSA and commuter benefits programs
  • Annual professional development stipend
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing procurement team, modeling continuous learning and embedding AI fluency as a core team capability.
  • Benefits include:

Company info

  • Build a continuous improvement culture on the team, where identifying automation opportunities is an expected part of every team member's role.
  • Our mission at Juniper Square is to unlock their full potential.
  • We're the Operations Partner trusted by 2,300+ GPs, unifying technology, data, and fund administration services into a single platform that helps GPs move faster, make better decisions, and scale with precision.
  • Our culture is built for people who want to do ambitious, meaningful work alongside exceptionally talented teammates.
  • We think like owners, move with urgency, and take pride in solving hard problems that truly matter to our customers and the future of private markets.
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