Global Procurement and Vendor Management Lead

About the role

Culture Amp is looking for a commercially minded Global Procurement and Vendor Management Lead to bring greater visibility, discipline and value to its third-party spend across the APAC, US and EMEA hubs. Third-party costs, including software, professional services, IT hardware, workplace operations and capital projects, are a significant part of any organisation's cost base. The role owns the commercial management of the vendor portfolio, leads renewal and negotiation strategy for material agreements and builds the policies, processes and reporting needed to manage spend. It reports to the SVP, Finance and Business Operations and leads a small specialist function.

Key responsibilities

• Own the global procurement and vendor management function across APAC, the US and EMEA, keeping visibility of agreements, renewal dates, notice periods, owners and annual value.
• Partner with Workplace, Finance, Legal, Security and Technology on supplier relationships, property commitments and capital projects, ensuring decisions are commercially sound and properly governed.
• Set commercial strategy and lead negotiations for third-party agreements, delivering measurable savings and protecting the company's commercial position.
• Rationalise the vendor portfolio by analysing usage, licensing and overlap, and recommend the right balance of consolidation, commitment, flexibility and investment.
• Own third-party technology spend budgeting and forecasting, reporting actuals, variances, savings opportunities and supplier performance to leadership.
• Build and maintain the vendor management and procurement framework, including policy, approval thresholds, intake processes and commercial governance.
• Use automation and AI-enabled tools to improve spend analysis, renewal preparation and negotiation drafting.
• Lead, coach and develop a small specialist team while advising stakeholders with clear, decision-ready recommendations.

Required profile

• A strong track record of leading negotiations for third-party agreements and delivering measured, evidenced savings.
• Deep experience managing technology and SaaS categories, including software licensing, pricing, renewals and vendor negotiation tactics.
• Strong financial and commercial judgement, able to build and defend budgets, model options, reconcile spend to actuals and advise executives.
• Experience building vendor management or procurement frameworks from a low base and driving adoption.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to build trusted partnerships with VPs and executives.
• Experience leading and developing a small specialist team.
• Desirable: experience in a high-growth technology or SaaS company with a distributed, multi-jurisdiction footprint; practical use of automation or AI tools in a lean function; exposure to third-party security and risk review; familiarity with contract lifecycle management and spend management platforms; experience supporting workplace services, property portfolios or capital projects.

What we offer

• Competitive pay and a total rewards package.
• Equity through the Employee Share Option Program.
• Learning programs and coaching.
• Quarterly refresh days, an extended end-of-year break and a monthly wellbeing allowance.
• Inclusive parental leave from day one.
• A MacBook and budget to set up a home workspace.
• Five annual social impact days.
• Medical insurance for you and your family (US and UK only).