Responsibilities
- Design and implement an enterprise-wide procurement workflow covering business intake, cross-functional review, approval routing, vendor negotiation, and contract execution.
- Establish procurement policies, standards, and governance frameworks appropriate for a regulated financial services environment.
- Create scalable processes that can support growth across FairSquare's family of lending brands.
- Serve as the primary negotiator for new vendor contracts and renewals across all business units and spend categories.
- Partner with business owners to understand commercial requirements and translate them into favorable contract terms.
- Manage contract lifecycle from initial engagement through execution, including coordination of redlines and approval sign-offs.
- Own the intake and triage process for new procurement requests, ensuring appropriate stakeholder engagement from the outset.
- Coordinate with Legal/Contracts, Compliance, Information Security, and Finance throughout the review and approval process.
- Act as the connective tissue between business sponsors and functional reviewers to keep deals moving without sacrificing rigor.
- Maintain a centralized view of the company's vendor portfolio, contract terms, renewal dates, and spend.
- Proactively identify renewal risks and opportunities, including cost optimization and renegotiation targets.
- Establish vendor performance expectations and support relationship management where procurement is the primary interface.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or contract management, with demonstrated ownership of end-to-end processes.
- Proven track record negotiating complex vendor agreements across technology, services, and operational spend categories.
- Experience designing or significantly improving procurement workflows, ideally in a build or turnaround context.
- Strong understanding of contract structure, risk allocation, and the interplay between commercial and legal terms.
- Ability to navigate cross-functional review processes involving legal, compliance, and information security without losing momentum.
- Comfortable operating independently in a lean environment while managing multiple concurrent priorities.
- Bachelor's degree required
Nice to Have
- Financial services or similarly regulated industry experience is a plus.
- CPM, CPSM, or JD a plus.
Benefits
- Position eligible for additional incentives including bonus, 401(k) match, health and welfare benefits, amazing culture, growth opportunity and more!!
Work Arrangement
Hybrid — San Diego, CA, Atlanta, GA, Orlando, FL, Maitland, FL
Team
Structure: Will build and lead the procurement function from the ground up. Operates with significant autonomy. Opportunity to grow a team as the function matures.. Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
Additional Information
- Hybrid: 3 days/week in office, 2 days/week remote
- Full time M-F
- Exempt/Salary
