Procurement Lead

Highlights

• Build Baseten's first company-wide procurement function from the ground up.
• Own strategic sourcing, RFPs, and vendor negotiations across the business.
• Design scalable purchasing workflows that unblock teams, not slow them.

What they offer

• Meaningful equity (U.S. only)
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Flexible PTO policy including company-wide Winter Break
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot (U.S. only)
• Company-facilitated 401(k)

Ideal candidate

A high-ownership builder who thrives in ambiguity and loves turning chaos into scalable, frictionless procurement that empowers engineering and business teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive procurement experience, including building or maturing a procurement function at a high-growth technology company
• Proven experience designing procurement processes, policies, and systems from the ground up
• Experience running RFPs and vendor selection processes on behalf of business stakeholders
• Experience with strategic sourcing and vendor contract negotiation across multiple spend categories
• Experience partnering with Security, Compliance, and Legal on vendor risk assessments
• Comfortable operating with significant ambiguity and building structure where none exists
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills with Finance, Legal, Security, Compliance, IT and business owners
• Based in San Francisco or New York, with ability to work in-person 3+ days per week