IT Sourcing Manager (San Francisco) Job at Swoon, San Francisco, CA

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  • Swoon
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Our client is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to support technical procurement for software product. You'll partner with technical teams to shape and drive sourcing strategies, as well as structure and negotiate complex, scalable agreements.

This is a 6 month contract to begin, and will sit hybrid in San Francisco (3x/week onsite).

In this role, you will:

  • Support sourcing and negotiation efforts for SaaS products with annual spend under $250k
  • Partner closely with business teams to understand technical requirements and translate them into sourcing strategies and commercial models.
  • Design and execute category strategies that anticipate growth across compute, observability, orchestration, developer tooling, and security infrastructure.
  • Negotiate custom, usage-based, and non-standard agreements, focusing on flexibility, scalability, and alignment with how technical teams actually build and operate.
  • Collaborate with Legal, Security, and Engineering to evaluate vendors, address data protection and architecture needs, and close contracts quickly and safely.

Serve as a sourcing advisor to technical leadership, providing clarity on commercial risks, options, and best practices.

  • Requirements: 5+ years in software and technical procurement, ideally in high-scale, product-led, or research-driven environments.
  • Technical fluency to engage credibly with technology teams.
  • A track record of structuring and negotiating technical agreements.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills with stakeholders—such as Engineering, Product, Security, Legal, and Finance—with a focus on clarity, consistency, and responsiveness.
  • Analytical rigor to interpret usage data, pricing models, and growth forecasts to inform sourcing decisions and negotiation strategies.
  • Experience managing vendor relationships across renewals, performance reviews, escalations, and compliance.
  • An autonomous, ownership mindset to independently drive work forward with urgency and precision, and balances detail with clarity.

Job Tags

Contract work, Part time

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