Senior Manager, Procurement

🕒 September 10

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $110k - $214k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Advarra

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1983

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Advarra is a provider of integrated technology and services for clinical research, combining institutional review and compliance services with software platforms to support the full clinical trial lifecycle. The company offers ethics review services (IRB, IBC, DMC, endpoint adjudication), site enablement and research staffing, and a suite of cloud products — including eRegulatory, eConsent, eSource/EDC, CTMS and study design tools — plus an AI-powered operational intelligence engine (Braid) to streamline trial start-up, enrollment, and operations. Advarra serves sponsors, CROs, research sites, and institutions with a focus on patient protection, regulatory compliance, and accelerating trial outcomes.

📋 Description

• Lead enterprise-wide Procurement strategy covering Spend Visibility, Stakeholder Engagement, Sourcing Strategies, Organizational Design, Performance Measurement, and Policy, Process and Systems • Adapt and improve Advarra’s Procurement and Source-to-Pay capabilities • Own Sourcing and Buying activities within the Source-to-Pay process • Design, implement, and oversee cross-functional vendor-onboarding workflows • Lead strategic sourcing across seven major spending categories • Source Technology and Business Services primarily, and Travel, Marketing, and Operations secondarily • Collaborate with stakeholders to award business to qualified vendors • Track and regularly report value realized from strategic sourcing to Advarra leadership • Standardize the stakeholder experience for vendor onboarding • Build and lead a Procurement team, including hiring, managing, training, mentoring, and developing team members • Oversee procurement governance, policy, and the multi-year roadmap • Lead a procurement steering committee and ensure prioritization and escalation with executive leadership

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting, engineering, technology, or similar • Five or more years of experience in Procurement as a Category Manager • Experience sourcing Technology and Business Services • Professional negotiation experience and training to lead effective vendor negotiations with new or renewing vendors • Experience with mature Source-to-Pay processes enabled by systems such as ERPs, Spend Visibility Tools, and Contract Lifecycle Management tools • CPSM, CPP, or similar designation • Experience working across functions such as Marketing, Human Resources, Technology, and Operations • Talent for data analytics, master data management, and information presentation • Strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills • Ability to sit or stand for extended periods at a stationary workstation • Ability to regularly carry, raise, and lower objects up to 10 lbs • Ability to learn and comprehend basic instructions • Focus and attention to tasks and responsibilities • Verbal communication, listening and understanding, responding, and speaking

🏖️ Benefits

• Variable bonus eligibility in addition to base salary • Health coverage • Paid holidays • Other benefits • Remote work