Specialist / Senior Procurement Specialist

Location: Cambridge, MA, USA

Salary: $68,000–$117,333 USD base annually, with bonus potential and early-stage equity.

Company

hirify.global is building AI-powered scientific systems and proprietary instruments designed to autonomously execute the scientific method and accelerate discovery across medicine, materials, and energy.

What you will do

• Run requisition-to-purchase-order execution end to end, including review, clarification, placement, confirmation, and closure.
• Act as the primary procurement partner for assigned research and operating teams, including scientists, lab managers, and technical teams.
• Sequence the daily purchasing queue by impact, maintain order accuracy, and enforce correct coding, approval paths, terms, and lead times.
• Expand catalog and punch-out coverage so routine purchasing becomes self-service.
• Own supplier onboarding and offboarding, including vendor master maintenance, and resolve delivery, quality, and pricing issues.
• Partner with FP&A on budget checks, project coding, and month-end accruals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Three or more years of procurement, purchasing, or procurement operations experience. Experience supporting research organizations is preferred.
• Experience with a major procurement platform such as Coupa, Ariba, or Jaggaer; Coupa is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on supplier onboarding experience, including qualification, screening, compliance documentation, and vendor master management.
• Ability to sequence an overloaded queue where most requests are marked urgent.
• Accuracy under volume and the judgment to refuse non-compliant orders.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Nice to have

• Experience coordinating with demand or materials planning.
• Experience in biotech, pharma, diagnostics, or research-driven startups.
• Familiarity with CRO and CDMO engagements and lab operations.
• Experience sourcing scientific materials, equipment, and research services.
• Professional certification such as CPSM, CPM, or CSCP.

Culture & Benefits

• Startup-speed environment focused on truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity.
• Full-time U.S. employees receive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• Flexible time off, generous company-wide holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Educational assistance, commuter benefits including bike-share memberships for office-based employees, and a company-subsidized lunch program.
• International employees receive a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region.