Global Procurement and Vendor Management Lead (SaaS)

Location: Melbourne; work from the local hirify.global office an average of 2 days a week.

Company

hirify.global is an employee experience SaaS platform used by more than 6,000 companies and 25 million employees, with offices in the US, UK, Germany and Australia.

What you will do

• Own the global procurement and vendor management function across APAC, the US and EMEA, maintaining visibility of agreements, renewals, notice periods, owners and annual value.
• Partner with Workplace, Finance, Legal, Security and Technology on supplier relationships, property commitments and capital projects.
• Set commercial strategy and lead negotiations for third-party agreements, delivering measurable savings and protecting commercial interests.
• Analyse usage, licensing and vendor overlap to recommend consolidation, commitment, flexibility and investment decisions.
• Own third-party technology spend budgeting and forecasting, including actuals, variances, savings opportunities and supplier performance reporting.
• Build procurement and vendor management policies, approval thresholds, intake processes and governance, while using automation and AI-enabled tools to improve analysis and negotiation preparation.

Requirements

• Strong track record leading third-party agreement negotiations and delivering measurable, evidenced savings.
• Deep experience managing technology and SaaS categories, including software licensing, pricing, renewals and vendor negotiation tactics.
• Strong financial and commercial judgement, including building and defending budgets, modelling options, reconciling spend to actuals and making recommendations to executive audiences.
• Experience building procurement or vendor management frameworks from a low base and driving organisational adoption.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to frame decisions clearly and escalate with a recommendation.
• Ability to build trusted partnerships with VPs and executives across business functions.
• Experience leading and developing a small specialist team.

Nice to have

• Experience in a high-growth technology or SaaS company with a distributed, multi-jurisdiction footprint.
• Practical experience using automation or AI tools to create operating leverage in a lean function.
• Exposure to third-party security and risk review processes.
• Experience working with procurement advisory or benchmarking partners on major negotiations.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management and spend management platforms.
• Experience supporting workplace services, property portfolios or capital projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with an average of 2 days per week in the local office.
• Employee Share Option Program, learning programs and coaching.
• Quarterly refresh days, an extended end-of-year break and a monthly wellbeing and lifestyle allowance.
• Inclusive parental leave from day one, a MacBook and home workspace setup budget.
• Five annual social impact days; medical insurance for employees and families is available in the US and UK.