Senior Manager, Procurement at Airtable

Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done.Join Airtable as the Sr. Manager, Procurement to own and mature Airtable’s strategic sourcing and vendor negotiation and operations function. The procurement function is established - this role inherits a capable team and a working operation, and is responsible for maturing it: closing the gap in software deal expertise, coaching and developing the team, and operating as a trusted partner to Engineering, IT, Finance, and Legal. You will report to the Head of Finance Operations.What you'll doLead complex commercial negotiations across Airtable’s most significant software, SaaS, infrastructure, cloud, AI, and professional services contracts, owning outcomes end-to-endManage and mature the vendor portfolio - rationalizing the supplier base, maintaining negotiation continuity, and building relationships that give Airtable durable commercial leveragePartner with FP&A to build and maintain a forward-looking procurement pipeline, proactively flagging upcoming renewals, pricing model changes, and commitment risk ahead of the planning cycleServe as the primary procurement partner to Engineering, IT, Finance, and Legal - maintaining structured cross-functional cadences and providing deal-cycle visibility across all stakeholder teamsReport to the CFO on a regular cadence on strategic and large spend deals, procurement pipeline, and key procurement metrics - translating activity into executive-level signalCoach and develop a small team of procurement and sourcing specialists, with a focus on closing the software deal expertise gap and growing their ability to lead complex negotiations independentlyDrive continued improvement of procurement processes, controls, and systems (Workday, Airtable, and emerging AI tooling) to increase team capacity and reduce manual overheadLeverage AI tools to accelerate contract analysis, negotiation prep, and spend pipeline reporting - operating at a scaled level and modeling that standard for the teamWho you are8+ years of procurement experience with demonstrated depth in software, SaaS, cloud, and infrastructure dealsTrack record of leading high-stakes commercial negotiations independently, including structuring complex multi-year agreements with consumption-based or hybrid pricing modelsExperience managing or developing procurement or sourcing professionals; brings a coaching orientation and invests in others’ growthOperates as a finance and business partner, not just a deal executor - understands how procurement decisions affect budgets, accruals, and FP&A planning cyclesCommunicates with precision and executive clarity; able to distill a complex commercial situation into a concise recommendation for a CFO-level audienceComfortable working in a leaner, faster environment - impact comes from stakeholder trust, deal outcomes and ensuring the team has the right tools and services at the right time, not org size or title authorityFluent with modern procurement tools (intake, contract management, spend visibility) and actively uses AI to increase personal leverage and output quality (Airtable, Claude, or equivalent)Transparent, accountable, and collaborative - earns trust across legal, finance, security, and engineering stakeholderAirtable is an equal opportunity employer. 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