Procurement Lead (Cloud & SaaS, Fully Remote)

About the role

A partner company is looking for a Procurement Lead based in Slovenia, working fully remotely in a globally distributed environment. The role takes ownership of the commercial and vendor-management function, with a strong focus on financial operations (FinOps) and cost optimization. It involves overseeing strategic cloud and SaaS vendor relationships, leading contract negotiations and establishing procurement governance, and building the procurement function from the ground up.

Key responsibilities

• Own end-to-end relationships with key cloud and SaaS vendors (AWS, GCP, Cloudflare, CloudQuery, ClickHouse and others), leading contract negotiations and renewals with Finance and Legal
• Establish and enforce procurement governance, including competitive bidding, approval thresholds, benchmarking and managed-procurement coordination
• Lead the Procurement and FinOps function, defining its operating model, roadmap, processes and standards
• Manage and develop direct reports, including onboarding, performance management, career development and team administration
• Monitor vendor expenditure, identify licensing inefficiencies and usage patterns, and drive renewals, right-sizing and tooling consolidation to achieve savings
• Build and maintain vendor and SaaS cost dashboards and reporting systems
• Define spending policies, governance frameworks and cost-control thresholds, and coordinate cloud cost-efficiency initiatives with Engineering teams

Required profile

• At least 8 years of experience in procurement, vendor or commercial management, FinOps, or technical and financial analysis, including senior-level ownership of a function
• Proven experience managing strategic vendor relationships, negotiating commercial agreements and overseeing contract renewals
• Experience building cost dashboards and reporting solutions, and analyzing cloud infrastructure expenditure (AWS, GCP), SaaS billing and licensing
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, and experience in asynchronous, remote-first or globally distributed organizations
• People-management skills, including team development and performance management

Required skills

• Understanding of procurement governance, competitive bidding, contract benchmarking and approval processes
• Hands-on experience with SQL, business intelligence tools or similar analytical technologies
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills

What we offer

• Fully remote work, with a WeWork membership or co-working allowance
• Equity ownership (ESOP)
• Technology allowance for workspace equipment
• Health insurance covering 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums
• Annual company off-site and flexible, asynchronous working arrangements
• Annual learning allowance for professional development