8+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, or finops, preferably in tech companies
Proven negotiation skills with cloud and security software vendors
Ability to collaborate with diverse internal teams and diagnose service over-provisioning
Experience deploying sourcing systems for enhanced team collaboration
Creative and curious mindset for reimagining sourcing processes
Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced environments, leveraging AI tools
Responsibilities
Define sourcing strategy in collaboration with business teams to identify key vendors and gaps
Forecast demand and evaluate suppliers while translating growth into sourcing leverage
Negotiate directly with major vendors and equip teams with spend management tools
Create systems for vendor intake, contract management, and renewal tracking
Ensure security and legal reviews are completed for relevant vendors
Benefits
Company Equity Package
401(k) with 3% Employer Match & Roth 401(k)
Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance options
11 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Creative Education Stipend
Generous Commuter Allowance
In-Office Lunch provided 5 days a week
Full Job Description
About the Role
Suno is hiring its very first Director of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement. Suno is one of the fastest-growing AI-native companies in the world, and as our first sourcing hire your job is simple: get us better deals and ensure we're partnering with the right vendors.
This is a multi-faceted, hands-on role: you'll serve as a strategic partner to all of Suno's teams in thinking through what technology strategy best meets our needs; be our primary negotiator across our non-headcount spend (cloud, inference, software, etc.); and build the systems that allow us to confidently manage vendor relationships and risks. You'll decide when to move fast versus when to create healthy friction, partnering closely with Legal, Finance, and Security/IT to get deals done at the best price, terms, and flexibility.
Listen to the song we made about it: https://suno.com/s/F9r6u4N4hN2a99w3
What You'll Do
Work closely with each of Suno's business teams to define sourcing strategy: who are our key vendors, where do we have gaps where additional tooling could help, and where do we have unintended duplication or unused tools?
Partner with every team at Suno to forecast demand, understand technical requirements, evaluate suppliers, and translate our growth into sourcing leverage. Personally negotiate with major vendors and provide tools/techniques for anyone in the company to successfully manage spend.
Create intake and vendor contract systems that triage requests for new vendors, manage commitments, and surface renewals based on spend level, risk exposure, and usage. No surprise renewals of unused vendors, please!
Work closely with Security/IT and Legal to ensure that security review and legal term review are achieved for relevant vendors.
What You'll Need
Must-haves
8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, and/or finops, ideally in high-growth technology companies
Experience negotiating directly with cloud providers and security/monitoring software with a history of demonstrated cost wins. Experience working with inference providers is highly desirable
Ability to partner with a wide variety of internal stakeholders. Can you ask the right question to diagnose over-provisioning of a costly service with the engineering team and also know which legal terms to focus on in an order form and MSA?
History of successfully deploying sourcing systems for better collaboration with internal teams and clarity on spend and usage
Collaboration, curiosity, and creativity. This not a role for someone who wants to slot into a defined process but rather someone who wants to reimagine what thoughtful sourcing and spend culture can unlock for a company
Comfort with ambiguity and high pace. You have a bias towards action over perfection and use AI to empower yourself and others
Nice-to-haves
Experience setting and managing budgets for office management and real estate buildouts
Work at both scrappy startups and scaled organizations. Help us make stage-appropriate decisions and tradeoffs as we grow
Experience building and maintaining AI-powered sourcing tools and playbooks for redlining, negotiation prep, benchmarking, and vendor reporting
Experience with readiness for IPO
Additional Notes:
Applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
This role requires working onsite at one of our offices.
