Job Description

About the RoleCoStar Group is seeking a highly analytical and forward-thinking procurement professional to serve as a strategic partner focused on technology spend management, FinOps, vendor optimization, and AI-enabled procurement transformation.

This role will act as a subject matter expert supporting the modernization of procurement processes, driving cost optimization across technology investments, and identifying opportunities to leverage artificial intelligence and automation to improve efficiency, visibility, and decision-making.

The ideal candidate combines extensive technical knowledge and operations experience with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement.

This position is located in Arlington, Virginia and is in office Monday through Friday.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Procurement & Strategic Sourcing

• Partner with business leaders, Finance, IT, Security, and Legal to support sourcing and procurement activities for technology-related spend.
• Assist vendor evaluations, RFPs, contract negotiations, and supplier management activities.
• Analyze technology expenditures and identify opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining service quality.
• Support enterprise software, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, telecommunications, and professional services procurement initiatives.
• Establish and maintain vendor performance metrics and scorecards.

FinOps & Spend Optimization

• Partner with Finance and Technology teams to improve visibility into cloud and technology spending.
• Monitor usage trends and identify cost-saving opportunities across software, infrastructure, and technology services.
• Develop reporting and business insights that support budgeting, forecasting, and investment decisions.
• Assist in the development of governance processes related to cloud and technology spend.
• Support initiatives focused on improving the financial efficiency of technology investments.

• Evaluate emerging AI-enabled procurement solutions and recommend opportunities for adoption.
• Drive automation initiatives that streamline sourcing, contracting, supplier onboarding, and spend analytics processes.
• Leverage AI tools to improve procurement workflows, reporting, and decision support.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify repetitive or manual processes that can be enhanced through automation and intelligent technologies.
• Stay current on industry trends related to procurement technology, generative AI, machine learning, and digital transformation.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement policies, workflows, and stakeholder experience.
• Develop recommendations that reduce cycle times and eliminate administrative burden.
• Create dashboards, metrics, and reporting that provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Support change management and adoption efforts associated with new procurement technologies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across procurement operations.
• Influence stakeholders through data-driven recommendations and business case development.
• Collaborate across Finance, Procurement, Technology, Security, and Operations teams to drive enterprise-wide improvements.
• Support strategic initiatives involving cost management, vendor rationalization, and operational efficiency.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Economics, or a related field from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person University or College.
• 5+ years of experience in operations, FinOps, or spend management.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to independently lead cross-functional initiatives and influence outcomes.
• Experience supporting cloud financial management or FinOps initiatives.
• Experience leading AI initiatives.
• Knowledge of AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or other cloud environments. Large metered or usage-based (DataDog, DataBricks, Confluent, Tokenomics)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing procurement automation or AI-enabled solutions.

• Familiarity with spend analytics, supplier management, and procurement performance metrics.
• Experience negotiating technology and software agreements.
• Experience working with procurement technologies, spend analytics tools, or ERP platforms.
• Professional certifications such as:
  • CPSM
  • CSCP
  • PMP
  • FinOps Certified Practitioner
• Experience in a high-growth, technology-driven public company.

What9;s in it for you?

When you join CoStar Group, you9ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests inyour professionaland academic growth with internal trainingandtuition reimbursement.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Virtual and in-person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent)
• Access to CoStar Group9s Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.