Contract with potential to extend or convert (6-12 months)
Pay: $70–$95/hr
About the role
We are supporting a fast-moving, product-driven AI company building out its Procurement Center of Excellence . This role is focused on owning and improving the procurement intake experience , with a strong emphasis on systems, workflows, automation, and AI enablement .
This is not a sourcing or buying role. It is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys configuring tools, improving user experience, and operating in a high-growth, fast-changing environment.
What you’ll do
- Own and continuously improve the end-to-end employee experience in Zip , the single front door for procurement and spend requests
- Redesign intake forms, questions, conditional logic, and guided buying flows to reduce friction while maintaining compliance
- Configure and optimize workflows including routing rules, approvals, automations, and cross‑functional handoffs
- Identify bottlenecks using request data and user feedback, then ship high‑impact improvements quickly
- Partner with Finance, Legal, Security, Privacy, and IT to ensure workflows align with controls and reporting needs
- Help expand and operationalize AI‑enabled procurement workflows, including AI agents that support intake, triage, and review
- Create runbooks, documentation, training materials, and change communications to support adoption and scale
What we’re looking for
- Hands‑on experience administering or configuring Zip or a similar intake‑to‑procure / intake‑to‑pay platform
- Strong understanding of procurement intake, workflow orchestration, and compliance‑by‑design concepts
- Comfort owning systems end to end without relying on Finance or IT to make changes
- Practical mindset around AI and automation and how it can improve real workflows
- Highly execution‑oriented and comfortable operating in ambiguity
- Data‑driven and UX‑minded, with the ability to prove impact through metrics
Nice to have
- Experience working closely with Security, Privacy, Risk, or Third‑Party teams
- Exposure to AI agents, automation tools, or workflow intelligence platforms
- Background in product operations, procurement operations, or systems enablement
Why this role
- High visibility work with monthly leadership reporting
- Real ownership of a core procurement system
- Opportunity to make immediate, visible improvements to employee experience
- Strong likelihood of extension and potential conversion to full‑time