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Cypress HCM

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Cypress HCM, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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This range is provided by Cypress HCM. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range $90.00/hr - $110.00/hr

As the Sourcing Delivery Lead, you will be the “control tower”, take on a hands‑on approach while building and running a large team of buyers and contract negotiators handling high volume, low risk sourcing. You will own playbooks, training, workflows, and SLA performance. Your work enables fast commercial execution so Strategic Sourcing and Legal stay focused on complex deals.

We need someone who has led large buyer teams in technology companies and who is extremely organized, efficient, and able to partner calmly with demanding internal customers.

In this role, you will

Lead and manage a large pool of buyers and negotiators focused on quick turn, low risk commercial negotiations

Serve as the command center for sourcing intake, triage, and prioritization

Coach buyers and contractors on commercial structures, negotiation frameworks, and best practices

Own resource allocation & pipeline health across sourcing workstreams

Ensure full due diligence routing when needed including Legal, Security, Finance, Privacy, and Risk

Build and enforce negotiation playbooks and commercial guardrails that allow standard deals to move quickly without Legal involvement

Own intake triage and routing models, ensuring clean escalation paths for complex agreements

Maintain dashboards & reporting for volume, throughput, quality, and cycle time

Lead weekly stand‑ups, syncs, and stakeholder communications

Manage and optimize the contingent workforce model including contractor leads and bench coverage to scale efficiently

Recruit, hire, train, and performance manage contingent staff with a focus on productivity, consistency, and SLA attainment

Build and maintain dashboards and performance metrics such as cycle time, SLA attainment, resource utilization, and quality

Maintain extreme organization in workflow sequencing, documentation, and stakeholder communication

Lead continuous process improvement and automation work to reduce friction and increase throughput

Partner closely with Strategic Sourcing Leads and cross functional teams to ensure diligence quality, alignment, and compliance

Partner closely with Legal & Finance on deal velocity and compliance

Handle select quick-turn negotiations and approvals as needed

Provide excellent customer service to stakeholders including managing escalations and helping unblock urgent requests

Conduct quality reviews on executed contracts and reinforce adherence to standards

Provide routine operational reviews with insights, risks, and action plans

You might thrive in this role if you

Have managed a large buyer or sourcing delivery team with measurable output and SLA ownership

Have successfully led intake / triage / shared services / procurement ops teams

Enjoy coaching and developing talent — not just doing the work yourself

Have deep experience in quick turn negotiations and standard software and services commercial terms

Thrive in a fast growing, high volume environment where scaling is constant

Have worked across a wide range of categories including technology, SaaS, and business services

Know how to partner with Legal, Security, Finance, and Risk to ensure complete and accurate diligence

Are extremely organized and nothing slips through the cracks

Are calm when stakeholders are under pressure or shifting priorities

Communicate clearly, set expectations early, and drive follow through

Think in systems with intake, handoffs, metrics, and automation built in

Use data to diagnose issues and prioritize improvements

Thrive in a fast growing, high volume environment where scaling is constant

Pay Rate: $90-$110/hour DOE

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. You must be in the office at least 3 days per week.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Purchasing, Supply Chain, and General Business

Industries

Research Services, Technology, Information and Media, and Software Development

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