Director, Procurement

About Outreach
Outreach, founded in 2014, is the only complete agentic AI platform for revenue teams. Outreach infuses agentic AI, conversation intelligence, and assistive AI to power hundreds of use cases across revenue motions. From new logo prospecting to expansions, deal acceleration, driving retention, and forecasting, Outreach AI automates workflows and frees sellers to focus on more strategic conversations and actions. Revenue leaders benefit from connected account visibility, performance insights, and higher forecasting accuracy across every GTM team. World leading enterprise organizations use Outreach to power their revenue teams, including Databricks, SAP, Siemens, and Verizon to name a few. 

The Role 

As we continue to scale, we are seeking an experienced Director of Procurement to lead the maturation of our existing Procurement function. Building on a strong foundation, this role is focused on evolving our procure-to-pay operations, deepening cross-functional partnerships, and driving greater efficiency, compliance, and cost discipline across the organization. You will serve as the operational and strategic lead for how the business purchases goods and services — ensuring that speed and innovation are never sacrificed at the expense of governance and risk management. 

You and your team will partner closely with Finance, Legal, Security, Privacy, GRC, and Business Systems to support complex software contracts, AI tools, professional services, and infrastructure spend. 

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in environments where the foundation exists, but the opportunity to optimize, scale, and elevate is significant. 

 

Location: We would prefer this candidate to be located in Atlanta or Seattle.  We are also open to remote candidate within the US. 

Your Daily Adventures Will Include

Procure-to-Pay Leadership & Continuous Improvement 

• Own and continuously improve the end-to-end purchase-to-pay (P2P) process within our Zip procurement environment 

• Identify and implement automation opportunities and AI-driven enhancements across the procurement lifecycle to reduce friction and increase speed 

• Iterate on current procurement policies, approval frameworks, and purchasing workflows that balance operational agility with financial controls 

• Oversee cross-departmental P2P operations, ensuring consistent process adherence and a high-quality and efficient purchasing experience for business stakeholders 

• Work in close partnership with Legal, Privacy, Cybersecurity, GRC, and Finance to ensure procurement processes reflect current compliance requirements and risk standards 

• Train all Outreachers on process standards and serve as the internal subject matter expert on procurement best practices 

• Identify opportunities to scale the function in alignment with organizational growth, including evolving tooling, workflows, and team capacity 

• Serve as a visible and credible partner to senior leadership, advocating for procurement as a strategic business enabler 

Vendor Management & Risk Mitigation 

• Lead vendor relationship management and negotiating strategy on behalf of business partners 

• Maintain due diligence policies and procedures to ensure vendors meet contractual, regulatory, and ethical requirements while assisting GRC, Privacy and security teams maintain critical documentation for related audits and compliance requirements 

• Drive risk-based decision making across procurement actions, ensuring appropriate scrutiny is applied to vendor onboarding