Head of Procurement Tech & AI Transformation

Apex Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group in London, United Kingdom, seeks a visionary Head of Procurement Technology & AI to design and drive a market-leading technology platform for procurement. You will shape strategy, lead AI-enabled innovation, and deliver measurable value through improved processes and compliance across the source-to-pay lifecycle.

The role requires deep procurement expertise, hands-on platform experience, and the ability to partner with IT, risk and external vendors to keep Apex at the forefront of

Qualifications

• Deep procurement expertise with knowledge of source-to-pay and transformation levers.
• Experience with leading procurement platforms, AI-enabled solutions and automation tools.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise technology transformation from strategy to adoption.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the Procurement Technology and AI strategy, roadmap and investment agenda.
• Select, implement and accelerate leading Procurement platform integrations and supporting technologies.
• Deploy advanced AI, automation and agentic capabilities across source-to-pay, supplier management, risk and data workflows.
• Create simple, intuitive, high-adoption user experience for procurement, business stakeholders and suppliers.
• Build partnerships with leading technology vendors, AI specialists, industry analysts and innovation networks.
• Deliver clear business value through productivity gains, faster cycle times, stronger compliance, better insight and improved commercial outcomes.
• Partner closely with IT, AI, Risk and Compliance teams to ensure secure, scalable and well-controlled solutions.
• Continuously assess market innovation and emerging capability to keep Apex ahead of the curve.

Skills

Procurement strategy

AI in procurement

Vendor partnerships

Change management

Data & analytics

Stakeholder management

Workday integrations

Tools

Workday

Job description

Apex Group in London, United Kingdom, seeks a visionary Head of Procurement Technology & AI to design and drive a market-leading technology platform for procurement. You will shape strategy, lead AI-enabled innovation, and deliver measurable value through improved processes and compliance across the source-to-pay lifecycle.

The role requires deep procurement expertise, hands-on platform experience, and the ability to partner with IT, risk and external vendors to keep Apex at the forefront of