Senior Procurement & Vendor-Management Architect

Mercor; Greater London; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is building realistic, high-fidelity simulated environments to evaluate and train AI models on real-world procurement workflows. We are seeking senior procurement and vendor-management professionals to author tasks and validate processes that mirror how procurement teams vet vendors and review contract renewals.

You will lead multi‑lens reviews, draft rubrics, and ensure realism in simulated environments before tasks open, contributing to high‑quality AI training data and practical

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in procurement, spend operations, or vendor management.
• Experience running real vendor requests and renewals.
• Strong written communication and rubric-style feedback.

Responsibilities

• Review simulated new-vendor intake requests, benchmarking price and contract terms against realistic data.
• Consolidate multi‑lens reviews (finance, legal, security, IT) into a final approval recommendation.
• Author step-level rubrics and golden responses for evaluating requests or renewals.
• Audit simulated environments for realism and avoid contradictions before tasks open.

Skills

Vendor management

Procurement leadership

Written communication

Job description

Mercor is building realistic, high-fidelity simulated environments to evaluate and train AI models on real-world procurement workflows. We are seeking senior procurement and vendor-management professionals to author tasks and validate processes that mirror how procurement teams vet vendors and review contract renewals.

You will lead multi‑lens reviews, draft rubrics, and ensure realism in simulated environments before tasks open, contributing to high‑quality AI training data and practical