AI-Driven Tech Sourcing — Assistant Manager

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex

Parental Leave

Birthday Leave

LASA volunteering

Grabber Assistance Programme

Flexible hours

Job summary

Grab is seeking an Assistant Manager, Technology Sourcing to navigate AI-token use, cloud models, SaaS, and hardware lifecycles, while partnering with Engineering, Product, and Network teams from our Petaling Jaya office.

You will design commercial frameworks, run medium-complexity workstreams, build cost models, and leverage AI for analysis to prepare strategic negotiation trade-offs for senior leaders, delivering durable results with fewer escalations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of direct procurement experience in technology.
• Experience running technology RFPs and enterprise software contracts.
• Familiarity with cloud ecosystems (SaaS/IaaS) and hardware lifecycles.
• Strong financial modelling and business case development.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing execution and strategy for medium-complexity workstreams.
• Go-to-Market and Commercial Architecture: design RFQs/RFPs and cost models.
• Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, VenSec and ensure timely inputs.
• Prepare negotiation positions and run pre-briefs with leaders.
• Govern supplier performance and cost through formal reviews.
• Apply AI to drafting, analysis, and scenario exploration.
• Guide teams on procurement systems and end-to-end PR/PO workflows.

Skills

Sourcing

RFPs & Contracts

AI in Sourcing

Financial Modelling

Vendor Governance

Stakeholder Influence

Tools

Oracle

MS Excel

Job description

Grab is seeking an Assistant Manager, Technology Sourcing to navigate AI-token use, cloud models, SaaS, and hardware lifecycles, while partnering with Engineering, Product, and Network teams from our Petaling Jaya office.

You will design commercial frameworks, run medium-complexity workstreams, build cost models, and leverage AI for analysis to prepare strategic negotiation trade-offs for senior leaders, delivering durable results with fewer escalations.