AI-Driven Biotech Procurement Leader

AI Chopping Block; South San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary, bonus, and equity

Job summary

Xaira Therapeutics is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead end-to-end procurement, drive an AI-enabled operation, and transform supplier engagements. You will partner with scientists, engineers, and business leads to build a world-class procurement function.

The role emphasizes contract-first CLM adoption, data integrity, and scalable supplier relationships, with a base salary in SF Bay Area plus bonus and equity. We value entrepreneurial, stakeholder-focused leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain in biotech, pharma, or tech.
• Proven negotiation results on complex service agreements (CRO, services, and technology).
• Hands-on with modern procurement tools (Ironclad, Coupa, NetSuite, Ramp) and curiosity about what replaces them.
• Practical AI fluency applied to real workflows — you can point to processes you've automated.
• Strong analytics: spend analysis, dashboarding, supplier ecosystems, advanced metrics and analytics giving Xaira leverage as a competitive advantage among Xaira’s peer group.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end procurement operations: P2P process, sourcing, and technology enablement across all goods and services
• Drive adoption of our contract-first CLM framework while reducing cycle times
• Run procurement as a service business, with stakeholder experience as a core focus
• Support Accounting: PO hygiene, invoice-match resolution, accruals, vendor master data and close activities
• Pilot and scale AI across the lifecycle: contract analysis, spend classification, supplier intelligence, negotiation prep, workflow automation
• Make Xaira's procurement a showcase for AI-augmented operations — measured in cycle time, coverage, and cost
• Translate the emerging procure-tech landscape into practical and adopted tooling
• Lead sourcing events and negotiations across core life-sciences suppliers
• Structure agreements that protect Xaira's flexibility: competitive tension, cancellation frameworks and leading engagement terms
• Build supplier relationships that scale: performance management, risk monitoring and strategic partnerships
• Drive build-vs-buy decisions across the stack (P2P, CLM, sourcing, cost savings/avoidance) with lean, high-leverage solutions
• Build spend analytics that turn data into decisions: category insights, supplier concentration, budget-to-actual
• Own data integrity across procurement and P2P systems

Skills

Procurement

Strategic sourcing

Supply chain

Negotiation

AI fluency

Analytics

Tools

Ironclad

Coupa

NetSuite

Ramp

Job description

Xaira Therapeutics is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead end-to-end procurement, drive an AI-enabled operation, and transform supplier engagements. You will partner with scientists, engineers, and business leads to build a world-class procurement function.

The role emphasizes contract-first CLM adoption, data integrity, and scalable supplier relationships, with a base salary in SF Bay Area plus bonus and equity. We value entrepreneurial, stakeholder-focused leadership.