AI-Driven Procurement Leader | Biotech & Drug Discovery

Xairatherapeutics; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive base salary + bonus

Job summary

Xaira Therapeutics in California seeks a Procurement Manager to build a modern procurement function powered by AI-enabled operations. You will own end-to-end procurement, lead supplier negotiations, and implement a contract-first CLM framework while partnering with scientists, engineers and business stakeholders.

You bring 5+ years in procurement, proven negotiation results with CROs and services, and fluency with Ironclad, Coupa, NetSuite or Ramp. The role offers base salary, bonus, and equity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain; biotech, pharma, or high-growth tech preferred.
• 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.
• Stakeholder obsession - Building trust through accountability and delivery making Procurement an invaluable business partnership.
• Concise, executive-ready communication
• Entrepreneurial: you find the gap, propose the fix, and ship it.

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, negotiating 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

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Analytics

Executive communication

AI fluency

Procurement strategy

Tools

Ironclad

Coupa

NetSuite

Ramp

Job description

Xaira Therapeutics in California seeks a Procurement Manager to build a modern procurement function powered by AI-enabled operations. You will own end-to-end procurement, lead supplier negotiations, and implement a contract-first CLM framework while partnering with scientists, engineers and business stakeholders.

You bring 5+ years in procurement, proven negotiation results with CROs and services, and fluency with Ironclad, Coupa, NetSuite or Ramp. The role offers base salary, bonus, and equity.