Growth Design Reviewer

The Sage Group; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sage Group, supporting a leading AI company in the Bay Area, seeks a Growth Design Reviewer to manage procurement end-to-end. You will oversee purchase requests, change orders, and contract amendments, ensuring on-time execution and clean data for finance tracking.

Strong vendor relationships and proactive communication are essential. Ideal candidates bring experience in high-volume operations, SOW drafting, and escalation when approvals stall, with a sharp eye for detail and process

Qualifications

• Experience handling procurement workflows from requisition to payment.
• Ability to draft and shepherd SOWs and contract amendments.
• Strong vendor relationships and timely communications are essential.

Responsibilities

• File and manage purchase requests and change orders in the procure-to-pay system.
• Draft statements of work and contract amendments from templates and shepherd them through the workflow.
• Chase approvals and signatures, escalating when a request stalls.
• Reconcile POs against contracts line-by-line and verify expense details.
• Track POs in real time and run blockers reviews to resolve issues.
• Provide data feed for monthly finance spend tracking.
• Partner with communications, accounting, procurement operations, legal, and finance teams.
• Build strong vendor relationships and serve as primary procurement contact.
• Communicate clearly and promptly with teammates and vendors.
• Navigate difficult vendor conversations with tact and good judgment.
• Ramp up quickly on new tools and evolving processes.
• Maintain meticulous, line-item level accuracy in contracts and invoices.
• Demonstrate proactive follow-through and escalation as needed.
• Work as a true partner to teammates, communicating proactively.

Skills

Vendor management

Contract management

Relationship management

Procurement processes

Communication

Attention to detail

Spreadsheet proficiency

Tools

Google Sheets

Job description

The Sage Group’s client, a leading AI company in the Bay Area is looking for a Growth Design Reviewer. The Communications Strategy & Operations team runs all vendor and agency procurement for our client’s Communications organization: purchase orders, contracts and amendments, change orders, and invoicing across a multi-vendor portfolio spanning a variety of regional entities and different currencies. This role owns execution of that process end-to-end. You will be working a high-volume queue with a daily rhythm of review, triage, and follow-up. This role requires strong relationship management, ownership, and flawless execution: you are the go-to person for vendors and Communications teammates alike, and you ensure contracts and purchase orders move accurately and on time so the team can invest in vendor strategy, process design, and other strategic improvements.

Key responsibilities

• File and manage purchase requests and change orders in the procure-to-pay system: run structured vendor intake, submit requests, and work approval threads to unstick requests
• Draft statements of work and contract amendments from templates and shepherd them through the contract workflow to full execution
• Chase approvals and signatures persistently, and **escalate** early when a request is stuck rather than letting it stall
• Reconcile purchase orders against contracts line-by-line: catch gaps between contract terms and PO lines, vendor math errors, missing expense lines, and overbilling; verify itemized vendor breakdowns against agreed-upon expense rates
• Track the team’s purchase orders in real time; run regular "where are we blocked" and "who am I waiting on" sweeps; triage and troubleshoot most blockers independently
• Feed clean PO data into monthly finance spend tracking
• Partner day to day with communications teammates requesting purchases, as well as accounting, procurement operations, legal, and finance teams
• Build and manage strong day-to-day relationships with vendors and agency partners, acting as their primary point of contact for procurement matters
• Communicate effectively, thoroughly, and clearly — and in a timely fashion — with communications teammates and vendors alike
• Navigate thorny questions and occasionally difficult vendor conversations with professionalism, tact, and good judgment
• Flex quickly to urgent or shifting requests without dropping ongoing threads
• Ability to ramp up quickly on new tools and processes, and re‑ramping when the process evolves
• Meticulous, line-item-level attention to detail in contracts, purchase orders, and invoices
• Proven follow-through on a high-volume queue; tracks 100% of requests to resolution and either follows up or escalates before anything stalls
• Clear, professional, and prompt communication with vendors and internal partners, both written and verbal
• Fluency with spreadsheets (especially Google Sheets) for trackers and reconciliation
• Sound judgment about what to execute independently and what to escape
• Experience supporting fast-moving operations teams that not infrequently require rapid response
• Experience owning vendor or agency relationships day to day, including navigating thorny questions, pushback, and occasionally difficult vendor conversations with tact and good judgment
• Demonstrated ability to work as a true partner to teammates—communicating thoroughly and proactively rather than only when asked

Preferred qualifications

• Experience procuring communications, PR, or marketing agency services
• Experience in procurement operations, contract administration, or a similar high-volume operations role