Procurement Ops Architect for AI-Scale Growth

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Relocation bonus up to $15k

Proximity bonus up to $10k

Monthly meals stipend $1.5K

Equinox membership

Laundry reimbursements

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Procurement Operations lead to design and own the intake-to-PO process from scratch, interfacing across Finance, Legal, Security, and Engineering. You will architect automation, onboard vendors, and drive day-to-day operations while building scalable systems that support rapid growth.

You will collaborate with Accounts Payable, develop training and knowledge content, and deliver dashboards that reveal procurement performance and trends for leadership.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of experience in procurement operations, intake-to-PO processes, or an analytically rigorous operations role at a high-growth tech company.
• Direct experience building procurement processes from zero — intake, approval matrices, vendor onboarding.
• Deep familiarity with procurement/P2P tooling (e.g. Ramp, Ironclad, Zip) and a bias toward automation over manual work.
• Comfort building with and evaluating AI tools and agents, with the rigor to verify their output rather than take it at face value.
• Working knowledge of AP and payment processes, so you can hand off cleanly to AP and troubleshoot upstream issues before they become AP's problem.
• Strong business judgment — comfortable resolving exceptions, managing ambiguity, and making calls without a rulebook already written for you.
• A builder's mindset: you'd rather design the scalable system than repeatedly patch the same manual process.
• Excellent stakeholder communication — you can explain policy and process clearly to both internal teams and vendors.
• Can-do attitude!

Responsibilities

• Build and own the intake-to-PO lifecycle from intake triage, approval matrices, vendor onboarding, PO creation, and self-service purchasing, then run it day-to-day across business, finance, legal, security, and IT.
• Re-architect Procurement with AI: identify where automation can replace manual work, build, deploy, and iterate with rigorous checks.
• Partner with Accounts Payable: support vendor master data quality and PO accuracy, troubleshoot disputes upstream.
• Be the Subject-Matter Expert: provide guidance on procurement tools, policy, and compliance; create training materials.
• Metrics & Reporting: build dashboards and reports to track procurement performance and surface trends.
• Cross-Functional Change Management: lead or support initiatives tied to new processes and tooling.

Skills

Procurement ops

Intake-to-PO

P2P tooling

AI tools

Vendor onboarding

Stakeholder comms

Change management

Process design

Builder mindset

Tools

Ramp

Ironclad

Zip

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Procurement Operations lead to design and own the intake-to-PO process from scratch, interfacing across Finance, Legal, Security, and Engineering. You will architect automation, onboard vendors, and drive day-to-day operations while building scalable systems that support rapid growth.

You will collaborate with Accounts Payable, develop training and knowledge content, and deliver dashboards that reveal procurement performance and trends for leadership.