Strategic Sourcing Lead Expert

Ethos; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 113,000; Part time

Job summary

Ethos is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Lead for a fully remote arrangement. The role focuses on training AI models by managing procurement workflows and vendor relationships for AI training projects.

You will own RFPs/RFQs, build evaluation matrices, review contracts and SLAs, and deliver spend analyses with actionable savings opportunities. Candidates should have 4+ years in procurement or supplier management, exceptional documentation and presentation skills, and the ability to work 5-20 hours

Qualifications

• 4+ years in procurement, sourcing, or vendor/supplier management.
• Direct ownership of running RFPs/RFQs and negotiating or reviewing vendor contracts and SLAs.
• Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication

Responsibilities

• Draft, evaluate, and refine RFPs/RFQs and vendor contracts.
• Develop vendor scoring matrices and SLA reviews.
• Create spend-analysis reports and risk assessments.
• Define category strategy and savings pipelines.

Skills

Procurement experience

Sourcing

Vendor management

Job description

Pay

$70/hr

The rate in the listing.

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From the Ethos listing, checked Nov 4.

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How Ethos hiring works

Your application is a 10-minute call.

Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your career, then matches you to projects like Strategic Sourcing Lead. Keep your CV open and cover these:

• 4+ years in procurement, sourcing, or vendor/supplier management
• Direct ownership of running RFPs/RFQs and negotiating or reviewing vendor contracts and SLAs
• Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication

About this role

From the Ethos listing

About This Opportunity

We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced strategic sourcing leads who can help train their latest language model on professional document, spreadsheet, and slide deck tasks.

We're looking for strategic sourcing leads with 4+ years running sourcing and supplier-management processes to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks across core workflows: RFP and RFQ drafting, vendor-scoring and evaluation matrices, supplier-contract and SLA review, spend-analysis reports, vendor-risk assessments, and category strategy and savings-pipeline reviews.

Compensation

$70/hour

Commitment:

Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)

Location:

Fully remote, work on your own schedule

Start date:

ASAP

Qualifications

• 4+ years in procurement, sourcing, or vendor/supplier management
• Direct ownership of running RFPs/RFQs and negotiating or reviewing vendor contracts and SLAs
• Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail

How long hiring takes

Across the platforms we list, people typically hear back about a hire within

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25 days

of applying.

Within 2 weeks

~30%

Within 6 weeks

~65%

Within 3 months

~85%

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Strategy & Operations

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Common questions

Do I need to keep applying for projects on Ethos?

No. When your profile is live, Ethos matches you to new projects from your career history, so companies find you. Each finished project raises your Expert Score, which brings you better-paid work.

How and when does Ethos pay experts?

Within 30 days of your invoice, after a project closes. Some AI training platforms pay weekly, so plan for the longer wait.

How many hours a week is this Strategic Sourcing Lead work?

Between 5 and 20 hours a week. At $70/hr that is $350 to $1,400 a week. You set your own hours.

What experience does this Strategic Sourcing Lead listing ask for?

The listing asks for 4+ years in procurement, sourcing, or vendor/supplier management; direct ownership of running RFPs/RFQs and negotiating or reviewing vendor contracts and SLAs; and expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail. Ethos's interviewer builds your profile from your CV, so have the roles that show this ready to talk through.

How much does this specific role pay?

This listing is posted at $70/hr, an hourly rate. Pay can change after we check the listing, so confirm the rate on the platform's application page.

Who built Ethos and is it legitimate?

Yes. Ethos was founded in London in 2024 by James Lo (McKinsey, SoftBank Vision Fund) and Daniel Mankowitz (Google DeepMind research scientist and lead author of AlphaDev). It raised a $22.75M Series A led by a16z in May 2026, with General Catalyst and XTX Markets participating, and works with AI labs, private equity firms, hedge funds and consultancies. The link on this page is an affiliate link; it doesn't affect your pay or the projects you're offered.