Vendor Manager Expert

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

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Immediate start

Job summary

Ethos is seeking an experienced Vendor Manager for remote, flexible engagement in the United States. You will manage sourcing, RFP/RFQ processes, contract reviews, and SLAs, with a strong emphasis on precision in documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks. The role offers a paid hourly rate and is designed for part-time commitment.

Work is fully remote with the freedom to set your own schedule. Start ASAP, with weekly hours expected in the range of 5–20, and potential for more depending on project

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.

Skills

Procurement

Vendor management

RFP/RFQ ownership

Vendor contract review

Education

No Degree Required

Job description

Pay

$70/hr

The rate in the listing.

From the Ethos listing, checked Nov 4.

About the role

About this role From the Ethos listing About This Opportunity

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

We're looking for vendor managers 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

about

25 days of applying.

Within 2 weeks ~30%

Within 6 weeks ~65%

Within 3 months ~85%

Skills and categories

Business

No Degree Required

Expert

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Common questions

Is Ethos regular AI training work like rating chatbot responses?

No. Ethos is an expert network. AI labs, investment funds and large companies pay for your domain knowledge (deal analysis, clinical reasoning, legal logic, financial modeling) in three formats: multi-week consulting engagements, 30 to 60 minute advisory calls, and research surveys. Listings like this one are the AI-lab engagements, where you write or review expert material for a model.

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 many hours a week is this Vendor Manager 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 Vendor Manager 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.

What happens when I click Apply on this listing?

The link opens Ethos's sign-up. There is no form for this listing: Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your career in a 5 to 15 minute call, builds your profile from it, and then matches you to projects like this one. Keep your CV open and cover the experience the Qualifications above ask for.

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.