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Chainalysis ยท 2 hours ago

Director of Procurement

Chainalysis is seeking a finance-minded procurement leader to drive disciplined spend management, vendor rationalization, and strategic buying across the company. This role owns the end-to-end procurement strategy, optimizing costs and ensuring purchasing decisions align with financial plans and business priorities.

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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Partner closely with Finance to manage vendor spend in line with budgets, forecasts, and company-wide financial objectives, driving cost savings and cost avoidance through disciplined renewals, pricing benchmarks, demand management, and structured sourcing strategies
Own the vendor portfolio with a mandate to rationalize and consolidate software and technology vendors, reducing redundancy, improving utilization, and lowering total cost of ownership
Lead high-impact negotiations across key spend categories, particularly software and technology, running competitive RFx processes and negotiating pricing, contract structures, and commercial terms that deliver measurable financial outcomes
Act as a strategic business partner by providing financial analysis, market intelligence, and pricing benchmarks to guide vendor selection and spending decisions early in the purchasing lifecycle
Own and automate the end-to-end procure-to-pay process, including intake, vendor onboarding, spend review, approvals, and purchasing, while enforcing procurement policy and a strict 'no purchase order, no pay' standard
Identify and implement workflow automation and AI-enabled solutions to improve efficiency, spend visibility, compliance, and scalability of procurement operations
Ensure procurement processes support strong financial controls, audit readiness, and policy compliance while remaining efficient and user-friendly for stakeholders
Define and track procurement KPIs focused on savings, vendor concentration, utilization, and procurement ROI, delivering clear, data-driven reporting to Finance and executive leadership
Partner closely with Legal, Security, and Compliance to manage contract risk, third-party due diligence, and regulatory considerations across the vendor lifecycle
Drive change management and stakeholder enablement to ensure procurement policies, tools, and processes are well understood, adopted, and embedded across the organization

Qualification

Procurement strategyVendor managementCost savingsNegotiation skillsFinancial acumenStrategic sourcingProcurement toolsCross-functional influenceChange managementStakeholder enablement

Required

8+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management, ideally in a high-growth technology or SaaS company
Demonstrated success driving cost savings, vendor rationalization, and software consolidation initiatives
Strong financial acumen, with the ability to tie procurement decisions directly to budgets, forecasts, and unit economics
Deep negotiation experience across software and technology categories; comfort partnering with Legal and redlining contracts
Experience operating as a strategic business partner, influencing cross-functional leaders without direct authority
Familiarity with modern procurement and spend-management tools (e.g., Coupa, Zip, Omnea, Levelpath)
Ability to thrive in lean environments with evolving processes and priorities

Company

Chainalysis

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Chainalysis provides blockchain data and analysis to governments, banks, and businesses worldwide.

H1B Sponsorship

Chainalysis has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2022 (23)
2021 (7)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$536.62M
Key Investors
C1FundHaun VenturesGIC
2025-10-16Series Unknown
2024-04-08Secondary Market
2022-10-18Secondary Market

Leadership Team

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Andrew McGonnigle
Senior Director, Demand Generation
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Brian Park
Global Partners Solution Architect
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