Procurement Analyst

Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Powered by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the Harness Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform. 

Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency. 

With a global team across 14 offices and 25 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.

We are looking for a high-energy Procurement Analyst to join our Strategic Sourcing team. The Procurement Analyst plays a vital role in supporting the organization's sourcing and procurement operations through data analysis, process optimization, and supplier performance evaluation. 

You will navigate the complexities of a hyper-growth software environment. This role will focus on optimizing SaaS stacks, negotiating with cutting-edge vendors, and moving at the speed of a deployment cycle.

• Strategic Sourcing: Lead the end-to-end procurement motions for various departments, with a heavy focus on SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and Professional Services.
• Data Alchemy: Analyze complex spend data to identify savings opportunities, vendor consolidation points, and process bottlenecks.
• Negotiation & Contract Management: Partner with Legal to get the best Commercial and Legal terms. 
• Stakeholder Partnership: Become a trusted advisor to internal teams to ensure they have the tools they need to innovate, without the bureaucratic headache.
• Lifecycle Management: Partner with the rest of the Procurement team on the "Source-to-Pay" lifecycle, ensuring our internal systems (ZIP, Netsuite, etc.) are accurate and efficient.

• The Experience: 3–5 years in procurement or strategic sourcing, ideally within a high-growth tech environment or a fast-paced consultancy.
• Tech Stack: You’re proficient with modern procurement tools (e.g., Coupa, Zip).
• Working Style: You understand the pace of the Software industry. You are comfortable with ambiguity and can pivot as fast as our product roadmap does.
• Knowledge Base: You can explain a "Net-30" vs. "Net-60" payment term to a developer and a "Co-termination" strategy to a CFO with equal clarity.
• A Negotiator: You have a "get it done" attitude and a track record of achieving significant cost avoidance without burning vendor bridges.

• Ideally the person is located in the Bay Area but we will consider applicants located within the United States. 

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Flexible work schedule
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
• Monthly internet reimbursement

The anticipated base salary range for this position is between $90,000 and $100,000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations.  The compensation package for this position may also include equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.harness.io/company/careers. 

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers

We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers. 

Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.

If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at [email protected]. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.