Head of Procurement

Sectigo is seeking a senior procurement leader to build, scale, and operate our procurement function. Reporting to the Vice President of Finance, the Head of Procurement will serve as a strategic business partner across the organization, helping leaders make smart vendor, sourcing, and spend decisions while strengthening procurement policies, controls, reporting, and governance. The role requires strategic thinking, negotiation of complex high‑value vendor agreements, and hand‑on execution in a lean environment.

Ideal candidates have experience in SaaS, technology, cybersecurity, software, or other high‑growth B2B environments and a forward‑looking perspective on how AI, automation, and procurement technology can improve efficiency, insight, and scale.

This full‑time position works in a hybrid model, reporting to our Ottawa, ON office 3‑4 days a week. The target compensation package is between CAD $120,000 and CAD $150,000, subject to internal equity and experience.

• Build, lead, and continuously improve Sectigo’s procurement function, including policies, workflows, approval processes, controls, reporting, stakeholder engagement, and vendor governance.
• Serve as a strategic business partner to Finance, Legal, IT, Security, Engineering, Product, Sales, and executive leadership on vendor strategy, sourcing decisions, contract terms, third‑party risk, and spend management.
• Lead negotiations for complex, high‑value, cross‑functional vendor agreements, including SaaS subscriptions, software licensing, cloud and infrastructure services, professional services, security vendors, and enterprise technology platforms.
• Develop category and sourcing strategies that balance cost savings, operational needs, service quality, business agility, risk mitigation, and long‑term vendor value.
• Operate hands‑on in a lean environment: managing sourcing events, vendor communications, purchase requests, contract reviews, procurement order processes, renewals, reporting, and escalation support.
• Create a proactive renewal management process to improve visibility into upcoming renewals, pricing changes, contract terms, negotiation opportunities, and vendor performance.
• Build recurring spend analytics
  , savings tracking,
  procurement KPIs
  , vendor performance reporting, and executive‑level dashboards to support decision‑making and accountability.
• Identify, evaluate, and manage strategic suppliers while developing preferred vendor relationships and improving supplier performance management.
• Partner with Legal, Security, Finance, and business stakeholders to manage third‑party risk, data security requirements, compliance considerations, commercial terms, and contract obligations.
• Lead RFPs
  , competitive sourcing events,
  vendor ROI analyses
  , business case reviews, and total cost of ownership evaluations for material spend decisions.
• Evaluate opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and procurement technologies to streamline sourcing, contract review, vendor risk monitoring, spend analysis, renewal tracking, and stakeholder experience.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration, finance, operations, or a related field required; advanced degree or professional procurement certification preferred.

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, supply chain, finance operations, or related functions.
• 3+ years of experience in a senior procurement leadership, strategic sourcing, or function‑building role.
• Experience in SaaS, technology, cybersecurity, software, or other high‑growth B2B environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating complex commercial agreements:
  SaaS subscriptions, software licensing, cloud/infrastructure services, professional services, and enterprise vendor agreements.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable savings, improving procurement controls, increasing spend visibility, and building scalable procurement processes.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with Finance, Legal, IT, Security, Engineering, Product, Sales, and executive leadership.

• Strong strategic…