Procurement Manager in London

9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world’s largest asset class at over $145 trillion. Debt markets are vast, global, and mission-critical, yet still run on fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows. 9fin replaces this broken infrastructure with a single platform that centralises proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows across global markets. Today, 9fin powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide, including global banks, asset managers, private equity firms, law firms, and advisors. The business is scaling at exceptional speed, with rapid expansion in the US and best-in-class retention driven by deep workflow adoption.

The Procurement Manager is a new, standalone role within Operations at 9fin, based in London and reporting to the General Counsel. The role exists to do three things:

• Build scalable process. Design 9fin's procurement policy, intake, RFP, and renewals process from first principles, with the tooling to support it as we grow.
• Own the function. Take end-to-end ownership of the vendor lifecycle, the vendor register, the renewals calendar, and commercial negotiation across vendor categories.
• Partner across the business. Be the single point of contact for Finance, Legal, and IT/InfoSec on inbound procurement, and the partner team managers come to when they want to bring in a new tool.

This is a build role. You will not inherit a team, a playbook, or a tooling stack. You will design them. We are looking for someone with 5 to 8 years of procurement experience at a technology or fintech business of comparable scale, who is excited to take ownership of a function rather than administer one.

What you'll work on:

• Build scalable process: Design 9fin's procurement policy, intake process, and approval workflow from first principles, with scale in mind from day one. Stand up a single front door for procurement requests, replacing the current ad hoc routing across Finance, Legal, and IT teams. Define and document the RFP process: how we source, how we evaluate alternatives, and how we record the rationale. Evaluate and recommend procurement tooling during your first 90 days, with a view to automating renewals tracking and intake. Set the cadence and content of procurement reporting to the business.
• Own the function: Own the full vendor lifecycle end to end: sourcing, evaluation, contracting, onboarding, renewals, offboarding. Own the central vendor register and spend dashboard as the single source of truth for who we buy from and what we pay. Own the renewals calendar and drive renewal conversations early, with the relevant team manager, well ahead of auto-renewal dates. Lead commercial negotiations across vendor categories, from SaaS tooling to specialist services, and own the commercial outcome. Identify and resolve duplicate subscriptions and overlapping tools across the business.
• Partner across the business: Act as the single point of contact for Finance, Legal, and IT/InfoSec on inbound procurement activity, sequencing approvals so each function is engaged at the right point. Partner with Finance to manage and maximise the value of every pound spent, not just allocate it. Integrate procurement into Finance's budgeting processes and planning cycles, so vendor decisions are made with the full picture of the planning horizon rather than in isolation. Work with Finance to design and operate clear authorisation levels and approval flows. Partner with Legal on contract review and risk-tiered routing of vendor agreements. Partner with IT/InfoSec on security and data protection assessments for new and renewing vendors. Work with team managers across the business to surface needs, challenge requests against existing tooling, and route projects to the right approvers at the right time.

About you: We are looking for someone who identifies with the following traits:

• Owner, not administrator: You treat the function as yours. You set the standard, drive the outcome, and do not wait to be told what is next.
• High energy, high intensity: You bring pace and personal drive to the work.
• Builder mindset: You have designed a procurement function or materially expanded one, not just maintained a mature one.
• Commercial negotiator: You have led vendor negotiations on material spend.
• Structured and scalable thinker: You design process with the next stage of growth in mind.
• Strong cross-functional partner: You build trust quickly across functions.
• Willingness to challenge the status quo: You see how things could be done better, and you are not afraid to speak up.
• Bias to action: You move quickly from problem to solution.
• Finance literate: You are comfortable working inside a Finance team's planning cycle.

A note from the hiring manager: "I am hiring for energy and ownership above all else. This is a build role with real scope, real autonomy, and real commercial impact, and I want someone who treats it that way from day one. If you are excited by a blank page and you move quickly from problem to solution, we should talk." — Brian Dearing, VP, General Counsel

Benefits: We’re a scaling start up, and we enjoy sharing our success. When the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.

• Financial & Insurance: Competitive Salary, Equity, Pension, Private Medical Insurance, Paid sick leave with Income Protection, Group Life Assurance, Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes.
• Time off: 25 holiday days per year, Local public holidays, Hybrid working model, Work abroad for up to 3 months a year, 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service, Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available.
• Training & Culture: Professional learning and development budget, AI experimentation budget of £800 (UK) per employee, Quarterly team socials, Summer and Winter company social events.

9fin is an equal opportunities employer. At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.