Professional Services Sourcing Manager

One of Swoons top clients in the Artificial Intelligence space is hiring a Professional Services Sourcing manager to join their team out of San Francisco, CA!Details:Location: Hybrid - San FranciscoRate: $80-$95/hour W2Duration: 6 months to start with chance of extensionThis person will bridge strategic category leadership and day-to-day sourcing execution. This role sits between category coordination and category strategy, with a stronger tilt toward sourcing ownership, supplier strategy, and cross-functional deal execution. It will also be involved in M&A activities, helping to integrate the vendors of acquired companies.Day to Day:Lead end-to-end sourcing for professional services engagements, from intake through negotiation, contracting, and award.Negotiate MSAs and ISAs with a wide range of professional services firms and align commercial terms to OpenAI's risk and governance standards.Build and run competitive processes (RFP/RFQ), including scope shaping, bid evaluation, and commercial recommendation development.Partner with Legal, Finance, Security, and Extended Workfoce teams to structure agreements that balance speed, flexibility, compliance, and value.Standardize sourcing playbooks, rate card approaches, and service taxonomy to reduce fragmentation across the category.Build playbooks and repeatable frameworks for M&A-related sourcing and contract integration activities.Requirements:8+ years of experience in sourcing, category management, procurement, or commercial operations in fast-scaling environments.Strong sourcing and negotiation experience across professional services, consulting, or contingent/advisory spend.Experience in M&A post merger integration of contractsExperience balancing strategic category goals with high-volume, hands-on sourcing execution.