Senior Procurement Manager

Applied Intuition Inc.; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to lead strategic procurement within Technology and Engineering. The successful candidate will partner with senior stakeholders to influence major investment decisions and shape category strategies. Strong negotiation skills and expertise in technology areas like software and cloud platforms are essential. This role offers flexibility in working location and a supportive environment for adult learning.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

£1,000 annual learning budget

Remote setup support with Macbooks

Qualifications

• Deep experience across core Technology and Engineering categories, such as software and SaaS.
• Strong track record of influencing decisions with Engineering, Product, and Technology leaders.
• Comfortable operating in complex, fast-moving technology environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic procurement and category strategies across Technology and Engineering spend.
• Lead complex sourcing, negotiation, and contracting for multi-year technology agreements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to manage risk while enhancing decision quality.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Negotiation

Commercial judgement

Technology and Engineering categories expertise

Partnership building

Job description

🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️

About the Procurement team

The Procurement team at Monzo is evolving into a proactive, strategic partner to the business - one that shapes commercial decisions, enables scale, and delivers meaningful long-term value.

Role: Senior Procurement Manager – Technology & Engineering

You’ll join a growing, high-calibre team and work closely with senior stakeholders across Technology and Engineering to shape category strategies, influence major investment decisions, and ensure Monzo’s technology ecosystem is designed to serve our customers well - today and as we grow.

Responsibilities

• Owning and delivering strategic procurement and category strategies across Technology and Engineering spend, aligned to Monzo’s long-term priorities.
• Partnering closely with senior Technology and Engineering leaders to shape decisions early, improving commercial outcomes and decision quality.
• Leading complex sourcing, negotiation, and contracting activity for high-value, multi-year technology agreements.
• Helping stakeholders understand and navigate trade-offs around cost, resilience, speed, scalability, and vendor lock-in.
• Exercising strong commercial judgement - knowing when to optimise for long-term value and when to prioritise speed and flexibility in a fast-moving fintech environment.
• Working collaboratively with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Security, and Finance to ensure commercial decisions appropriately manage risk without introducing unnecessary friction.
• Acting as a role model for modern, strategic procurement and contributing to the ongoing evolution of the procurement function at Monzo.
• Bring deep experience across core Technology and Engineering categories, such as software and SaaS, cloud platforms and infrastructure, data and developer tooling, and specialist technology services.
• Have a strong track record of partnering credibly with Engineering, Product, and Technology leaders, influencing decisions through insight, judgement, and trust rather than process enforcement.
• Are comfortable operating in complex, fast-moving technology environments, where trade-offs between speed, cost, risk, and long-term flexibility are part of everyday decision-making.
• Can assess and articulate commercial, architectural, and ecosystem implications of technology purchasing decisions - not just individual deal outcomes.
• Have hands‑on experience negotiating and managing software, SaaS, and technology service agreements, including licensing models, pricing structures, and renewal strategies.
• Are able to balance risk, security, resilience and regulatory considerations with commercial and delivery needs, working in partnership with TPRM, InfoSec, Data and Legal teams.

Qualifications

• Deep experience across core Technology and Engineering categories, such as software and SaaS, cloud platforms and infrastructure, data and developer tooling, and specialist technology services.
• Strong track record of partnering credibly with Engineering, Product, and Technology leaders, influencing decisions through insight, judgement, and trust rather than process enforcement.
• Comfortable operating in complex, fast-moving technology environments, balancing speed, cost, risk, and long-term flexibility.
• Hands‑on experience negotiating and managing software, SaaS, and technology service agreements, including licensing models, pricing structures, and renewal strategies.
• Ability to balance risk, security, resilience, and regulatory considerations with commercial and delivery needs, partnering with TPRM, InfoSec, Data, and Legal teams.

Benefits

📍 This role can be based in our London or Cardiff office, or distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).

⏰ Flexible working hours; trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team.

📚 £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences.

🏡 All employees are given Macbooks and supported for a fully remote setup.

Application Journey

• 30 min call with the Recruiter
• 30 min interview with the Hiring Manager
• 2 hours of technical and behavioural interviews
• 30 min final interview Engineering stakeholders

This process should take around 2‑3 weeks – we promise to be as flexible as possible!

Equal opportunities for everyone

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out.