Procurement Advisory Services – Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide guidance to DuckDuckGo’s Partnerships team regarding vendor selection, procurement, and negotiations.

• Offer counsel on needs assessment and vendor identification.

• Assist in vendor discussions.

• Advise on strategies for price negotiations and benchmarks.

• Provide insights on proposed contractual terms.

• Offer advice on order forms, MSAs, and DPAs.

• Implement vendor comparison methodologies across various deals.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders from legal, security, finance, product, and engineering departments.

• Advise on approximately 3–5 deals each month.

• Deliver services remotely according to the practice’s schedule.

• Engage in working sessions arranged by mutual agreement.

• Access deal information and liaise with internal deal owners from DuckDuckGo.

• Invoice DuckDuckGo monthly as per the statement of work.

⛳️ Requirements

• A well-established, independent procurement advisory practice.

• Over 10 years of experience in advisory roles within procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management, specifically in software and SaaS.

• Proven experience providing guidance on a multitude of contracts.

• Extensive knowledge of order forms, MSAs, and DPAs.

• A time-tested approach to vendor comparison.

• Demonstrated experience collaborating with legal, security, finance, product, and engineering teams.

• Ability to manage multiple small deals concurrently.

• Experience advising in areas such as collaboration, recruiting, analytics, developer tools, data and research subscriptions, and professional services vendors.

• Proven track record of quickly building trust and communicating effectively with clients.

• Experience working asynchronously across various time zones in North America and Europe.

• Familiarity with privacy, data handling, and security concerns.

• An established operating entity or registered sole proprietorship with current clients.

• Professional liability insurance.

• Client references available upon request.

• Practice must be based in the US.

• Assigned personnel must have successfully completed a background check conducted by the practice.

• Subject to DuckDuckGo’s vendor due diligence, which includes privacy and security assessments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fixed-rate compensation for roughly 3–5 deals monthly.

• Pricing for additional volume outlined in the statement of work.

• Initial term of six months with the possibility of extension.

• Flexibility to deliver services remotely according to the practice’s schedule.

• Working sessions arranged by mutual agreement.

• Freedom to utilize personal equipment, tools, and methodologies.

• Business-to-business service engagement.

• Monthly invoicing as per the statement of work.