Sourcing Manager V

Sourcing Manager V

Location: Onsite 3 days per week in Farley 

Pay rate:  $106/hr W2 

Duration: 6 months with possible extension/conversion

Target Start: 11/19/2026 

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO and paid sick leave. 
 

We're looking for a highly organized sourcing and program professional to support vendor onboarding and contracting execution.
You'll be the connective tissue between our sourcing managers, business partners, and vendors - moving each engagement from selection through to a signed contract and a live program, and supporting ongoing supplier management and compliance once that program is live.


Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to execute sourcing and vendor management for GenAI data annotation and collection vendors
• Lead contract negotiations that optimize value to the company
• Manage vendor performance and governance in collaboration with the business
• Provide market intelligence and sourcing updates to leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of outsourcing or strategic sourcing experience, ideally in tech or AI domains
• BS/BA degree

Must-Have Skills

• Demonstrated success negotiating complex contracts and managing vendor relationships
• Strong commercial negotiation skills across multiple levers beyond rates (volume discounts, quality thresholds, speed to quality, service levels)
• Program management experience with business stakeholders, cross-functional groups, and third parties
• Highly organized structured thinker; able to synthesize complex information into executive-ready summaries

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience sourcing annotations for ML/AI or large language model development
• Experience managing high-volume data annotation sourcing programs
• Experience working with BPOs, crowdsource/freelance platforms, and boutique data vendors
• Experience breaking down vendor cost models and understanding ROI drivers

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.
 

At Tailored Management, we help people get jobs and take pride in their work, so we better take pride in ours too. Not every company has the opportunity to meaningfully and directly impact individuals in a way that makes their lives tangibly better. To better support our employees, we offer a wide variety of benefit options to support you. We offer:

• Medical Coverage – HDHP, PPO, and Surest plan options
• Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short-Term Disability (STD)
• Long-Term Disability (LTD)
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 

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