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Vertice

Strategic Category Manager (SaaS)

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Our mission is to make enterprise procurement effortless.

Technology is one of the biggest line items in any enterprise budget, yet buying it still means months of back-and-forth across Finance, Legal and IT. Vertice is the AI procurement platform changing that. Our agentic workflows, autonomous negotiation agents, and expert buyers help finance and procurement teams in 100+ countries buy smarter and save money. Customers including ARM, Brex and Santander rely on us, and with over $75bn in spend processed, we consistently deliver 20%+ savings while cutting procurement cycles in half. The market momentum has been unprecedented, and in 2026 we were named #1 in B2B software and third overall in the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50.

We were founded by Roy and Eldar Tuvey, serial entrepreneurs who have already built and exited two category-defining companies, and we’re backed by $100M+ from investors including Bessemer Venture Partners.

We’re a team that values candour and moves fast. Every permanent employee holds equity, so you share directly in what we build. If you’re looking for a comfortable 9-to-5, we’re probably not the right fit. If you want to do the best work of your career, we’d love to talk.

Your role at Vertice

We’re looking for ambitious, commercially minded people to join our Global Procurement organization. This isn't a traditional "back-office" procurement role; this is a high-stakes negotiation and client advisory position. You will act as a strategic partner to CFOs and Heads of Procurement at some of the world’s most impressive and forward-thinking companies, helping them to navigate the complex SaaS landscape and optimizing the category that represents one of the major areas of expenditure for their businesses.

You will have the autonomy to own client relationships and the opportunity to master the art of negotiation. Working closely with our proprietary pricing insights and agentic workflows in our platform. Top performers quickly gain opportunities to lead initiatives, take on cross-functional projects, or move into broader leadership roles as Vertice scales.

Responsibilities

You will act as the lead commercial advisor for a portfolio of high-growth customers, defining their long-term SaaS category strategies and IT spend roadmaps.

You will lead complex, high-value negotiations with global SaaS vendors on behalf of your clients to secure market-leading terms.

You will serve as a primary point of contact for Vertice customers, including C-suite stakeholders (CFOs, CTOs, CPOs), providing data-driven insights that influence their bottom line.

You will partner with cross-functional teams such as Sales, Account Management, Solutions and Product teams to ensure our Intelligent Procurement Platform evolves based on real-world market dynamics.

You will stay ahead of the SaaS pricing landscape, feeding competitive intelligence back into the Vertice platform to sharpen our "agentic" capabilities.

Embrace change. Vertice is scaling fast, and your remit will evolve with the business.

Requirements

Exceptional academic track record, ideally from a top-tier university; an MBA is a plus.

At least 4 years’ experience in a demanding and fast-paced environment such as banking, consulting, private equity, or a high-growth startup, with evidence of quick progression in your prior roles.

Ambition and curiosity: you might want to build your own company one day, or see yourself as a future commercial leader, and you want to learn what it takes in a scaling business.

Commercial acumen: you possess a "deal-maker" mindset. You are comfortable with numbers, understand P&L impact, and thrive in a negotiation environment.

Target-oriented: you set high standards for yourself and consistently outperform, whether in work, study, or sport.

Bonus points if you are fluent in any of the following languages: French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese.

Why join Vertice?

Vertice is one of Europe’s fastest-growing SaaS scaleups, as identified by the Financial Times and the Sunday Times. Our growth is driven by a world-class team and a culture that values impact over hierarchy. Joining now means being part of a company that’s expanding internationally, with the resources of an established business and the pace of a startup.

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