Procurement Manager – Professional Services & Marketing

In this role, you will build Helsing’s first sourcing playbook for professional services, external workforce, and marketing. You will centralize external talent engagement, negotiate rates and SOWs, and ensure compliance across global hubs. You’ll partner with senior leaders to create scalable commercial frameworks and drive high-impact negotiations. Your work will enable fast, principled decision‑making while advancing Helsing’s mission in defence AI. This role offers a unique chance to shape procurement in a fast-moving, highly regulated domain.

• Competitive salary
• VSOP options
• Relocation support
• Yearly learning allowance
• Gym membership and mental health support
• Regular company events

• Define and execute category strategies across Professional Services, Legal, Events, Marketing, and Contingent Workforce
• Lead and close high-stakes negotiations (high-six- to seven-figure contracts)
• Build commercial frameworks including rate-card architectures and MSA/SOW structures
• Ensure compliance with German labor regulations (AÜG) and delineate between SOWs and temp/labor leasing
• Model spend data from raw AP/creditor exports and create category baselines
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across Marketing, People/Talent, Legal, and Finance to protect commercial interests
• Introduce and manage end-to-end procurement playbooks in a greenfield environment

• 3+ years in strategic procurement or sourcing with focus on Professional Services, HR, Marketing/Agencies, or Contingent Workforce
• Proven track record in high-stakes negotiations (six- to seven-figure)
• Expertise in commercial deal structuring (rate cards, MSA/SOW, no-cure-no-pay)
• Solid understanding of German AÜG labour leasing framework
• Hands-on data modeling and ability to build spend cubes from raw data
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to push back on terms while maintaining partnerships
• Experience delivering in fast-moving environments without established playbooks
• Business fluency in German and English
• Willingness to undergo national security vetting (German Ü2/Ü3 or equivalent)

• stakeholder management
• negotiation mindset
• ability to push back on terms while maintaining partnerships
• MSA/SOW frameworks
• rate-card architectures
• data modeling in Excel