Job description
Clover Health’s mission is to improve every life. Clover Health operates as a next-generation Medicare Advantage insurer, leveraging its flagship software platform, Clover Assistant, to provide America’s seniors with highly affordable healthcare plans and empowering physicians with data-driven, personalized insights that improve clinical decision-making and outcomes.
We’re looking for a Head of Procurement to lead the transformation of Clover’s vendor and purchasing function into a structured, scalable, and value-driving capability. This role will own procurement strategy and operations across the company, working closely with Legal, Finance, AP, Security, and business stakeholders to ensure we design agreements that prove their value to the business and workflows that encourage stakeholder partnership.
You’ll bring operational discipline, modern tooling, negotiation, and relationship building expertise to a function that’s maturing and modernizing to align with Clover Health’s scale and strategic prioritizes. You’ll also help shift the mindset across the business—from reactive purchasing to intentional, value-oriented procurement.
As a Head of Procurement, you will:
- Set the vision and operating model for a modern procurement function that aligns with Clover’s current and future scale.
- Lead sourcing, contract negotiation, and vendor lifecycle management for goods and services across all business units including driving clear ROI and vendor accountability.
- Oversee implementation and management of Gatekeeper, our vendor contract management tool, and ensure it supports documentation, approvals, and policy enforcement in a frictionless experience for the business.
- Build and refine purchasing processes, and serve as the business lead for associated systems and policies.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Finance, AP, IT, and Compliance to streamline procurement operations and mitigate risk.
- Ability to influence, educate and drive adoption among business partners unfamiliar with structured procurement practices.
- Develop dashboards and reporting to track contract volume, vendor performance, savings metrics, and spend visibility.
- Evaluate vendor partnerships through data and KPIs, identify opportunities for consolidation or improvement, and advise leadership accordingly.
- Experience building and mentoring high-performing teams by fostering operational excellence, clarity, and a strong service orientation.
Success in this role looks like:
- Procurement is adopted as a trusted partner across the business through relationship building and strategic influence.
- Clover shifts from reactive purchasing to a proactive procurement process adopted across all business units.
- Gatekeeper is fully cleaned up, implemented, and used consistently to manage contracts, approvals, and compliance.
- Vendor contracts reflect Clover’s terms, risk posture, and service expectations—with measurable cost savings and improved vendor accountability.
- Business leaders view procurement as a trusted, enabling partner that balances speed, discipline, and strategic value.
You should get in touch if:
- 7+ years of procurement, sourcing, or vendor management experience, including time leading a function.
- Thrives in fast-paced environments and demonstrates resilience when faced with organizational resistance or change fatigue.
- A track record of building or significantly improving procurement functions in scale, effectiveness and strategic partnership with the business.
- Strong working knowledge of procurement tooling and track record of optimizing systems to ease customer friction (e.g. Gatekeeper, Coupa, SAP, etc.).
- Hands-on experience negotiating a wide range of contracts, including MSAs, SLAs, SOWs, and licensing agreements that have demonstrated value and vendor accountability .
- Experience working across Legal, Finance, and IT to ensure compliance and alignment.
- Excellent communication, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working with annual contract volumes in the hundreds and vendor spend in the millions.
- Bachelor’s degree required; relevant certifications (e.g. CPM, CPSM) are a plus.
Benefits Overview:
- Financial Well-Being: Our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent begins with a competitive base salary and equity opportunities. Additionally, we offer a performance-based bonus program, 401k matching, and regular compensation reviews to recognize and reward exceptional contributions.
- Physical Well-Being: We prioritize the health and well-being of our employees and their families by providing comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. Your health matters to us, and we invest in ensuring you have access to quality healthcare.
- Mental Well-Being: We understand the importance of mental health in fostering productivity and maintaining work-life balance. To support this, we offer initiatives such as No-Meeting Fridays, monthly company holidays, access to mental health resources, and a generous flexible time-off policy. Additionally, we embrace a remote-first culture that supports collaboration and flexibility, allowing our team members to thrive from any location.
- Professional Development: Developing internal talent is a priority for Clover. We offer learning programs, mentorship, professional development funding, and regular performance feedback and reviews.
Additional Perks:
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offering discounted equity opportunities
- Reimbursement for office setup expenses
- Monthly cell phone & internet stipend
- Remote-first culture, enabling collaboration with global teams
- Paid parental leave for all new parents
- And much more!
About Clover: We are reinventing health insurance by combining the power of data with human empathy to keep our members healthier. We believe the healthcare system is broken, so we’ve created custom software and analytics to empower our clinical staff to intervene and provide personalized care to the people who need it most.
We always put our members first, and our success as a team is measured by the quality of life of the people we serve. Those who work at Clover are passionate and mission-driven individuals with diverse areas of expertise, working together to solve the most complicated problem in the world: healthcare.
From Clover’s inception, Diversity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people’s lives. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employee’s points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.
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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We are an E-Verify company.
A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $160,000 to $175,000. Final pay is based on several factors including but not limited to internal equity, market data, and the applicant’s education, work experience, certifications, etc.
