Primary Work Address: 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD,
20815
Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account.
HHMI is focused on supporting and moving science forward in a variety of different ways ranging from conducting basic biomedical research, empowering educators, inspiring students, developing the next generation of scientists – even stretching into film and media production. Our Headquarters is in the greater Washington, DC metro area and is home to over 300 employees with expertise in investments, communications, digital production, biomedical sciences, and everything in between. The work housed here supports and augments the groundbreaking research conducted in HHMI labs across the nation. As HHMI scientists continue to push boundaries in laboratories and classrooms, you can be sure that your contributions while working here are making a difference.
This is a role for someone who treats a supplier relationship as a long game, not a transaction to close and forget.
The Manager, Supplier Relationships sits inside HHMI's Procurement team, supporting every lab and administrative group across the Institute. Whoever needs a supplier vetted, a contract negotiated, or an escalated problem resolved gets the same level of support, whether they sit at Headquarters or in a lab three time zones away. Procurement at HHMI runs at real scale, and the tools available to do it well, including AI-assisted contract review and spend analysis, are moving fast. This role is expected to keep pace with them and bring the rest of the sourcing team along.
The role runs the full sourcing cycle: researching the market, issuing RFPs, collaborating with the Office of General Counsel (OGC) to negotiate contracts, and managing the relationship after signature, using AI throughout to move faster while relying on sound judgment for the calls that matter. It also involves directing a team, translating procurement strategy into day-to-day work, and giving people the kind of feedback that actually changes how they perform.
This position works on a hybrid schedule, reporting in-person three days a week to our headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a resume along with a cover letter describing their interest in this role and how their experience aligns with it.
We encourage qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States to apply. Please note, we are not able to sponsor a visa for this position at this time .
What you will actually do
Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account.
HHMI is focused on supporting and moving science forward in a variety of different ways ranging from conducting basic biomedical research, empowering educators, inspiring students, developing the next generation of scientists – even stretching into film and media production. Our Headquarters is in the greater Washington, DC metro area and is home to over 300 employees with expertise in investments, communications, digital production, biomedical sciences, and everything in between. The work housed here supports and augments the groundbreaking research conducted in HHMI labs across the nation. As HHMI scientists continue to push boundaries in laboratories and classrooms, you can be sure that your contributions while working here are making a difference.
This is a role for someone who treats a supplier relationship as a long game, not a transaction to close and forget.
The Manager, Supplier Relationships sits inside HHMI's Procurement team, supporting every lab and administrative group across the Institute. Whoever needs a supplier vetted, a contract negotiated, or an escalated problem resolved gets the same level of support, whether they sit at Headquarters or in a lab three time zones away. Procurement at HHMI runs at real scale, and the tools available to do it well, including AI-assisted contract review and spend analysis, are moving fast. This role is expected to keep pace with them and bring the rest of the sourcing team along.
The role runs the full sourcing cycle: researching the market, issuing RFPs, collaborating with the Office of General Counsel (OGC) to negotiate contracts, and managing the relationship after signature, using AI throughout to move faster while relying on sound judgment for the calls that matter. It also involves directing a team, translating procurement strategy into day-to-day work, and giving people the kind of feedback that actually changes how they perform.
This position works on a hybrid schedule, reporting in-person three days a week to our headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a resume along with a cover letter describing their interest in this role and how their experience aligns with it.
We encourage qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States to apply. Please note, we are not able to sponsor a visa for this position at this time .
What you will actually do
- Own the sourcing cycle. Lead market research, RFP
development, and supplier selection from open to close, using AI
tools to speed up the process and sound judgment to close it
out.