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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 reads a vendor contract and immediately spots where the leverage sits, and who is comfortable being the person who says no on HHMI's behalf. You are HHMI's advocate with its vendors: in choosing them, in negotiating with them, and in holding them to what they promised.
You will sit in Finance and report to the Director, Procurement, but the vendors you cover span the Institute (from benefits providers to enterprise SaaS vendors). Whichever department owns the day to day relationship, you own whether the vendor is actually delivering.
The job is advocacy and accountability, not account coordination. You help HHMI pick the right vendor in the first place. You negotiate contract terms and renewals to HHMI's advantage, build the service level agreements and terms that define what good looks like for us, and run the compliance reviews that catch it when a vendor falls short. When something breaks, you are the point of escalation, and you drive it to resolution instead of passing it along.
You will work closely with Procurement, the Office of General Counsel, and HHMI's other department leads, and with staff across the Institute who manage these vendors day-to-day. You will report regularly to the executive team, through the COO, on how our vendors are performing. None of the people you work with day-to-day report to you, so getting to the right outcome depends on how well you make your case.
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 reads a vendor contract and immediately spots where the leverage sits, and who is comfortable being the person who says no on HHMI's behalf. You are HHMI's advocate with its vendors: in choosing them, in negotiating with them, and in holding them to what they promised.
You will sit in Finance and report to the Director, Procurement, but the vendors you cover span the Institute (from benefits providers to enterprise SaaS vendors). Whichever department owns the day to day relationship, you own whether the vendor is actually delivering.
The job is advocacy and accountability, not account coordination. You help HHMI pick the right vendor in the first place. You negotiate contract terms and renewals to HHMI's advantage, build the service level agreements and terms that define what good looks like for us, and run the compliance reviews that catch it when a vendor falls short. When something breaks, you are the point of escalation, and you drive it to resolution instead of passing it along.
You will work closely with Procurement, the Office of General Counsel, and HHMI's other department leads, and with staff across the Institute who manage these vendors day-to-day. You will report regularly to the executive team, through the COO, on how our vendors are performing. None of the people you work with day-to-day report to you, so getting to the right outcome depends on how well you make your case.
What you will actually do
- Help pick the vendor. When a department needs a new
vendor, you are in the room. You help define what HHMI needs, weigh
the proposals, and push for the vendor and the terms that will
serve the Institute best.