About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Procurement Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$100/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities
Review simulated current-vendor intake requests, benchmarking price and contract terms against realistic company reference data.
Consolidate multi-lens reviews (finance, legal, security, IT) into a well-reasoned final approval recommendation.
Author step-level rubrics and golden responses that capture how an experienced procurement lead would judge a request or renewal.
Audit simulated company environments for realism and unintended contradictions before tasks open.




Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have
8+ years of skilled experience in procurement, spend operations, or vendor management.
Hands-on experience running real vendor requests and renewals.
Sourced from mature procurement functions at companies with formal vendor-review processes.
Strong written communication skills; comfortable producing structured, rubric-style feedback.

Preferred
Experience with contemporary spend-management or e-procurement platforms.
Prior task-writing, rubric-authoring, or AI-training data experience.

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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