Technology Procurement Partner

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.

We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.

Location: London (2 days a week in the office - Wednesday and Thursday's in Soho Square)

The Role

Rightmove is accelerating its AI-enabled transformation across product development, operations, customer experience, and internal processes. This role manages strategic technology suppliers to deliver commercial value, contractual robustness, and safe, compliant adoption of AI and automation tooling. You will work closely with Engineering, Technology, Corporate IT, Data, Product, Legal, Information Security, Finance, and key partners to ensure compliance, drive efficiency, reduce cost, and support scalable, responsible innovation.

What You'll Be Doing

Partner with technical teams to understand requirements, integration needs, and future AI capability plans, whilst also:

• Support end-to-end sourcing processes (RFIs, RFPs, RFQs) and commercial negotiations for AI and automation tools, focusing on total cost of ownership, quality, and risk management.
• Build and manage strong supplier relationships.
• Oversee performance metrics, risk assessments (cyber, regulatory), and compliance with security, governance and data protection requirements.
• Lead quarterly business reviews and drive continuous improvement.
• Tracking of tangible operational and commercial benefits
• Ensure clarity on KPIs, SLAs, uptime, roadmap dependencies, and value realisation commitments.
• Act as procurement business partner to product and engineering teams- building strong relationships with key stakeholders in these areas.

Collaborate with Technology, Finance, Legal, Data Protection, and Information Security to define requirements, support adoption, and articulate value.

Were Looking For Someone Who Has

• Proven end-to-end technology procurement experience across categories such as SaaS, cloud, data platforms, developer tools, and AI/ML tooling.
• Experience in building and executing category strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Experience managing complex supplier relationships, including structured performance and governance frameworks.
• Skilled in commercial negotiation and contract review (MSAs, SOWs, licensing, SaaS agreements, data processing terms).
• Understanding of AI, automation, and emerging technology procurement.
• Ability to interpret technical and data governance requirements.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, product-led, engineering focused environment.
  
  

About Rightmove

Our vision is to give everyone the belief that they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.

We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.

Despite This Growth, We’ve Remained a Friendly, Supportive Place To Work, With Employee #1 Still Working Here! We’ve Done This By Placing The Rightmove Hows At The Heart Of Everything We Do. These Are The Essential Values That Reflect Our Culture, And Include

• We create value…by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers.
• We think bigger…by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations.
• We care deeply…by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity.
• We move together…by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive.

We make a difference…by focusing on delivering measurable impact.

We believe in careers that open doors and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work, we’re clearly doing something right!

If all of this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making......

People are the foundation of Rightmove - We’ll help you build a career on it.

What We Offer

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments.
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan.
• 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes.
• Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in the office.
• Contributory stakeholder pension.
• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility.
• Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan.
• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching.
• Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more.
  
  

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Rightmove will never discriminate based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or sexual orientation.

At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity, and overall success., We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.

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