Category Manager

Chainalysis is building a modern, scalable procurement function to support the company’s growth. The Procurement team partners with Finance, IT, Security, Legal, Privacy, and business teams to make purchasing decisions that are cost-effective, compliant, and aligned with business needs. We are establishing category strategies, improving spend visibility, and strengthening supplier and contract governance. In this role, you’ll: - Build and maintain a complete view of SaaS and software applications, owners, contracts, renewal dates, spend, license counts, and utilization. - Identify software overlap, redundancy, and shadow IT; develop consolidation plans that reduce vendor count and cost while supporting business continuity. - Manage the renewal calendar and engage stakeholders 120–180 days ahead of renewals; right-size licenses and negotiate co-terms, multi-year pricing, price protections, and flexible true-down rights. - Partner with IT, Security, and business owners to assess platform-versus-point-solution choices and develop plans to retire or replace tools. - Establish intake and approval workflows that review new software purchases for duplication, security, privacy, and cost b... Click Apply to read the full job description.