Director, Head of Procurement

Director, Head Of Procurement

Clover Health's mission is to improve every life. Clover Health operates as a next-generation Medicare Advantage insurer, leveraging its flagship software platform, Clover Assistant, to provide America's seniors with highly affordable healthcare plans and empowering physicians with data-driven, personalized insights that improve clinical decision-making and outcomes.

We're looking for a Head Of Procurement to lead the transformation of Clover's vendor and purchasing function into a structured, scalable, and value-driving capability. This role will own procurement strategy and operations across the company, working closely with Legal, Finance, AP, Security, and business stakeholders to ensure we design agreements that prove their value to the business and workflows that encourage stakeholder partnership.

You'll bring operational discipline, modern tooling, negotiation, and relationship building expertise to a function that's maturing and modernizing to align with Clover Health's scale and strategic prioritizes. You'll also help shift the mindset across the businessfrom reactive purchasing to intentional, value-oriented procurement.

As a Head Of Procurement, you will :

• Set the vision and operating model for a modern procurement function that aligns with Clover's current and future scale.
• Lead sourcing, contract negotiation, and vendor lifecycle management for goods and services across all business units including driving clear ROI and vendor accountability.
• Oversee implementation and management of Gatekeeper, our vendor contract management tool, and ensure it supports documentation, approvals, and policy enforcement in a frictionless experience for the business.
• Build and refine purchasing processes, and serve as the business lead for associated systems and policies.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Finance, AP, IT, and Compliance to streamline procurement operations and mitigate risk.
• Ability to influence, educate and drive adoption among business partners unfamiliar with structured procurement practices.
• Develop dashboards and reporting to track contract volume, vendor performance, savings metrics, and spend visibility.
• Evaluate vendor partnerships through data and KPIs, identify opportunities for consolidation or improvement, and advise leadership accordingly.
• Experience building and mentoring high-performing teams by fostering operational excellence, clarity, and a strong service orientation.

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Benefits Overview :

About Clover : We are reinventing health insurance by combining the power of data with human empathy to keep our members healthier. We always put our members first, and our success as a team is measured by the quality of life of the people we serve. Those who work at Clover are passionate and mission-driven individuals with diverse areas of expertise, working together to solve the most complicated problem in the world : healthcare.

From Clover's inception, Diversity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one's identity. All of our employee's points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.

A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $160,000 to $175,000. Final pay is based on several factors including but not limited to internal equity, market data, and the applicant's education, work experience, certifications, etc.