Procurement Risk Specialist

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastlys edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly securely and reliably by processing serving and securing our customers applications as close to their end-users as possible at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet to be programmable and to support agile software development. Fastlys customers include many of the worlds most prominent companies including GitHub Yelp Paramount and JetBlue.

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Fastly is growing its Indirect Procurement team and is looking for an organized highly motivated Procurement Risk Specialist. This role keeps purchases moving through the procurement risk review process coordinating Procurement Legal Security IT and Business Systems so every request clears review as efficiently as possible. Working India hours alongside the Procurement Operations Specialist youll pick up newly triaged requests and drive their reviews forward so US stakeholders start each day with work ready to advance.

This is a coordination role. You own the momentum coordination and visibility of the procurement risk review process; the risk decisions themselves stay with the reviewing teams (Legal Security IT and Business Systems). Your job is to make sure the right reviews happen on time and to help unblock those reviews when needed.

Review Coordination & Momentum

• Take handoff of triaged requests from the Procurement Operations Specialist and initiate the appropriate risk reviews across the Business Systems IT Legal Procurement and Security teams.
• Act as the single point of contact for each review. Youll be responsible for starting reviews scheduling internal meetings sequencing and chasing inputs so no request stalls waiting on a next step.
• Set and communicate aspirational timelines and next steps for each review keeping every stakeholder clear on whats needed from them and by when.
• Use the India-hours overlap to advance reviews outside US business hours so US negotiators and stakeholders begin each day with requests ready to move.

Stakeholder Management & Escalation

• Serve as the connective tissue between requesters and reviewers by answering process questions and keeping everyone aligned on status.
• Proactively identify stuck or at-risk reviews and escalate them to the Director of Procurement with a clear picture of the blocker and the options to unblock it.
• Bring the right people together to resolve competing priorities or open questions between teams keeping work advancing without owning the underlying risk decision.

Pipeline Visibility & Reporting

• Own and maintain the review pipeline tracker as the single source of truth for the status owner and age of every in-flight review.
• Track review turnaround against target timelines and surface bottlenecks aging items and trends.
• Provide clear regular status updates to the Director and stakeholders and flag process improvements as patterns emerge.

Process Integrity

• Ensure every request follows the defined intake-to-approval path and that required review steps are completed before a purchase proceeds.
• Keep review records and documentation accurate and current for audit and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to refining the review process itself as volume and needs evolve.

• 2 years of experience in procurement operations risk coordination or project/program coordination.
• Proven project-coordination skills: able to run many concurrent workstreams hold owners to timelines and keep momentum across teams.
• Strong stakeholder-coordination instincts and being comfortable as the person who chases inputs and respectfully holds others to a process.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across departments levels time zones and geographies.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented staying calm under competing priorities in a fast-paced growth environment.
• Sound judgment about when to escalate and how to frame a blocker clearly and constructively.
• Proficiency with Excel and Google Sheets.
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
• A sense of curiosity and a desire to learn every day.

• Coupa
• Atlassian Suite (Jira Jira Service Management Confluence)
• Ironclad
• Supplier risk due diligence or onboarding processes
• Coordinating cross-functional reviews with multiple departments

• This position will require you to work during scheduled hours from 5:30PM to 2:30AM IST.

• This role is based in Pune India.
• Fastly embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles giving employees the flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

To ensure a fair and equitable interview process for everyone the use of AI technologiesincluding real-time transcription tools automated scripts AI copilots or external assistantsis strictly prohibited during the interview process unless explicitly authorized by the company in advance. Unauthorized use of AI tools may result in disqualification.

Why Fastly

• We have a huge impact.Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only doour customershave a tremendous user base but we also support a growing number ofopen source projects and of code employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

• We value diversity.Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

• We are passionate.Fastly is chock full of passionate people and were not one size fits all. Fastly employs authors pilots skiers parents (of humans and animals) makeup geeks coffee connoisseurs and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

Were always looking for humble sharp and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

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