# Specialist / Senior Procurement Specialist at Lila Sciences

- Company: Lila Sciences
- What the company does: LILA has created the world's first Operating System for Science powered by Scientific Superintelligence™. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://www.lila.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Cambridge, MA USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-19
- Apply by: 2026-12-03
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lilasciences/jobs/4420037009?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lila-sciences-specialist-senior-procurement-specialist/

## About the role

We are looking for a Procurement Specialist to run the buying desk for our fast-paced, AI-driven research and development organization at Lila Sciences. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Procurement, this is a hands-on role for someone who wants to own throughput. You will keep the ordering process real time and efficient, and you will own vendor onboarding for the suppliers behind those orders. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Life Sciences or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Three or more years of procurement, purchasing or procurement operations experience, ideally supporting research organizations
- Experience with a major procurement platform such as Coupa, Ariba or Jaggaer. Coupa strongly preferred
- Hands-on supplier onboarding experience: qualification, screening, compliance documentation, vendor master management
- Proven ability to sequence a queue that arrives already overloaded, where most requests are marked urgent
- Accuracy under volume, and a service instinct paired with the judgement to refuse non-compliant orders

Tags: Corporate Development

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lila-sciences-specialist-senior-procurement-specialist/