Multiverse · London
Strategic Tech Partnerships & Procurement Lead
Multiverse is the upskilling platform for AI and Tech adoption. We have partnered with 1,500+ companies to deliver a new kind of learning that's transforming t...
Multiverse is the upskilling platform for AI and Tech adoption.
We have partnered with 1,500+ companies to deliver a new kind of learning that's transforming today’s workforce.
Our upskilling apprenticeships are designed for people of any age and career stage to build critical AI, data, and tech skills.
Our learners have driven $2bn+ ROI for their employers, using the skills they’ve learned to improve productivity and measurable
performance.
In April 2026, we announced $70 million in strategic funding, led by Schroders Capital, with participation from StepStone Group,
Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst. At an increased valuation of $2.1bn, the round makes us Europe’s first EdTech
double unicorn.
But we aren’t stopping there. With a strong operational footprint and 800+ employees, we have ambitious plans to continue scaling.
We’re building a world where tech skills unlock people’s potential and output.
Join Multiverse and power our mission to equip the workforce to win in the AI era.
THE ROLE
Multiverse is the UK's largest apprenticeship provider and its first EdTech unicorn, and it's rebuilding on an AI-first
foundation. Enterprise Trust & Reliability is the layer where that platform meets the customer, the regulator, and the investor.
Our mission is to turn enterprise trust into enterprise revenue: the guardrails, integrations, and vendor relationships that let
Multiverse move fast without breaking the trust that enterprise customers pay for.
We're hiring our first Strategic Partnerships & Procurement Lead: the commercial operator who owns how we buy, renew, and partner
on technology. You'll sit at the seam between engineering, security, legal, finance, and our vendors, and you'll turn tooling
spend and partner relationships into commercial advantage.
This is a high-autonomy, high-influence individual-contributor role reporting to the Senior Director of the function.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Build and own strategic partnerships with the technology providers that matter most — model providers like Anthropic or ChatGPT,
hyperscalers like AWS and Google, major platforms like Salesforce or Oracle, and developer and security tooling tooling vendors.
Keep these relationships warm and know when to activate them. Look past cost: proactively find where a partnership can unlock real
value for the business, whether that's training, co-building, product integrations, or better commercial terms.
Centralise and modernise how we buy, renew, and consolidate technology, building this from a low base. That means a single
software asset register, a clear intake-and-approval flow, and legal and security engaged early as a gate to clear, not a blocker
to fight. Bring total cost of ownership and usage-based pricing into the open so spend maps to outcomes.
Own the live threads from day one — including our LLM enterprise contracts, AI tooling, Identity platforms and other software
contracts — and hold the pen on negotiations and renewals across the wider technology portfolio.
Turn procurement and partnerships into a commercial lever, not a cost centre. You'll sit at the seam between engineering,
security, legal and finance, influencing outcomes across teams you don't manage — so persuasion and clarity carry the role. Done
well, this also becomes trust and vendor evidence that helps enterprise and regulated customers say yes faster.
HOW WE WORK WITH AI
At Multiverse, AI is our engine, not an add-on. In this seat that's literal: you'll be buying, negotiating, and partnering on the
exact tools that make it true, and modelling what they cost and what they return. We expect you to use AI daily in your own work —
from drafting and comparing contracts to analysing spend — and to be genuinely curious about a tooling and AI-provider market that
looks different every quarter.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
You've built and grown relationships with major technology partners— AWS, Google, Salesforce, Anthropic-type organisations — and
can point to commercial impact you unlocked, not just costs you cut.
You're comfortable inside a procurement process too: you've negotiated and renewed software, cloud, or SaaS contracts and can
speak to the trade-offs you made, you understand consumption-based pricing, and you're at ease driving a decision across security,
legal and finance without owning those teams. But procurement isn't the whole story for you — you think about what a vendor
relationship can build, not just what it costs, and you treat compliance as a lever rather than a blocker.
You're technically literate enough to challenge a vendor's claim without being an engineer, and comfortable navigating an
engineering and product environment rather than operating purely from the business side. We're looking for AI acumen too: you
understand the competitive AI landscape — Anthropic, Google, AWS and others — well enough to advise on real strategic calls, like
whether our current AI partner remains the right long-term one.
What this role isn't. This is an internal commercial seat, not a sales role: no quota, no pipeline, no external revenue target.
Your customers are our engineers and the business. You don't need to be an engineer (technical fluency, not technical depth), and
you won't manage people from day one — this is a senior individual-contributor role that earns a team by proving the function.
YOUR FIRST NINE MONTHS
Months one to three: map the estate. Every technology contract, renewal date and owner in one place; a single software asset
register; a clear picture of spend across tokens, seats and cloud. Get on top of the live threads such as our LLM enterprise
contracts, our identity tooling, developer tools, and cross-organisational threads — and start spotting quick wins, like
renegotiating spend with an existing supplier.
Months four to six: stand up the buy, renew and consolidate process with security and legal engaged early. Land a first
consolidation or renegotiation win — for example, a usage-backed recommendation that settles a tooling question. Start growing the
strategic side: identify where partnerships can bring value beyond commercial terms, whether that's training, co-building, or
product integrations.
Benefits
- Time off - 27 days holiday, plus 5 additional days off: 1 life event day, 2 volunteer days, 2 company-wide wellbeing days
(M-Powered Weekend) and 8 bank holidays per year
- Health & Wellness- private medical Insurance with Bupa, a medical cashback scheme, life insurance, gym membership & wellness
resources through Wellhub and access to Spill - all in one mental health support
- Hybrid work offering - for most roles we collaborate in the office three days per week with the exception of Coaches and
Instructors who collaborate in the office once a month
- Work-from-anywhere scheme - you'll have the opportunity to work from anywhere, up to 10 days per year
- Space to connect: Beyond the desk, we make time for weekly catch-ups, seasonal celebrations, and have a kitchen that’s always
stocked!
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We’re an equal opportunities employer. And proud of it. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless
of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability,
gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. This will never change. Read our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion policy
here.
Our Commitment to Safeguarding
Multiverse is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our learners. We expect all employees to share this
commitment and adhere to our Safeguarding Policy, our Prevent Policy and all other Multiverse company policies. Successful
applicants will be required to undertake at least a Basic check via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS).
For roles that will involve a Regulated Activity, successful applicants must also undergo an Enhanced DBS check, including a
Children’s Barred List check and a Prohibition Order check. Roles involving Regulated Activity may interact with vulnerable
groups, therefore are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 meaning applicants are required to declare any
convictions, cautions, reprimands, and final warnings.
Providing false information is an offence and could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal if the applicant
has been selected, and possible referral to the police and the DBS.
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Strategic Tech Partnerships & Procurement Lead
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