Procurement Manager
Diraq
Santa Monica, CA · $170k a year · Posted November 5, 2026
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Where Santa Monica, CA ranks
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November 2026
- #13Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the West Coast13% · of 54
- #14Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the West Coast20% · of 71
- #14Best cities for director and executive jobs in the West Coast23% · of 71
- #16Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the West Coast52 / 100 · of 39
- #16Best all-round cities for AI careers in the West Coast54 / 100 · of 39
- #18Best cities for pay after cost of living in California$151k · of 32
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $170,000 a year. Across 121 open procurement manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $100,000 to $140,000 and the median is $125,000. That is 36% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among purchasing managers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for purchasing managers: 20% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
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About the job
...support a growing global organisation. The opportunity This is a builder role for a procurement leader who can create clarity where none exists yet. As Diraq’s first Procurement Manager, you will establish a practical, scalable procurement function for the United States...