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# Sr. Sourcing Manager, New Product Introduction at Pendulum™

- **Company:** Pendulum™
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/pendulum/a2caf405-4b3e-4bd9-80a1-28c485c47b43

## Job description

## About Pendulum

Pendulum® is leading a revolution that is occurring around the world to improve physical and mental health by first understanding, then restoring and enhancing the human microbiome. Studies have shown that our microbiome (the bacterial communities in and on our bodies) is linked to everything from metabolism and diabetes, to longevity, weight loss, healthy immune systems, cancer prevention, feelings of well-being, inflammatory bowel disease, and even healthy skin. We have just scratched the surface on understanding the impact that our microbiome has on our lives. During early life we develop a diverse and balanced microbiome that plays a critical role in shaping our long-term health. Over our lives, a combination of diet, lifestyle, antibiotics, and aging can decrease the effectiveness of our microbiome. Pendulum recognized the enormous impact they could have on people’s lives if they were able to address the imbalances in the microbiome. To accomplish this, Pendulum created proprietary probiotic pipelines and a unique discovery platform to identify key, novel bacterial strains and the prebiotics that feed them. The company has also built and developed the world’s first manufacturing technology to produce bacteria in an anaerobic (oxygen-free) environment at scale. The medical probiotics that Pendulum has formulated have transformed the consumer probiotics market into a new category of therapeutic offerings that deliver the power and efficacy of a pharmaceutical with the safety and accessibility of a natural probiotic. Due to Pendulum’s explosive revenue and customer growth over the last two years, the company earned a spot on Forbes Magazine’s exclusive “The Next Billion Dollar Startups” list. If you’re interested in improving the lives of people globally and you love working in a cross-functional, collaborative, inspiring environment, please continue reading. The Opportunity We are looking for a Sr. Sourcing Manager, New Product Introduction to own the sourcing workstreams that enable Pendulum’s innovation pipeline from concept through commercial launch. This person will be the primary sourcing partner to Product, which owns the overall product launch timeline. The Sr. Sourcing Manager will establish the sourcing roadmap, own raw material strategy, and drive supplier and raw material readiness. The right candidate brings strategic sourcing expertise, strong project-management skills, and the ability to create structure in ambiguous situations.

## What You'll Do

Raw Material Strategy

- Own the sourcing workstream for new products from concept through commercialization.
- Translate product concepts and technical requirements into executable sourcing strategies.
- Own raw material strategy across probiotics, active ingredients, excipients, flavors, and other emerging categories.
- Partner with Product to establish achievable sourcing milestones and proactively resolve risks that threaten committed launch dates.
- Keep stakeholders and leadership informed of sourcing progress, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions

Supplier Leadership

- Own sourcing strategies and commercial relationships across Pendulum’s raw material portfolio.
- Build supplier networks that support innovation, commercial supply, cost competitiveness, and continuity.
- Lead supplier identification, selection, qualification, commercial readiness, and material availability for new products.
- Lead supplier negotiations involving pricing, contracts, payment terms, capacity, forecasts, and long-term agreements.
- Develop second sources and new supplier relationships that improve capability, resilience, or speed.
- Establish supplier expectations and lead performance reviews focused on quality, delivery, responsiveness, innovation, cost, and continuous improvement.

Cross-Functional Execution & Sourcing Representation

- Serve as the sourcing subject-matter expert throughout product commercialization.
- Partner closely with Product, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Planning, Packaging, Contract Manufacturing, Manufacturing, and Finance.
- Build tools and processes that improve launch predictability, supplier visibility, and sourcing execution.
- Lead strategic sourcing initiatives outside established category ownership as business priorities evolve.

Who We’re Looking For

## Experience & Education

- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years experience in strategic sourcing, supplier management, raw materials, new product introduction, or supply chain within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience sourcing complex materials within nutraceuticals, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, cosmetics, or another regulated industry.
- Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to commercialize new products by developing effective sourcing strategies.
- Demonstrated experience leading supplier negotiations, including the ability to assess cost drivers, evaluate supplier pricing, and identify negotiation opportunities.
- Strong analytical skills, including spend analysis, should-cost modeling, pricing analysis, and financial evaluation.
- Advanced proficiency with Netsuite ERP as well as Google Sheets and/or Microsoft Excel.

Competencies & Attributes

- Strong project-management skills without needing to be the overall program manager.
- Ability to bring structure, priorities, and clear action plans to ambiguous challenges.
- Strong commercial judgment and supplier-development capability.
- Clear, proactive communication with technical, commercial, and executive stakeholders.
- Ability to independently drive multiple sourcing workstreams to completion.
- Curiosity and flexibility to take on new categories and emerging business challenges.

What Success Looks like

In the first year, success means that:

- The Product team has a trusted sourcing partner who independently drives NPI sourcing activities.
- Sourcing milestones, risks, and supplier readiness are clearly defined and actively managed.
- Fewer launch issues result from materials, suppliers, commercial terms, or sourcing execution.
- Pendulum has stronger raw material strategies and a more resilient supplier network.
- New sourcing challenges are addressed quickly without gaps in ownership.

Travel & Work Environment

- Hybrid role based in San Francisco, CA, with an expectation of working in the office 2–3 days per week.
- Occasional travel (approximately 10–20%) to supplier and manufacturing sites.

Salary & Benefits

- $162,900 - $181,000
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Commuter Benefits
- Life & STD Insurance
- Company match on 401 (k)
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Equity

## About Pendulum™

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Pendulum™ (Pendulum Therapeutics) is a biotechnology company developing clinically validated, science-backed probiotics and Live Synbiotics™ that target the gut microbiome to improve metabolic and overall health.
- **Entity Type**: Private (late-stage venture-backed; last disclosed round: Venture Round 2023, plus Series B 2019)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (933 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94107)
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Colleen Cutcliffe (CEO & Co-Founder), John Eid (CSO & Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Biotechnology / Microbiome science / Consumer health supplements
- **Target Customers**: B2C (direct-to-consumer probiotics), B2B/Healthcare (wholesale, strategic channels, healthcare providers), Enterprise (health systems and clinical partners)
- **Mission Statement**: "To improve the lives of millions through microbiome products" — bridging nature and medicine by creating products with "the power and efficacy of a pharmaceutical with the safety and accessibility of a probiotic" [pendulumlife.com](https://pendulumlife.com/pages/story)

## Products & Services
- **Pendulum Akkermansia**: The company's flagship product — the first novel probiotic species brought to market in more than 50 years, and the first and only probiotic in the world clinically proven to lower A1C and blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes; it stimulates natural GLP-1 production. (Product type: clinically validated probiotic supplement)
- **Live Synbiotics™ Line**: A portfolio of rationally designed probiotics + prebiotics targeting conditions such as metabolic syndrome, inflammation, and neurodegeneration. (Product type: synbiotic supplements)
- **Proprietary Discovery Platform**: An internal R&D engine that identifies key novel bacterial strains and the prebiotics that feed them, enabling a pipeline of new products. (Service type: biotech research platform)
- **Glucose Control / Metabolic Products**: Products designed for metabolic daily support, optimized glucose control, and healthy weight promotion. (Product type: probiotic supplements)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held) — *conflicting/limited data: total funding reported as $45M across multiple rounds*
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue ~$3M (estimated via public data aggregators); Total Funding $45M
  - Venture Round (June 2023): $10M, 1 investor
  - Series B (May 2019): $35M, 5 investors
  - Seed Round (May 2024): 1 investor
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors from prior rounds include institutional backers (specific fund names not disclosed in public sources); partners include healthcare sales and wholesale distribution channels. Leadership includes Dr. Adam Perlman (Chief Medical Officer), formerly Director of Integrative Health and Wellbeing at the Mayo Clinic.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 94 employees (−20.8% YoY, −30 people) with active job postings up +100% YoY — a sign of selective rebuilding after contraction
  - Expanding commercial focus: hiring a Director of Healthcare Sales (Wholesale & Strategic Channels) and Director of Clinical Studies
  - Strong talent pipeline from Stanford University, BioMarin, PacBio, Zymergen, Second Genome, and Berkeley Lab
  - Workforce distributed across 5 countries (US, Canada, Philippines, India, Netherlands)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-Mover Market Position**: Pendulum was the first to bring a novel bacterial species to the probiotics market in over 50 years, giving it category-creator status in "Live Synbiotics."
- **Clinical-Grade Evidence**: The only probiotic clinically proven to lower A1C and blood glucose in type 2 diabetes — a regulatory-grade moat that pure supplement companies lack.
- **Strong IP and Scientific Talent**: Co-founders have deep backgrounds (Pacific Biosciences, Johns Hopkins, Harvard/Rowland Institute, Cornell/UIUC) in genomics, biophysics, and molecular biology; the team includes ex-Mayo Clinic and Duke physicians.
- **Proprietary Discovery Pipeline**: Integrated platform spanning strain discovery, prebiotic matching, clinical validation, and commercialization — hard to replicate quickly.
- **Cross-Disciplinary Expertise**: Combines biostatistics, microbiology, biotechnology, medical research, high-throughput genomics, distributed computing, and nutrition.

## Strategic Focus
- **Category Creation**: Building a new category of microbiome-targeting health products with pharmaceutical-level efficacy claims and supplement-level accessibility.
- **Expanding Clinical Pipeline**: Deepening research into metabolic syndrome, inflammation, and neurodegeneration through new clinical studies (active hiring for Director of Clinical Studies).
- **Healthcare Channel Expansion**: Growing wholesale and strategic healthcare sales to move beyond direct-to-consumer into provider and health-system channels.
- **R&D Continuity**: Maintaining proprietary pipelines for novel strain discovery across Compute R&D (software engineering/data analytics) and Lab R&D (biochemistry/microbiology) departments.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: Employees work at the intersection of nature and medicine, with a stated mission to improve the lives of millions through microbiome products [pendulumlife.com](https://pendulumlife.com/pages/story)
- **Cross-Functional Culture**: Described as "a highly collaborative team of scientists, engineers, physicians, marketers and salespeople" that values transparency, strong communication, autonomy, and collaboration in a fast-paced environment [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/pendulum/fbaed257-dc01-447a-ac23-24bafbc3763f)
- **Work Model**: Hybrid and on-site roles based in San Francisco, CA (Mission District/Potrero Hill area offices)
- **Benefits**: FSA/HSA eligible products; standard health-and-wellness benefits expected in biotech (details shared during interview)
- **Departments Hiring**: Compute R&D (software engineering and data analytics), Lab R&D (biochemistry and microbiology), Manufacturing, People and Culture, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Operations, and IT
- **Diversity Commitment**: "Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer" across race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, and veteran status [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/pendulum/fbaed257-dc01-447a-ac23-24bafbc3763f)
- **Candid Assessment**: Employer rating is 2.9/5.0 from 45 reviews (Work-Life: 2.8, Compensation: 3.2, Culture: 2.8, Career: 2.8) — a moderate score; the company has experienced recent headcount decline (−20.8% YoY) and should be evaluated carefully on culture and stability during interviews [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/pendulumco)

## Sources
1. [lever.co — Pendulum Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/pendulum)
2. [linkedin.com — Pendulum Therapeutics](https://linkedin.com/company/pendulumco)
3. [pendulumlife.com — Careers](https://pendulumlife.com/pages/careers)
4. [pendulumlife.com — Our Story](https://pendulumlife.com/pages/story)
5. [jobs.lever.co — Pendulum Dream Job Application](https://jobs.lever.co/pendulum/fbaed257-dc01-447a-ac23-24bafbc3763f)

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