Director, Compute Infrastructure Procurement Operations

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

You will own supplier strategy, cost optimization, and category management for one of the largest and most complex capital procurement portfolios in AI. You will simultaneously operationalize three enterprise-scale initiatives: a multi-entity procurement structure spanning domestic and international jurisdictions, a compliance-critical Asset Lifecycle Management program and procurement operations for Anthropic data center sites across the US with international expansion underway.

What it asks for · 5

• Deep domain knowledge of compute infrastructure components: servers, GPUs/TPUs, networking equipment, storage, racks, power distribution, and cooling infrastructure
• Experience managing capital-intensive procurement portfolios (multi $B+) including negotiation, category strategy, and vendor consolidation
• Strong understanding of procure-to-pay processes, purchase order governance, and asset lifecycle management
• Experience operating in SOX-compliant environments with understanding of ITGCs, ICFR, and financial control frameworks
• Experience with international procurement operations including entity structuring, customs/export controls, VAT/GST recovery, and cross-border logistics

Also a plus

• 12+ years of procurement experience with a minimum of 5 years in compute infrastructure, data center operations, or hyperscale supply chain
• 8+ years of people management experience, with demonstrated ability to build and scale teams during periods of rapid organizational growth
• Experience at hyperscale infrastructure companies (CoreWeave, Equinix, AWS, GCP, Azure, NVIDIA) or other frontier AI/ML companies
• Direct experience standing up procurement entities (buy/sell structures, intercompany frameworks) for tax optimization
• Experience implementing asset lifecycle management or ERP systems in infrastructure contexts
• Background in supply chain for semiconductor, networking, or high-performance computing components
• Experience with procurement platforms such as Zip and Workday
• Experience using AI tools (including Claude) to automate procurement workflows

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• procurement29×
• experience19×
• infrastructure18×
• management13×
• operations12×
• compute infrastructure8×
• data center8×
• vendor8×
• finance7×
• frameworks7×
• systems7×
• asset lifecycle6×
• international6×
• lifecycle management6×
• procurement operations6×
• supply chain6×

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