Head of Procurement

A compute business only scales as fast as its supply chain.

The company is building a high-density, AI-ready data center platform and is seeking a Head of Procurement who understands that execution risk sits in long-lead items, contracts, and vendor dependencies.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership role. The Head of Procurement will own the entire data center procurement stack from land and power through to transformers, chillers, racks, and GPUs ensuring cost discipline, delivery certainty, and long-term scalability.

Key Responsibilities

• Owns the end-to-end procurement strategy across the full data center value chain: civil, electrical, mechanical, and IT infrastructure.
• Leads large-capex sourcing and contracting for long-lead items including transformers, switchgear, generators, chillers, CRAC/CRAH units, cabling, racks, servers, and GPUs.
• Designs and manages the vendor ecosystem, including OEMs, EPCs, power and energy providers, fiber partners, and advanced cooling suppliers.
• Develops cost models, drives price discovery, and leads negotiations to optimize $/MW, $/rack, and total cost of ownership.
• Structures contracts to ensure predictable delivery timelines through penalties, forward capacity reservations, and risk-sharing mechanisms.
• Oversees inventory strategy, spares planning, and risk management to mitigate supply-chain disruptions.
• Leads sustainability and energy procurement initiatives, including renewables, microgrids, and long-term PPAs.
• Establishes procurement governance, dashboards, and documentation designed to scale from initial MW deployments to hundreds of MW.

Candidate Profile

• Has led procurement in a data center, cloud, telecom, or similarly capex-intensive infrastructure environment.
• Brings deep understanding of long-cycle procurement, regulatory requirements, and supply-chain risk in infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrates strong commercial acumen with a proven track record in contract negotiation, vendor leverage, and cost control.
• Is comfortable operating in fast-paced, build-and-scale environments with high execution pressure.
• Is capable of building procurement systems and vendor relationships that scale predictably and efficiently.