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About the Role
You will lead multi-year sourcing, procurement, and contracting strategies for data center equipment, construction, and trade packages. You will negotiate major supplier and construction agreements, manage delivery and change-order risks, develop strategic partnerships, and set procurement standards across the construction program.
Requirements
- 10+ years of end-to-end supply chain and strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management experience, or 8+ years with a Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, Finance, a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience owning multi-year category strategies for complex, high-spend, supply-constrained areas
- Experience personally negotiating and closing complex contracts
- Experience establishing adopted process, policy, or governance standards
- 3+ years of informal or indirect team leadership and coaching senior practitioners
- Executive communication and business-case development skills
- Data analysis skills for risk anticipation and change-order impact modeling
- Experience working with construction teams, contractors, engineering firms, and specialty trades
- Experience with construction contracting, contract administration, change orders, claims, and closeout
- Experience procuring long-lead data center or critical-facility infrastructure equipment
Responsibilities
- Own multi-year sourcing and category strategies for data center equipment, construction, and trade packages
- Partner with Construction, Design, and Development teams from site selection through handover
- Procure long-lead data center infrastructure equipment and sequence awards and deliveries
- Lead construction contracting strategy and negotiate with contractors, EPCs, design firms, and specialty trades
- Serve as the lead negotiator for high-value construction and equipment agreements
- Own owner-furnished equipment strategy and manage logistics, storage, warranties, and installation interfaces
- Drive change-order discipline and resolve claims and schedule impacts
- Identify and lead long-term cost-reduction initiatives across equipment and construction categories
- Build strategic partnerships with OEMs, contractors, and trade partners
- Oversee delivery commitments, milestones, SLAs, supplier compliance, quality, and safety
- Set procurement and contract-execution standards and provide executive briefings
- Identify and mitigate schedule, cost, and safety risks with stakeholders, contractors, and suppliers
- Define and execute industry and ecosystem engagement strategy across the data center construction supply base
Benefits
- Cash and equity compensation
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
- 401k plan with 2% company match for USA employees
- Flexible paid time off