Senior Procurement Leader

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Denvr

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Denvr is a company that provides foundational AI services tailored for the AI ecosystem and its end users. It specializes in offering cloud-enabled services that encompass AI inferencing, computing, data processing, and storage. Denvr delivers these capabilities through its public AI Cloud and private AI Platform Services, which are designed for dedicated, secure AI solutions. Their offerings include advanced data centers, high-performance computing, and a range of services supporting AI technologies.

📋 Description

• Lead strategic sourcing and procurement for GPU and accelerated compute platforms, enterprise and hyperscale server infrastructure, high-speed networking, storage, colocation, power, cooling, modular construction, and related services • Develop and execute sourcing strategies optimizing total cost of ownership, commercial terms, supply availability, performance, and long-term strategic value • Lead negotiations for significant capital purchases, framework agreements, volume commitments, and strategic supplier arrangements • Create competitive tension across vendors and assess market economics • Build and maintain executive-level relationships with OEMs, component manufacturers, colocation providers, and channel partners • Optimize pricing, allocations, lead times, financing, warranties, support, roadmap visibility, technology access, capacity commitments, and escalation paths • Collaborate with Finance, Engineering, and Operations to evaluate lifecycle cost, power consumption, utilization, support costs, deployment timelines, and revenue-generating capability • Develop commercial models for major infrastructure investments and provide leadership with recommendations and alternatives • Improve infrastructure cost per unit of compute and return on invested capital • Translate infrastructure growth forecasts into procurement and capacity pipelines • Anticipate supply constraints and develop multi-sourcing strategies • Track OEM manufacturing cycles, component lead times, product roadmaps, and end-of-life schedules • Lead commercial contract structuring with Legal and Finance, focusing on SLAs, liability, price protection, and supply guarantees • Establish procurement workflows, approval thresholds, and supplier performance metrics • Ensure supplier alignment with Denvr’s Supplier Code of Conduct, security standards, and background verification requirements

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, or commercial leadership experience focused on data center hardware, hyperscale cloud, or enterprise IT infrastructure • Proven track record negotiating complex, multi-million-dollar hardware, colocation, and software contracts • Established executive network across the data center, server OEM, networking, and component supplier ecosystems • Deep knowledge of GPU/accelerated computing architectures, high-performance networking, and data center economics • Strong financial modeling capabilities, including TCO analysis and capital investment evaluation • Excellent contract negotiation and executive presentation skills • Executive presence to represent Denvr alongside senior leadership at major global technology companies • Commercial understanding of technology go-to-market models and OEM margin structures • Technical fluency bridging engineering specifications with C-suite commercial negotiations • Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment • Passion for technology, system design, and innovative technical solutions

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first work arrangement • Opportunity to work in the fast-moving field of AI and high-performance computing • Continuous learning and learning-by-doing environment • Career growth alongside exceptional teammates