Director, Regional Project Procurement

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🤠 Texas – Remote

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🛒 Procurement

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IREN

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201 - 500 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🤝 B2B

⚡ Energy

Artificial Intelligence • B2B • Energy

IREN is a provider of purpose-built, high-performance AI data centers and GPU cloud services across North America. IREN develops, owns and operates large, power-dense facilities designed for demanding AI training and inference workloads, offering turnkey data centers, colocations for customer hardware, and managed GPU cloud access. The company emphasizes vertical integration, 24/7 onsite support, and powering its facilities with 100% renewable energy (including RECs). IREN currently lists six North American locations (including Sweetwater, Childress, Oklahoma, Prince George, Mackenzie, and Canal Flats), with secured power capacity of about 5 GW, several hundred to thousands of MW per site in operational, under-construction, and in-development stages, and roughly 4,900 acres of secured land for AI infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Lead all tactical (PO-level) procurement activity for assigned regions/projects, converting approved category strategies and master supply agreements into timely purchase orders. • Own the buy-to-delivery cycle for construction materials, equipment, and site services, ensuring purchase orders align with construction schedules, budgets, and specifications. • Manage day-to-day supplier communication for order confirmation, order changes, expediting, and issue resolution at the project and site level. • Establish and enforce standardized tactical procurement processes, approval workflows, and PO governance across all regional teams. • Drive resolution of field procurement escalations (material shortages, quality issues, delivery delays) in partnership with construction, engineering, and logistics teams. • Build and maintain regional supplier relationships for trade contractors, equipment vendors, and local/regional material suppliers supporting active builds. • Monitor regional supplier performance (on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness) and drive corrective action plans where performance falls short. • Support project-level bid packages, quote comparisons, and award recommendations for regionally sourced scopes of work and materials. • Partner with Strategic Sourcing/Category Management to provide field-level market intelligence and supplier feedback that informs national category strategy and master agreements. • Manage regional procurement budgets and track project-level spend against approved project budgets, flagging variances early. • Partner closely with Construction Project Managers and Site Superintendents to align procurement activities with construction sequencing and critical-path milestones. • Collaborate with Warehousing, Inventory Control, and Logistics teams to ensure tactical purchase orders translate into on-time, on-site material delivery. • Work with Legal and Contracts teams to execute purchase orders and short-form agreements within approved contract terms and delegation-of-authority limits. • Provide regular reporting to the VP, Data Center Procurement on regional procurement status, risks, spend, and schedule impacts across the project portfolio. • Own the procurement input into recurring project governance forums for each assigned project — including weekly management reviews, EPC/owner-contractor meetings, and project status presentations — covering material and equipment delivery status, long-lead item tracking, open escalations, and cost/schedule impacts. • Consolidate project-level inputs from Regional Project Procurement Managers, site buyers, and expediters into a single accurate procurement submission for each forum, delivered on the required cadence and in the required format. • Represent procurement in weekly management, EPC, and project review calls, presenting status and responding to questions on delivery risk, supplier performance, and mitigation plans. • Build, lead, and develop a team of regional procurement managers, tactical buyers, and expediters aligned to active and planned construction regions. • Establish staffing plans that scale the tactical procurement organization in line with the pace and geographic spread of the data center build pipeline. • Define KPIs and performance standards for the tactical procurement team (PO cycle time, on-time issuance, cost savings/avoidance, supplier performance). • Champion consistent tools, systems (P2P/ERP), and processes across regions to enable scalability and reduce variability in procurement execution. • Establish and maintain standardized procurement reporting templates, dashboards, and data sources so project updates are consistent across projects and regions and traceable back to PO, delivery, and spend data.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, Business, Engineering, or related field (Master's degree preferred). • 12+ years of progressive procurement experience, including significant experience in tactical/project procurement supporting large-scale construction or capital projects, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role. • Direct experience supporting data center, hyperscale, industrial, or other mission-critical construction programs. • Strong track record managing regional or multi-site procurement teams and driving execution discipline across concurrent, fast-paced projects. • Solid understanding of construction procurement processes, purchase order/contract fundamentals, and project schedule/cost drivers. • Proficiency with ERP/P2P systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Coupa) and project management or construction management platforms. • Demonstrated ability to build and lead teams across multiple U.S. regions, including remote and site-based staff. • Willingness to travel domestically up to 40-50% to active construction sites and regional offices. • Experience specifically within data center, colocation, or hyperscale construction procurement organizations (Preferred). • CPSM, CPSD, or equivalent procurement/supply chain certification (Preferred). • Familiarity with electrical, mechanical, and general trades scopes typical of data center construction (Preferred).

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% company paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, and vision) for employees, 75% company paid coverage for dependents • Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance • Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage available • Health Savings Accounts (HSA) – when combined with the High Deductible Health Plan • Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Access to financial planning and legal services • Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays • Internal skills training and advancement pathways • Professional development to support certifications, continuing education, or role related training • Company events and team-building activities