Director of Compute Infrastructure Procurement

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $220k - $275k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🛒 Procurement

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Vultr

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

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Cloud Computing • Artificial Intelligence

Vultr is a cloud infrastructure provider offering a wide range of services including compute instances, storage, managed databases, and GPU clusters. The company focuses on providing high-performance and accessible cloud solutions, leveraging both AMD and NVIDIA technologies to power applications in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and general workloads. Vultr offers services that are designed to be simpler and more cost-effective than major competitors like AWS, GCP, and Azure, with global data center locations to support diverse deployment needs.

📋 Description

• Own the IT hardware procurement funnel end to end from sourcing strategy through PO execution across compute, GPU/accelerator, networking, and storage categories • Personally lead negotiations on the largest and most strategic supplier agreements • Set negotiation strategy and playbooks for the sourcing team • Operate the procurement approval process with evidence-based sourcing packages • Present purchase recommendations and capital requests to the executive team and board • Direct Category and Sourcing Managers building a diversified supplier base • Direct Procurement Managers driving quote-to-PO execution • Direct Vendor Management on contract renewals, pricing reviews, and escalations • Direct Program Management maintaining a consistent view of orders, lead times, and delivery commitments • Enforce separation between commercial negotiation and technical/quality diligence • Build and maintain senior relationships across OEMs, ODMs, distributors, and component manufacturers • Carry a personal cost-savings target • Enforce sequencing discipline around confirmed capacity and demand • Partner with Infrastructure Engineering, Capacity Planning, Finance, Legal, and Data Center Operations leadership • Track market and competitive intelligence to inform negotiation strategy and hedging decisions • Monitor portfolio-level concentration and supply risk across vendors, components, and geographies • Build and structure the IT hardware procurement team; hire, develop, and hold managers accountable

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in IT hardware procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain management • Personal track record of negotiating large, complex hardware agreements • Demonstrated leadership of procurement or sourcing teams • Deep understanding of server and compute hardware markets, GPU/accelerator supply chains, OEM/ODM economics, and component-level supply constraints • Sharp commercial judgment under compressed timelines, allocation constraints, and imperfect information • Executive presence; ability to carry sourcing rationale and risk to a board audience and defend a walk-away or vendor decision • Bachelor's degree required • Hyperscaler, neocloud, or GPU infrastructure procurement experience preferred • Direct negotiation with NVIDIA, AMD, or their distributors on accelerator allocation preferred • Familiarity with data center capacity planning, TCO modeling, and hardware lifecycle/refresh strategy preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans • 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting • Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year • 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan • Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary • 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years • Anniversary Bonus each year • $500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year • Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month • Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month • Company paid Wellable subscription

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