Director, Compute Infrastructure Procurement Operations

Deep domain knowledge of compute infrastructure components: servers, GPUs/TPUs, networking equipment, storage, racks, power distribution, and cooling infrastructure

Experience managing capital-intensive procurement portfolios (multi $B+) including negotiation, category strategy, and vendor consolidation

Strong understanding of procure-to-pay processes, purchase order governance, and asset lifecycle management

Experience operating in SOX-compliant environments with understanding of ITGCs, ICFR, and financial control frameworks

Experience with international procurement operations including entity structuring, customs/export controls, VAT/GST recovery, and cross-border logistics

Proven track record of process improvement, systems implementation, and workflow automation in high-growth environments

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$300,000

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$360,000 USD

Logistics

Supplier Strategy & Cost Optimization

Own key supplier relationships across compute hardware (networking, storage, racks, power infrastructure) and negotiate pricing frameworks, and volume commitments

Establish playbooks and sourcing strategies for hyperscale infrastructure procurement

Drive material savings through partnering with strategic sourcing teams within the Data Center Design and Ops teams, vendor consolidation, and commercial optimization across a multi-billion dollar spend portfolio

Support contract negotiations and understand the liabilities and obligations with compute vendors

Data Center Entity Operationalization

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

Anthropic is seeking a Director of Infrastructure Compute Procurement to build and lead the function responsible for how Anthropic procures, tracks, and governs its compute infrastructure assets at scale. This is a function-building role within the Finance org.

You will own supplier strategy, cost optimization, and category management for one of the largest and most complex capital procurement portfolios in AI. You will simultaneously operationalize three enterprise-scale initiatives: a multi-entity procurement structure spanning domestic and international jurisdictions, a compliance-critical Asset Lifecycle Management program and procurement operations for Anthropic data center sites across the US with international expansion underway.

This role reports directly to the Head of Procurement and serves as the senior procurement leader embedded with Infrastructure Accounting, Finance, Tax, Legal, and DC Operations. You are building the team, the playbooks, and the systems that will govern billions of dollars in compute infrastructure spend.