Director Compute Infrastructure Procurement Operations
AI safety and research company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, including the Claude product family and developer platform.
Maintainer signals as of 9/24/2026
Funding history
About Anthropic
Anthropic PBC develops frontier AI systems and deploys them through Claude products and the Claude Platform, with a stated focus on safety, interpretability, and steerability.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead supplier strategy, procurement operations, asset lifecycle management, and data-center procurement expansion. You will build operating models, controls, systems, and a procurement team; manage vendors and logistics; support international entities; and implement automation across procurement workflows.
Requirements
- Knowledge of compute infrastructure components
- Experience managing multi-billion-dollar capital procurement portfolios
- Understanding of procure-to-pay, purchase order governance, and asset lifecycle management
- Experience in SOX-compliant environments, including ITGCs and ICFR
- Experience with international procurement, entity structuring, customs, VAT/GST, and logistics
- Experience with process improvement, systems implementation, and workflow automation
- Leadership and systems-design skills
Responsibilities
- Own compute-hardware supplier relationships, pricing frameworks, and volume commitments
- Establish sourcing strategies and drive cost savings
- Operationalize domestic and international procurement entities and vendor transitions
- Lead asset lifecycle management implementation and procurement controls
- Manage purchase-order remediation, three-way matching, ASN compliance, and shipping terms
- Lead procurement operations for data center buildouts, logistics, and delivery tracking
- Build reconciliation workbooks and dashboards
- Build and lead the Compute Infrastructure Procurement Operations team
- Implement scalable governance, operating models, and AI-enabled procurement workflows
Benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation
- Parental leave
- Flexible working hours
