Director Legal Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
Nscale is a London-based, full-stack AI cloud and infrastructure company that provides GPU compute, managed AI services, orchestration software, data centers, and power infrastructure for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
About Nscale
Nscale builds and operates vertically integrated AI infrastructure spanning software, GPU compute, networking, storage, purpose-built data centers, and power. Its active cloud platform offers self-service inference endpoints, fine-tuning, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, virtual machines, and GPU clusters.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead legal support for technology procurement and strategic sourcing. You will negotiate high-value hardware, software, OEM, reseller, and supply agreements; advise on supply-chain risks; manage disputes; and build scalable procurement legal processes.
Requirements
- JD from an accredited US law school and active membership in good standing of at least one US state bar.
- 8–12 years of legal experience with significant focus on technology procurement and supply agreements.
- Experience negotiating hardware, software, and networking-component agreements.
- Knowledge of hardware supply-chain dynamics.
- Familiarity with export controls, sanctions, and trade compliance for advanced computing.
- Experience leading or mentoring legal and non-legal professionals.
- Strong negotiation, drafting, and communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead drafting and negotiation of complex hardware procurement agreements.
- Negotiate commercial and risk terms for supply agreements.
- Draft and negotiate software, firmware, SaaS, support, and services agreements.
- Advise on export controls, sanctions, customs, tariffs, and sourcing restrictions.
- Advise stakeholders on supplier disputes, shortages, and contract-performance issues.
- Coordinate supply commitments with customer, delivery, and financing obligations.
- Manage supplier disputes and claims.
- Lead and mentor procurement counsel and paralegals.
- Develop procurement templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and approval matrices.
- Partner on contract lifecycle management, reporting, and process improvement.
Benefits
- Bonus, equity, and/or commission programs
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan participation
