The opportunity
Anthropic is seeking a Director of Compute Infrastructure Procurement Operations 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.
What you'll do
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
Operationalize new entity for tax-optimized procurement of data center and infrastructure equipment
Stand up international procurement operations as local entities are formed.: Manage vendor contracting party transitions, contract novation/repapering, local vendor onboarding, KYC, and VAT/GST registration
What they're looking for
- + years of procurement experience with a minimum of 5 years in compute: infrastructure, data center operations, or hyperscale supply chain
- + years of people management experience, with demonstrated ability to build: and scale teams during periods of rapid organizational growth
- Experience at hyperscale infrastructure companies (CoreWeave, Equinix, AWS,: GCP, Azure, NVIDIA) or other frontier AI/ML companies
- Direct experience standing up procurement entities (buy/sell structures,: intercompany frameworks) for tax optimization
- Experience implementing asset lifecycle management or ERP systems in infrastructure contexts
- Background in supply chain for semiconductor, networking, or high-performance computing components
- Experience with procurement platforms such as Zip and Workday
- Experience using AI tools (including Claude) to automate procurement workflows
