Data Center Strategic Sourcing Lead

About Anthropic

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.

About the role

We are hiring an Strategic Sourcing lead to drive development and execution of procurement strategies to help scale Anthropic’s Data Center IT equipment footprint. In this role, you will own end-to-end sourcing strategies for critical IT infrastructure such as fiber, network switch gear, and high performance compute systems. You will partner closely with engineering, demand planning, and third-parties to drive hardware availability, establish vendor relationships, and negotiate commercial agreements. As a sourcing lead focused on key Data Center equipment you will play a critical role in helping Anthropic to achieve its ambitious scaling goals.

Responsibilities:

• Drive commercial negotiations and Master Service Agreements for critical IT infrastructure such as networking equipment, fiber connectivity, compute hardware.

• Audit partner procurement schedules, ensure optimal allocation, and drive cost efficiency of supply in constrained markets.

• Implement frameworks for ensuring third-party datacenter partners adhere to commercial equipment terms and technical specifications.

• Develop global inventory strategy including warehousing, third-party logistics, buffer stock, and distribution models to accelerate time to market and improve availability

• Proactively monitor global supply chain volatility and execute contingency plans to avoid critical project delays.

• Translate technical roadmaps into equipment forecasts and procurement pipelines.

• Partner with Finance to optimize inventory strategy.

• Establish efficient return and replacement workflows with vendors to restore failed