Senior Sourcing Lead (Global Hardware)

Location: Chicago, United States. Immigration sponsorship is not offered for this opening.

Base salary: $150,000–$200,000 USD per year, plus discretionary bonus, paid leave, and insurance benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a research-driven trading firm using quantitative modeling, machine learning, engineering, proprietary systems, and algorithms across global financial markets.

What you will do

• Own the global hardware category strategy across GPUs, accelerated compute, servers, networking, storage, and enterprise equipment.
• Build executive-level relationships with strategic hardware vendors representing $300M–$500M+ in annual spend.
• Lead negotiations for complex OEM and master supply agreements covering pricing, volume commitments, allocation guarantees, warranties, and support.
• Manage GPU and long-lead component supply assurance, including allocation strategy, capacity reservations, and lead-time risk.
• Drive cost optimization, standardization, total-cost-of-ownership modeling, and refresh-cycle planning across global hardware spend.
• Partner with infrastructure engineering, capacity planning, finance, and business leadership on roadmaps, investment cases, and build-versus-buy decisions while coaching sourcing managers and buyers.

Requirements

• 8+ years of strategic sourcing, vendor management, or supply chain experience in technology hardware.
• Direct ownership of vendor relationships at $100M+ annual scale and experience negotiating with tier-one OEMs and silicon providers such as NVIDIA, Dell, Lenovo, Supermicro, AMD, or Arista.
• Deep understanding of server, GPU, and networking architectures, including procurement under allocation constraints.
• Experience in hyperscale, HPC/AI infrastructure, semiconductor, or low-latency trading environments is strongly preferred.
• Executive presence, strong vendor relationship management, and advanced financial and analytical skills in TCO modeling and multi-year CapEx planning.
• Experience operating across US, EU, and APAC supply chains and legal entities.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with researchers, traders, and engineers on proprietary systems and advanced infrastructure for global markets.
• Full-time, permanent employment with eligibility for a discretionary bonus.
• Paid leave and insurance benefits are provided.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and business leaders in a research-driven trading environment.