Director, Legal (Procurement and Strategic Sourcing) (AI)

Location: New York, San Francisco, Seattle, US

Base salary: $210,000–$340,000 USD per year, with potential bonus, equity, and/or commission programs.

Company

Nscale provides high-performance GPU cloud infrastructure for AI start-ups and enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Lead drafting and negotiation of high-value hardware procurement agreements covering GPUs, servers, networking, storage, OEMs, resellers, and distributors.
• Negotiate pricing, prepayment, allocation, delivery, acceptance, warranties, RMA and spares, service levels, indemnities, and liability terms.
• Draft and negotiate software, firmware, SaaS, support, maintenance, professional services, and systems integration agreements.
• Advise infrastructure, cloud, procurement, finance, and commercial leadership on supplier disputes, shortages, force majeure, contract performance, and supply-chain risks.
• Coordinate with export controls counsel on sanctions, customs, tariffs, country-of-origin, component sourcing, and supplier flow-down requirements.
• Build the procurement legal function by mentoring legal professionals and developing templates, playbooks, approval matrices, and contract lifecycle 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 at a leading law firm and/or in-house, with significant technology procurement and supply agreement experience.
• Substantial experience negotiating hardware, software, and networking agreements for components such as GPUs, servers, switches, optics, cabling, storage, firmware, or related infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of allocation, lead times, warranties, RMA models, supplier financing, and prepayment structures.
• Familiarity with export controls, sanctions, and trade compliance for advanced computing.
• Experience leading or mentoring lawyers and non-lawyer professionals, with strong negotiation, drafting, and communication skills.

Nice to have

• In-house experience at a hyperscaler, neocloud, OEM, semiconductor company, or data center operator.
• Experience with large-scale capital equipment procurement, including power and cooling equipment.
• Familiarity with multi-jurisdictional supply arrangements.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture focused on innovation, ownership, accountability, openness, and transparency.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Flexible paid time off and parental leave.
• Retirement plan participation.
• Potential bonus, equity, and/or commission programs.