Strategic Sourcing Manager (AI Hardware)

TL;DR

Strategic Sourcing Manager (AI Hardware): Defines and manages vendor and partner engagements for hardware design, including memory, storage, and CPUs, with an accent on designing sourcing strategies, negotiating agreements, and managing critical supplier relationships. Focus on expanding compute, networking, and storage capabilities for hirify.global’s supercomputing infrastructure.

Location: This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees to United States.

Salary: $295,000–$445,000 + Equity

Company

hirify.global is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

What you will do

• Devise and implement sourcing strategies for hardware and cloud services.
• Lead RFPs, supplier evaluations, and partner selection.
• Manage key supplier relationships end-to-end, including contract negotiations and performance management.
• Partner with engineering, finance, legal, and security teams on sourcing decisions.
• Drive efficiency through process design and sourcing systems.
• Build long-term partnerships and identify strategic investment opportunities.

Requirements

• 10+ years in technology procurement, with depth in hardware and cloud services at fast-growing technology companies.
• Ability to engage engineering teams on technical requirements and translate them into sourcing strategies.
• Proven track record of negotiating custom agreements and maintaining strong, trust-based supplier partnerships.
• Skilled at developing long-term sourcing strategies, managing cost/risk tradeoffs, and generating actionable analytics.
• Adept at working cross-functionally and proactively defining and refining procurement practices.
• Must meet U.S. export control legal status requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week.
• Relocation assistance offered to new employees.
• Opportunity to develop silicon and system-level solutions for advanced AI workloads.
• Mission-driven focus on ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
• Committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.