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In the US, demand is outrunning the capacity we can stand up. In a GPU cloud business, the constraint is rarely the customer. It is power, space, hardware, and the capital to bring them together on time.\nThis role exists to remove that constraint. You will lead all US procurement for VESSL: where capacity comes from, how it is financed, which vendors earn our trust, and when it comes online.\nAs the first hire on our US Supply team, you will run each deal yourself end to end: finding the right partners, closing the deal, overseeing delivery, and running the contract after signing. As volume grows, you will build the team that takes it to scale.\nYou sit in our global Supply function, reporting to our Chief Strategy Officer, who leads supply globally. Based in our US office, you will partner closely with our global supply team, US sales, product, infrastructure, and finance.\nWhat You'll Own\nSource and Secure Supply\nMap the US data center value chain end to end: energy and power, data center developers and operators, OEMs and hardware partners, and the capital backers behind them\n\nSource new capacity and onboard new supply partners\n\nVerify offered capacity and delivery timelines before anything moves to negotiation\n\nBuild relationships that give VESSL first look at capacity before it reaches the open market\n\nOwn US capacity milestones: the right GPUs, in the right sites, on the timeline our customers and roadmap require\n\nQualify Every Vendor\nDesign and run vendor due diligence: financial health, ownership and capital structure, hardware provenance, operational track record, and contract risk\n\nRun technical due diligence with Engineering: cluster specs, networking, and storage\n\nSet and enforce VESSL's reliability qualification bar for data center partners, starting at Tier III standards for power, cooling, redundancy, and network\n\nSet PoC scope and acceptance criteria before any commitment\n\nBuild a repeatable procurement playbook so every deal clears the same bar\n\nFinance the Capacity\nStructure how each capacity commitment is funded, and model its unit economics before we sign\n\nBuild relationships with financial partners and negotiate financing terms alongside our Chief Strategy Officer\n\nPartner with Finance to turn available capital into a deployable compute plan\n\nStructure deal funding terms that balance speed of delivery against cash exposure\n\nRun Sourcing End to End\nDefine requirements for each deal: GPU model, node count, networking, and storage\n\nIssue RFIs, compare quotes, and select partners\n\nNegotiate commercial terms: pricing, contract term, payment structure, and risk allocation\n\nNegotiate and execute MSAs, SLAs, and order forms, and handle KYC with HQ Legal and Finance\n\nAgree on delivery schedules and milestones with each partner\n\nKeep Operations Running\nTrack progress and manage delivery, cutover, and acceptance testing\n\nVerify monthly invoices and settle payments\n\nMonitor SLAs and claim credits when partners fall short\n\nNegotiate renewals and expansions\n\nRun the Pipeline\nOwn a single view of the US capital pipeline and compute pipeline: sourced, in diligence, in negotiation, financed, contracted, and live\n\nPartner with US sales on supply and demand matching, translating demand signals into sourcing priorities so supply is secured ahead of the deals that need it\n\nReport US capacity, pipeline, and capital status to HQ and leadership on a weekly and monthly cadence, with risks surfaced while they are still fixable\n\nAlign with our global supply team on shared standards, supplier coverage, and capacity planning\n\nWho We Expect\n7+ years of experience, including at least 2 years in investment banking or consulting, and hands-on work in the data center or cloud space\n\nTrack record leading data center, colocation, hardware, or financing agreements with real dollars at stake\n\nAble to translate technical requirements into commercial terms and contract language\n\nHands-on experience with billing, settlement, and SLA management after signing\n\nA working map of the data center value chain, from power to operations to OEMs to the capital behind them, and the judgment to tell a reliable partner from a risky one\n\nDiligence instincts: you verify claims, underwrite counterparties, and build processes that catch problems before they become contracts\n\nBuilder mindset: you have hired and led a team, or you are ready to build one from scratch\n\nOn site, San Francisco\n\nNice to Have\nHands-on experience negotiating MSAs, SLAs, and DPAs\n\nHands-on experience in data center operations, deployment, or colocation, including power, cooling, rack density, and GPU networking\n\nUnderstanding of NVIDIA GPU systems such as HGX and GB200 NVL72, their configurations, and build lead times\n\nExperience designing benchmark and acceptance test criteria\n\nAn existing network across the compute and data center ecosystem\n\nFluency in infrastructure finance: how capital flows into infrastructure assets, how it is underwritten, and how financing terms shape unit economics\n\nAI native: you use tools like Claude to multiply your output, model scenarios, and run diligence faster\n\nWhat We Offer\nThe range we've posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. 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