Director, Compute Infrastructure Procurement Operations

About the role

Anthropic is seeking a Director of Compute Infrastructure Procurement Operations to build and lead the function responsible for how Anthropic procures, tracks, and governs its compute infrastructure assets at scale. This is a function-building role within the Finance org.

Responsibilities

• Supplier Strategy & Cost Optimization

  • Own key supplier relationships across compute hardware (networking, storage, racks, power infrastructure) and negotiate pricing frameworks, and volume commitments
  • Establish playbooks and sourcing strategies for hyperscale infrastructure procurement
  • Drive material savings through partnering with strategic sourcing teams within the Data Center Design and Ops teams, vendor consolidation, and commercial optimization across a multi-billion dollar spend portfolio
  • Support contract negotiations and understand the liabilities and obligations with compute vendors

• Data Center Entity Operationalization

  • Operationalize new entity for tax-optimized procurement of data center and infrastructure equipment
  • Stand up international procurement operations as local entities are formed. Manage vendor contracting party transitions, contract novation/repapering, local vendor onboarding, KYC, and VAT/GST registration
  • Partner with Tax and Legal on entity structure decisions, ensuring procurement workflows align with the interim-to-permanent entity transition framework

• Asset Lifecycle Management

  • Serve as Procurement’s DRI on ALM implementation (Steerco and OpCo), owning the Asset Taxonomy and Zip/Three-Way Match workstreams and implementing with the business
  • Drive PO data remediation (unit price, quantity, MPN) and configure PO item types to enable automated three-way match (PO ↔ receipt ↔ invoice) at serial-number granularity
  • Enforce ASN compliance as a contractual condition on all new POs; standardize shipping terms across vendor contracts
  • Ensure procurement controls meet all audit requirements

• Data Center Expansion & Operations

  • Lead finance procurement operations for domestic data center sites and international expansion, managing concurrent buildouts with developers and partner operators
  • Manage BOM-to-PO reconciliation, equipment logistics, shipping coordination, and delivery tracking across all active sites
  • Build and maintain interim reconciliation workbooks and dashboards to provide Finance, Legal, and Security with complete procurement visibility until systems are fully operationalized

• Lease Administration

  • Hire and lead a dedicated Lease Admin Lead; own the build-out of the lease administration function (people, process, and systems)
  • Own implementation of the lease administration platform, partnering with Infra/Workplace, Finance, and Accounting on configuration, data migration, and operational workflows; ensure upstream lease data accuracy (abstraction, system data hygiene)
  • Ensure critical dates (renewals, options, notices) are tracked and routed to the appropriate stakeholders; decision rights on renewals and options remain with Infra/Workplace
  • Oversee reconciliations and landlord billing audits
  • Oversee landlord billing operations and payment escalations, with the commercial landlord relationship owned by Infra/Workplace

• Team Building & Process Excellence

  • Build, hire, and lead the Compute Infrastructure Procurement Ops team, defining roles spanning supplier strategy, compute operations, international procurement, and systems and project management
  • Design and implement scalable operating models, DRI/RACI frameworks, and governance structures for cross-functional handoffs between Procurement, DC Operations, Accounting, and FinSys
  • Embed Claude into key procurement workflows (intake, vendor onboarding, PO management, reconciliation, reporting) to reduce manual effort and improve cycle times

Minimum qualifications

• Deep domain knowledge of compute infrastructure components: servers, GPUs/TPUs, networking equipment, storage, racks, power distribution, and cooling infrastructure
• Experience managing capital-intensive procurement portfolios (multi $B+) including negotiation, category strategy, and vendor consolidation
• Strong understanding of procure-to-pay processes, purchase order governance, and asset lifecycle management
• Experience operating in SOX-compliant environments with understanding of ITGCs, ICFR, and financial control frameworks
• Experience with international procurement operations including entity structuring, customs/export controls, VAT/GST recovery, and cross-border logistics
• Proven track record of process improvement, systems implementation, and workflow automation in high-growth environments
• Familiarity with data center colocation agreements and equipment financing structures (lease administration / ASC 842 exposure a plus, not required)
• Leadership and systems design influencing skills.

Preferred qualifications

• 12+ years of procurement experience with a minimum of 5 years in compute infrastructure, data center operations, or hyperscale supply chain
• 8+ years of people management experience, with demonstrated ability to build and scale teams during periods of rapid organizational growth
• Experience at hyperscale infrastructure companies (CoreWeave, Equinix, AWS, GCP, Azure, NVIDIA) or other frontier AI/ML companies
• Direct experience standing up procurement entities (buy/sell structures, intercompany frameworks) for tax optimization
• Experience implementing asset lifecycle management or ERP systems in infrastructure contexts
• Background in supply chain for semiconductor, networking, or high-performance computing components
• Experience with procurement platforms such as Zip and Workday
• Experience using AI tools (including Claude) to automate procurement workflows
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Accounting, Business, or Engineering