Director, Electrical Category Management, NA

Position Overview

This role can be remote or based in any of our US locations: Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Santa Clara, CA; or Ashburn, VA.

This role leads the global electrical category strategy, supplier portfolio, and governance model for mission-critical power distribution infrastructure supporting data center and large-scale technical builds. This includes high voltage to medium- and low-voltage equipment such as switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, busway, PDUs, and associated controls and monitoring systems.

Essential Job Functions

• Define and lead the global category vision and multi-year strategy for electrical infrastructure, aligned with enterprise growth, uptime requirements, regional expansion, and power distribution standards.
• Establish and execute supplier portfolio strategy, including preferred supplier frameworks, segmentation, regional allocation models, and executive governance structures.
• Own executive-level supplier relationships and negotiations, including long-term agreements, capacity reservations, risk-sharing mechanisms, warranty structures, and performance accountability.
• Develop and implement enterprise contracting strategies for switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, busway, PDUs, and associated services, including commercial levers, indexed pricing, and escalation frameworks.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Construction, Operations, and Finance to align category decisions with network growth, capital planning, and technical roadmaps.
• Drive alignment to enterprise electrical standards, preferred platforms, interface requirements, Product Design Libraries (PDLs), and approved deviation frameworks while enabling scalable deployment and reduced customization.
• Lead supply chain risk management strategies, including mitigation of capacity shortfalls, utility constraints, component obsolescence, grid interface challenges, and geopolitical risks.
• Sponsor and deliver total cost of ownership improvements through standardization, modularization, reduction of conversion losses, optimized service strategies, and lifecycle maintenance planning.
• Lead supplier performance management through scorecards, executive business reviews, corrective action programs, and closed-loop resolution of field performance and reliability issues.
• Ensure alignment of sourcing strategies with commissioning, quality, and operational requirements, including support for quality control, field performance feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Provide executive-level reporting on supply market conditions, supplier performance, cost outlook, and category risks, with clear recommendations for mitigation and strategic actions.
• Lead and develop category management team capabilities, operating cadence, governance, and performance expectations to scale with business demand.
• Drive adoption of standardized electrical configurations across regions, reducing non-standard variants and improving repeatability, deployment efficiency, and scalability.
• Ensure delivery performance for long-lead equipment, including alignment with project schedules, energization milestones, and critical path dependencies.
• Support closed-loop reliability improvements by translating field performance, quality issues, and commissioning learnings into supplier strategy, sourcing decisions, and future infrastructure standards.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in category management, strategic sourcing, engineering procurement, or supplier leadership within electrical infrastructure, utilities, or large-scale capital projects.
• Deep technical knowledge of electrical distribution systems, including high-voltage and medium/low-voltage switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, busway, PDUs, and controls.
• Proven experience leading complex global supplier strategies, executive negotiations, and long-term contractual agreements for critical engineered equipment.
• Strong understanding of lifecycle cost drivers, including capital efficiency, reliability, maintenance strategies, and total cost of ownership optimization.
• Experience managing supplier performance through scorecards, KPIs, and executive-level governance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate supply chain risks, including capacity constraints, sourcing concentration, and technology obsolescence.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across Engineering, Construction, Operations, and Finance.
• Experience driving standardization, modularization, and scalable infrastructure deployment across multiple regions.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting category strategies, risks, and recommendations to leadership.

Physical Demands And Special Requirements

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Additional Details

Salary Range: $190,000-200,000 Base + Bonus (this range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations)

This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.

Career Path: We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

We’ll be accepting applications for at least one week from the date this role is posted. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply soon—we’re excited to find the right person and will keep the role open until we do!