Senior Procurement Officer (Supply, Cloud Infrastructure)

Responsibilities

• Complex Contract Negotiation: Lead end-to-end negotiations for intricate, high-value agreements. Effectively negotiate key commercial terms, prioritizing optimal payment schedules, the structuring of costs against cash flow, and the strategic discounting of credits.
• Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management: Manage relationships with critical suppliers, ensuring Runpod secures the best possible terms for infrastructure needs.
• Legal Liaison: Act as the primary bridge between the procurement team and Legal. Review complex contract clauses, translate commercial requirements into legal frameworks, and streamline the contract execution process. This role requires a working level of contract law in order to keep pace.
• Financial & Risk Analysis: Analyze procurement data and vendor proposals to forecast expenses, mitigate supply chain risks, and drive continuous cost improvements without sacrificing quality or deployment speed. This role requires a working level of FP&A in order to keep pace.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: This role is embedded within Engineering - work closely with engineering teams and finance leadership to understand technical requirements, aligning procurement strategies with aggressive product delivery timelines and company growth goals.

Requirements

• Procurement Expertise: Extensive, proven experience managing the full lifecycle of procurement, with a strong emphasis on negotiating and completing complicated, enterprise-level contracts.
• Commercial Acumen: Deep familiarity with financial structuring within contracts. You must know how to leverage payment terms, balance capital expenditures against cash flow, and maximize value through credit discounting.
• Legal Familiarity: Strong capability to navigate and review complex legal jargon, ensuring company interests are protected while facilitating smooth collaboration with legal counsel.
• Strategic Problem-Solving: Eager to tackle supply chain bottlenecks, navigate challenging vendor dynamics, and creatively structure deals that benefit the company's financial health.
• Successful completion of a background check

Preferred

• Direct experience procuring hardware, software, or services specifically within the datacenter, cloud computing, networking, or AI technology space.
• Familiarity with modern procurement sof