Operations Sourcing Manager, Data Center at Anthropic

Remote - United States

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You’ll run the broad sourcing operations that keep Anthropic’s global data center footprint moving, working across the full range of categories that make up our infrastructure: compute, networking, racks, mechanical, cabling, and the supplier ecosystem that delivers them. You’ll be the operations owner who ensures the right hardware lands at the right site at the right time on terms that hold up across programs, while partnering with engineering, data center operators, OEMs, ODMs, integrators, and service providers to negotiate terms, manage supplier performance, and optimize lead time, cost, and on‑time delivery.

Salary

USD 320,000 - 405,000

Requirements

Skills

  • 7+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain operations
  • Operationally rigorous with supplier performance, lead-time discipline, and fulfillment escalations
  • Ability to manage multiple hardware categories (compute, networking, mechanical, etc.)
  • Strong ability to operate under ambiguity and bring structure to undefined problems
  • Influence cross‑functional partners and align them around shared standards without direct authority
  • Clear written communication and production of actionable artifacts for senior stakeholders
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience

Responsibilities

  • Run end‑to‑end sourcing operations across data center hardware categories, from supplier engagement and competitive process through contracts and ongoing supplier performance management
  • Own the operational rhythm with suppliers: supplier scorecards, capturing capacity and quarterly business reviews
  • Negotiate commercial terms across categories and keep them aligned with deployment plans, biasing toward execution and on‑time delivery
  • Triage supplier issues across programs, drive trade‑off decisions with engineering, finance, and deploy operations, and keep stakeholders aligned through ambiguity
  • Build Claude‑powered workflows adopted by the sourcing team and partners for benchmarking, request for quotes, contract analysis, and reporting
  • Produce deal memos, supplier business reviews, and operational readouts that engineering and ops leadership rely on to keep programs on track

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