VESSL AI
Procurement Lead
$180K–$210K
San Francisco · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years, including at least 2 years in investment banking or consulting; hands-on data center or cloud experience.
About the job
Leads VESSL’s US procurement end to end, sourcing, financing, qualifying, contracting, and managing data center and compute capacity to meet customer demand.
What you'll do
- Source and qualify US data center, hardware, and financing partners; verify capacity, technical requirements, reliability, and delivery timelines.
- Structure and negotiate capacity deals, financing, and contracts; manage delivery, acceptance, billing, SLAs, renewals, and expansions.
- Own US capacity and capital pipeline reporting, coordinate supply with sales and global teams, and build the procurement team as volume grows.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience, including at least 2 years in investment banking or consulting, and hands-on work in the data center or cloud space.
- Track record leading data center, colocation, hardware, or financing agreements with real dollars at stake.
- Hands-on experience with billing, settlement, and SLA management after signing.
- On site in San Francisco.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience negotiating MSAs, SLAs, and DPAs.
- Experience in data center operations, deployment, or colocation, including power, cooling, rack density, and GPU networking.
Pay
USD 180,000 ~ $ 210,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
HGX, GB200 NVL72, Claude
AI focus
Uses AI tools such as Claude to increase output, model scenarios, and accelerate diligence.
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