Director, AI Compute Supply Chain Platform

Nscale; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Nscale is hiring a Director, Supply Chain Engineering to build the systems that take demand signals to deployed compute. This role sits within Corporate Technology and partners with Data Center and AI Infrastructure, Finance, Procurement, and Operations to design, build, and deploy the software that represents supply chain work.

Success means workflows are automated, data-driven, and accessible across centers and regions, replacing spreadsheets and manual handoffs to accelerate

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in supply chain technology, enterprise systems, or a closely related field.
• 5+ years building supply chain or supply chain adjacent technology in a complex operational environment.
• 3+ years deploying technology systems across multiple sites or regions.
• Functional experience with platforms supporting source-to-contract, BOM management, asset tracking, procure-to-pay platforms, and ERP systems.
• Experience in data center, hardware infrastructure, or GPU/AI compute supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Own the supply chain technology stack end to end, including strategy, implementation, platform health, configuration, integrations, upgrades, and roadmap planning.
• Identify capability gaps and lead the evaluation, procurement, and implementation of new tools.
• Build and maintain a templated, repeatable deployment model for supply chain systems across data centers and regions.
• Define and govern integration architecture across supply chain, finance, procurement, logistics, and infrastructure platforms.
• Ensure reliable data exchange and auditability across connected systems.
• Collaboratively define the data model and maintain data integrity across platforms.
• Design workflows that connect each stage of the supply chain so one team’s output becomes another team’s reliable input.
• Build systems and workflows spanning demand signals, hardware configuration, BOM development, supplier and ODM coordination, logistics, staging, and spare inventory management.
• Replace spreadsheet-based processes and manual coordination with scalable systems, automation, and agentic workflows.
• Ensure changes propagate across teams and systems without unnecessary manual intervention.
• Serve as the primary technology partner for supply chain technology across Data Center, AI Infrastructure, Finance, Procurement, and Operations.
• Manage competing demands across teams and regions while maintaining clear priorities and governance.
• Own vendor relationships, contract performance, and platform renewals for purchased systems and services, applying a total-cost-of-ownership lens.
• Align cross-functional stakeholders around shared standards and scalable ways of working.

Skills

Supply chain tech leadership

Data center / GPU supply chain

ERP / procure-to-pay experience

Cross-functional stakeholder mgmt

Fast-paced environment

Tools

DCIM/IPAM tooling

Job description

Nscale is hiring a Director, Supply Chain Engineering to build the systems that take demand signals to deployed compute. This role sits within Corporate Technology and partners with Data Center and AI Infrastructure, Finance, Procurement, and Operations to design, build, and deploy the software that represents supply chain work.

Success means workflows are automated, data-driven, and accessible across centers and regions, replacing spreadsheets and manual handoffs to accelerate