Director, AI Compute Supply Chain Platforms

Nscale; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation (base + bonus

Equity participation

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Flexible PTO & parental leave

Retirement plan participation

Job summary

Nscale is hiring a Director, Supply Chain Engineering in Houston to build and own the systems translating demand signals into deployed compute. You’ll partner with Data Center, AI Infrastructure, Finance, Procurement, and Operations to design, implement, and operate the software backbone for BOMs, supplier coordination, and logistics.

Lead automation-driven workflows across regions, replacing spreadsheets with scalable platforms, and drive a data-centric approach to supply chain execution that

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 to 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.
• Proven ability to manage competing stakeholder demands while maintaining clear standards.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced evolving environment.

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.
• Adoption of shared systems over spreadsheet-based processes
• Accuracy and integrity of cross-platform supply chain data
• Reliability of integrations and change propagation
• Speed from hardware demand signal to live compute

Skills

Supply chain tech

ERP systems

BOM management

Procure-to-pay

Asset tracking

Data center experience

Stakeholder management

GPU/AI compute logistics

Cross-site deployment

Tools

DCIM/IPAM tooling

Job description

Nscale is hiring a Director, Supply Chain Engineering in Houston to build and own the systems translating demand signals into deployed compute. You’ll partner with Data Center, AI Infrastructure, Finance, Procurement, and Operations to design, implement, and operate the software backbone for BOMs, supplier coordination, and logistics.

Lead automation-driven workflows across regions, replacing spreadsheets with scalable platforms, and drive a data-centric approach to supply chain execution that