Head of Supplier Quality — AI Infrastructure

Iren Group; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) with match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

IREN, a leading AI Cloud Service Provider, seeks a Director of Quality to own supplier quality across its AI infrastructure supply chain. You will write supplier quality agreements, lead SQE/CQE teams, and drive metrics and governance as the supplier base scales.

Remote/hybrid setup with domestic and international travel expectations. You will collaborate with Sourcing, engineering, and leadership to ensure quality across electrical, mechanical, and electronic commodities, including rack power,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in supplier or commodity quality, including leading SQE/CQE teams.
• Experience with electrical, mechanical, and electronic commodities (rack power, liquid cooling, cabling, switches).
• Experience drafting supplier quality agreements and quality exhibits for contracts.
• Deep knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP/PPAP, SPC, FMEA, 8D.
• Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Experience establishing quality metrics, scorecards, data feeds with global suppliers (ERP/Power BI).
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with suppliers, Sourcing, engineering, and leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Own supplier quality delivery end-to-end: define quality expectations and acceptance criteria.
• Build and lead SQE/CQE team, establish KPIs and governance for scaling supplier base.
• Define standard quality exhibits for supplier agreements and ensure capture in contracts.
• Audit supplier quality management systems against ISO 9001 and standards; set re-audit cadence.
• Establish aligned quality metrics and reporting formats with suppliers for ingestion into IREN data systems.
• Lead recurring quality reviews with suppliers on performance and corrective actions.
• Drive SCAR/8D and supplier development for persistent performance gaps.
• Oversee commodity-level quality work including incoming quality and PCN reviews.
• Partner with Sourcing on quality content for supplier agreements and business reviews.
• Define hand-off between commodity quality and rack-level system quality.
• Own supplier quality scorecards and dashboards and drive improvement.
• Drive supplier technology to meet deployment timelines.

Skills

SQE/CQE leadership

Electrical/mechanical/electronic know‑

Quality agreements drafting

ISO 9001 / APQP / PPAP

Six Sigma / Lean

QMS analytics (Power BI)

Executive collaboration

Engineering mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

Power BI

ERP quality modules

QMS audits (ISO 9001)

Job description

IREN, a leading AI Cloud Service Provider, seeks a Director of Quality to own supplier quality across its AI infrastructure supply chain. You will write supplier quality agreements, lead SQE/CQE teams, and drive metrics and governance as the supplier base scales.

Remote/hybrid setup with domestic and international travel expectations. You will collaborate with Sourcing, engineering, and leadership to ensure quality across electrical, mechanical, and electronic commodities, including rack power,