OFCI Equipment Procurement Manager

Nebius; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Nebius Group is a leader in cloud infrastructure, building a full-stack AI cloud platform for data and model deployment. The OFCI Equipment Procurement Manager— Data Centers will coordinate technical and commercial procurement for owner-furnished, contractor-installed equipment for mission-critical facilities.

You will ensure equipment meets performance, redundancy, and uptime targets and align procurement with project milestones.

Responsibilities

• Support OFCI equipment scope in collaboration with data center design, engineering, and construction teams
• Review and validate technical specifications, single-line diagrams, layouts, and equipment datasheets with data center design, engineering, and construction teams
• Ensure compliance with data center design criteria (Tier levels, redundancy, fault tolerance, uptime targets)
• Support the OFCI Procurement Manager technical clarifications, deviations, and vendor compliance matrices
• Issue RFQs/RFPs for critical data center infrastructure equipment
• Support the OFCI Procurement Manager with technical and commercial bid evaluations with engineering stakeholders
• Conduct vendor technical interviews and design alignment workshops
• Negotiate contracts covering performance guarantees, availability, FAT requirements, delivery milestones, and warranties
• Monitor vendor engineering, manufacturing, and testing schedules
• Review vendor drawings, protection studies, and control logic
• Coordinate and participate in FATs, integrated systems testing (where applicable), and inspections
• Manage non-conformances, corrective actions, and technical change control
• Assist with logistics planning for long-lead equipment delivery and site installation

Job description

About Nebius:

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure. Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI. Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R D.

The role

The OFCI Equipment Procurement Manager-- Data Centers is responsible for supporting the technical and commercial procurement of Owner-Furnished, Contractor-Installed (OFCI) equipment for mission‑critical data center facilities. The role ensures that long‑lead, high‑reliability power and cooling equipment meets stringent performance, redundancy, and availability requirements while aligning procurement schedules with construction, commissioning, and go‑live milestones.

Your responsibilities will include:

Technical Scope Engineering Coordination

• Support OFCI equipment scope in collaboration with data center design, engineering, and construction teams
• Review and validate technical specifications, single‑line diagrams, layouts, and equipment datasheets with data center design, engineering, and construction teams
• Ensure compliance with data center design criteria (Tier levels, redundancy, fault tolerance, uptime targets)
• Support the OFCI Procurement Manager technical clarifications, deviations, and vendor compliance matrices

Vendor Selection Technical Procurement

• Issue RFQs/RFPs for critical data center infrastructure equipment
• Support the OFCI Procurement Manager with technical and commercial bid evaluations with engineering stakeholders
• Conduct vendor technical interviews and design alignment workshops
• Negotiate contracts covering performance guarantees, availability, FAT requirements, delivery milestones, and warranties

Critical Equipment Oversight

• Support procurement and delivery of long‑lead, mission‑critical equipment, including:
• Electrical: generators, medium- and low‑voltage switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, PDUs, busways
• Mechanical: chillers, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, heat exchangers
• Controls Monitoring: BMS, EPMS, SCADA, protection and control systems

Manufacturing, FAT Quality Control

• Monitor vendor engineering, manufacturing, and testing schedules
• Review vendor drawings, protection studies, and control logic
• Coordinate and participate in FATs, integrated systems testing (where applicable), and inspections
• Manage non‑conformances, corrective actions, and technical change control

Logistics, Site Delivery Installa