Procurement Lead - Cloud & AI Infra Strategy

parallel; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous equity

Visa sponsorships

401K plans

Daily lunch & office snacks

Dinner at the office

Unlimited vacation

Caltrain pass reimbursement

Job summary

Parallel is a web infrastructure company building the web for AI. Our team works fully in-person between our Palo Alto HQ and San Francisco office, and we value pragmatic, high-impact decision making.

You will build and lead the Procurement function as we scale, owning compute negotiations with cloud and infrastructure providers and managing software, services, and data partnerships. You’ll collaborate with finance, legal, and engineering, and help hire the team as it grows.

Qualifications

• Senior procurement leader with a track record in high-growth tech.
• Experience negotiating large cloud/infra and software deals.
• Ability to manage full end-to-end procurement lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Own compute negotiations and vendor contracts from intake to signature.
• Lead procurement across software, services, and infrastructure, including data partnerships.
• Partner with finance, accounting, legal, and engineering; help hire the team as it scales.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Vendor negotiation

Cloud & infra procurement

Contract management

Forecasting

AI tools

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Parallel is a web infrastructure company building the web for AI. Our team works fully in-person between our Palo Alto HQ and San Francisco office, and we value pragmatic, high-impact decision making.

You will build and lead the Procurement function as we scale, owning compute negotiations with cloud and infrastructure providers and managing software, services, and data partnerships. You’ll collaborate with finance, legal, and engineering, and help hire the team as it grows.