Director, Compute Infrastructure Procurement Operations

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the Role Anthropic is seeking a Director of Compute Infrastructure Procurement Operations to build and lead the function responsible for how Anthropic procures, tracks, and governs its compute infrastructure assets at scale. This is a function-building role within the Finance org.  You will own supplier strategy, cost optimization, and category management for one of the largest and most complex capital procurement portfolios in AI. You will simultaneously operationalize three enterprise-scale initiatives: a multi-entity procurement structure spanning domestic and international jurisdictions, a compliance-critical Asset Lifecycle Management program and procurement operations for Anthropic data center sites across the US with international expansion underway. This role reports directly to the Head of Procurement and serves as the senior procurement leader embedded with Infrastructure Accounting, Finance, Tax, Legal, and DC Operations. You are building the team, the playbooks, and the systems that will govern billions of dollars in compute infrastructure spend. Responsibilities  Supplier Strategy & Cost Optimization Own key supplier relationships across compute hardware (networking, storage, racks, power infrastructure) and negotiate pricing frameworks, and volume commitments Establish playbooks and sourcing strategies for hyperscale infrastructure procurement Drive material savings through partnering with strategic sourcing teams within the Data Center Design and Ops teams, vendor consolidation, and commercial optimization across a multi-billion dollar spend portfolio Support contract negotiations and understand the liabilities and obligations with compute vendors Data Center Entity Operationalization Operationalize new entity for tax-optimized procurement of data center and infrastructure equipment Stand up international procurement operations as local entities are formed. Manage vendor contracting party transitions, contract novation/repapering, local vendor onboarding, KYC, and VAT/GST registration Partner with Tax and Legal on entity structure decisions, ensuring procurement workflows align with the interim-to-permanent entity transition framework Asset Lifecycle Management  Serve as Procurement’s DRI on ALM implementation (Steerco and OpCo), owning the Asset Taxonomy and Zip/Three-Way Match workstreams and implementing with the business Drive PO data remediation (unit price, quantity, MPN) and configure PO item types to enable automated three-way match (PO ↔ receipt ↔ invoice) at serial-number granularity Enforce ASN compliance as a contractual condition on all new POs; standardize shipping terms across vendor contracts Ensure procurement controls meet all audit requirements Data Center Expansion & Operations Lead finance procurement operations for domestic data center sites and international expansion, managing concurrent buildouts with developers and partner operators  Manage BOM-to-PO reconciliation, equipment logistics, shipping coordination, and delivery tracking across all active sites Build and maintain interim reconciliation workbooks and dashboards to provide Finance, Legal, and Security with complete procurement visibility until systems are fully operationalized Lease Administration Hire and lead a dedicated Lease Admin Lead; own the build-out of the lease administration function (people, process, and systems)  Own implementation of the lease administration platform, partnering with Infra/Workplace, Finance, and Accounting on configuration, data migration, and operational workflows; ensure upstream lease data accuracy (abstraction,