Global Supply Manager, Compute
Required skills
- compute hardware
- rack-level components
- facility infrastructure
- servers
- hardware
- OEMs
- ODMs
- Tier-1 hardware
- data centers
- prefabricated infrastructure
Nice to have
- renewable energy
- ocean technology
- idea meritocracy
- scrappy environment
- flexible PTO
- flexible working hours
Role summary
Panthalassa, a renewable energy and ocean technology company, seeks an experienced Global Supply Manager for its compute program. This role involves end-to-end sourcing strategy, supplier management, and delivery for compute hardware, rack-level components, and facility infrastructure. Responsibilities include leading procurement, managing OEM/ODM relationships, tracking long-lead items, performing cost analysis, and resolving supply chain issues. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in Global Supply Management or Strategic Sourcing within server/compute hardware or enterprise datacenter hardware, with strong negotiation and hardware engineering understanding.
About the Company
We are a renewable energy and ocean technology company committed to rapidly developing and deploying technologies that will ensure a sustainable future for Earth by unlocking the vast energy potential of its oceans. Our focus is on capturing civilizational levels of ultra-low-cost renewable energy for applications including computing and affordable renewable fuels delivered to shore.
The company is a public benefit corporation headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and backed by leading venture capitalists, philanthropic investors, university endowments, and private investment offices. We operate as an idea meritocracy in which the best ideas change the company’s direction on a regular basis.
Our staff have worked at organizations such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, Tesla, Apple, Virgin Orbit, Astra, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, New Relic, Bridgewater, Raytheon, Disney Imagineering, and the US Army and Air Force, as well as research universities, startups, and small companies across a range of industries.
About the Job
Our core technology is the node, a device that produces energy in the ocean’s harshest conditions for years at a time without human maintenance or intervention.
Panthalassa is seeking an experienced Global Supply Manager to own end-to-end sourcing strategy, supplier management, and delivery for our compute program. That includes compute hardware, rack-level components, and supporting facility infrastructure. In this role, you will partner directly with engineers, program managers, and technical directors to define supply chain strategy, the supply chain roadmap for compute, and secure supply.
Candidates should have strong interpersonal skills and be able to thrive in a creative, scrappy, and collaborative environment in which the best ideas change the company’s direction on a regular basis.
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Compensation and Benefits
If hired for this full-time role, you will receive:
Location
We strongly prefer this role to be based in person at our Portland, Oregon office, but we will consider exceptional remote candidates. This position requires approximately 20% travel; remote candidates should expect closer to 35% to account for regular onsite visits to our offices.
