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Director, Strategic Sourcing – Hardware Infrastructure

NVIDIA, Santa Clara, CA, United States


We’re looking for a Director, Strategic Sourcing – Infrastructure to join our Indirect Procurement organization. As a Hardware Infrastructure sourcing leader, you and your small team will be the go‑to team for our compute, networking, storage and other hardware related sourcing needs. This role will drive the overall HW category sourcing strategy. You’ll be responsible to cultivate strong partnerships across the organization and advise business partners and executive leaders accordingly.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Source compute, networking, storage and other hardware needs.
  • Delivering hands‑on sourcing services to the business including RFx execution, negotiations, contracting reviews and other sourcing‑related activities.
  • Global hardware category sourcing strategy responsibilities.
  • Being a trusted partner to our business partners in Engineering, IT, Operations, Finance, and Legal.

What We Need To See

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Finance, Business, or other quantitative fields (or equivalent experience); MBA degree is a plus.
  • 15+ overall years of professional business experience.
  • 7+ years of leadership experience.
  • Experience sourcing hardware category in a fast‑paced enterprise hi‑tech environment.
  • Hands‑on sourcing experience and part of a small team and strong negotiating skills.
  • Leader with vision and experience working at a global scale.
  • Deep category experience and a record of execution excellence.
  • Demonstrate comfort with frequently changing business needs.
  • Ability to consistently collaborate across organizational boundaries.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

  • Sourcing experience at major hyperscaler environment.
  • Working experience with major global hardware OEMs.
  • Experience sourcing test and measurement equipment.
  • Presentation skills both oral and written.
  • Experience using Workday Strategic Sourcing and DocuSign CLM.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 240,000 USD - 379,500 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until January 13, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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