Head of Compute

You will own GPU compute sourcing, economics, contracting, and strategic positioning. You will procure global capacity, negotiate major agreements, secure accelerator access, translate research requirements into compute plans, qualify providers and hardware, and advise leadership on market and capital decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own compute economics across contracts, training products, and inference products
• Partner with finance and leadership on capital strategy
• Build frameworks for supply decisions and financial outcomes
• Shape the commercial architecture of the open compute ecosystem
• Own global GPU capacity procurement
• Negotiate reserved capacity, spot, burst, MSA, DPA, and order-form agreements
• Secure early access to new accelerator generations
• Maintain senior provider relationships
• Translate training roadmaps and research workloads into compute requirements
• Partner with engineering on acceptance testing and provider qualification
• Track global compute pricing, availability, and provider dynamics
• Advise leadership on accelerators, providers, geographies, and contract structures

Requirements

• Strong business and financial instincts
• Fluency in the global AI compute market
• Understanding of providers, hardware generations, pricing dynamics, and market direction
• Technical understanding of cluster topology and goodput
• Ability to discuss workload requirements with researchers
• Experience negotiating and closing significant contracts
• Understanding of deal structure and downstream economics
• Ability to operate across finance, commercial, product, and engineering
• High ownership
• Experience using LLMs, automation, and programmatic tools

Benefits

• Equity
• Flexible work
• Visa sponsorship
• Relocation support
• Professional development budget
• Team off-sites
• Conferences