Senior Category Manager - HPC Infrastructure

North Mark Strategies is a leading investment firm, combining capital, innovation, and engineering to drive long-term value. From operating complex businesses to backing breakthrough technologies, our mission is to build enduring businesses. Our team combines intelligent risk-taking, operational excellence, exceptional talent, and world‑class computing capacity to create shareholder value.

Our company offers a dynamic environment where individuals have the freedom to lead companies toward bold achievements by embracing innovation, leveraging technology, and fostering differentiated business strategies. Our values are Integrity, Ability, and Energy, and the company aims to hire individuals who possess those qualities.

At North Mark Strategies, we believe the future isn’t something to hope for, it’s something to build. We don’t just invest, we create. Bringing together strategic insight and technical horsepower to deliver outcomes that endure.

We are seeking a Senior Category Manager – HPC Infrastructure to lead the global sourcing, procurement, and supply chain strategy for end‑to‑end high‑performance computing (HPC) and AI data center infrastructure, including GPU and accelerator platforms, compute systems, rack‑scale solutions, high‑speed networking, and large‑scale storage architectures.

This is a senior leadership role with ownership of the full category lifecycle, responsibility for $500M–$1B+ in annual spend, and direct people management of a team of category managers and sourcing professionals. The role operates at the intersection of advanced technology, constrained global supply chains, and aggressive growth requirements, supporting some of the most sophisticated HPC and AI deployments in the industry.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical and commercial expertise in modern HPC infrastructure with a proven ability to build, mentor, and scale high‑performing procurement teams, influence executive stakeholders, and secure access to next‑generation technologies in capacity‑constrained markets.

• Own and drive the global category management strategy for HPC Infrastructure, spanning:
• GPU and accelerator platforms (latest‑generation GPUs, DPUs, AI accelerators)
• Compute systems and server platforms optimized for HPC and AI workloads
• Rack‑scale and integrated systems, including high‑density and liquid‑cooled designs
• High‑speed networking and interconnects (Infini Band, Ethernet, optical, switching, NICs)
• Storage infrastructure (parallel file systems, NVMe, object and tiered storage)
• Lead technology road mapping and market intelligence, ensuring early visibility into emerging and next‑generation infrastructure and translating technology shifts into sourcing and investment strategies
• Serve as a senior advisor to infrastructure and engineering leadership on supply market dynamics, vendor roadmaps, and architectural tradeoffs

• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing category management team, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management
• Establish clear category ownership, operating rhythms, and best practices across the team to drive consistency, scalability, and execution excellence
• Mentor team members on advanced negotiations, supplier strategy, cost modeling, and executive communication
• Foster a culture of data‑driven decision making, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Lead and oversee the end‑to‑end source‑to‑contract lifecycle across HPC infrastructure categories, including:

• Category market intelligence and supplier ecosystem strategy
• Supplier segmentation, allocation strategies, and capacity planning
• RFP/RFQ execution and complex commercial negotiations
• Contract structuring, execution, and lifecycle governance

• Develop and approve should‑cost models, TCO analyses, and competitive benchmarks to evaluate pricing, commercial terms, and supply strategies relative to industry peers
• Set commercial strategy for long‑term supply agreements, capacity reservations, and strategic partnerships with critical suppliers

• Partner closely with engineering,…