Senior Procurement Specialist

At Verda, we're building a full-stack AI cloud, covering everything from data centers and hardware to our own cloud platform that the world's leading AI teams use to do serious AI work.

We strive to make a positive mark on the world through the infrastructure we build and give leading teams a service they can truly depend on. Headquartered in Helsinki, we operate globally with offices in London and San Francisco.

Join Verda while it’s still being built - not once it’s finished.

• Cash and equity compensation along with various fringe benefits (healthcare, lunch, wellbeing, and more).

• Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth.

• 40+ nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team.

• A real chance to make an impact and work alongside world class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.

• Work mode:
  On-site, full-time office presence 5 days a week in Santa Clara, California. Given the operational nature of the role (on-site coordination, logistics, and hands-on procurement work), this isn't a remote or hybrid position

• Travel:
  Frequent domestic and international travel

• Employment type:
  
  Full-time and permanent

• Compensation: USD 120,000 to USD 160,000 base salary, depending on experience and skills, plus equity. The final offer will reflect your experience, capabilities, and location within the range.

Verda has a data center in the US and a hardware supply chain that spans Taiwan, Japan, the US, and Europe. The US is one of our top-priority markets and the Senior Procurement Specialist here will own it independently, sourcing hardware, managing suppliers, coordinating logistics, and handling the commercial agreements that keep everything moving.

This is a role for someone who thrives with ownership. You'll be Verda's procurement presence in the US, working closely with the central team in Finland while running US operations with a high degree of independence. The expectation is that you bring the judgment and drive to make things happen locally and reach out when you need to, not because you have to.

• Own end-to-end procurement for US operations: sourcing components and servers, issuing RFQs, evaluating quotations, negotiating pricing, placing orders, and tracking delivery through to invoice reconciliation

• Define and execute sourcing strategies for key hardware categories, identifying the right vendors, developing new supplier relationships, and building the supply options that give Verda flexibility and competitive pricing

• Manage supplier relationships day-to-day: performance tracking, lead time management, issue escalation, and RMA coordination

• Coordinate inbound and outbound logistics for the US data center, customs clearance, shipment tracking, and resolving delivery issues before they become operational problems

• Support CAPEX planning and procurement forecasting in close coordination with the Finland-based procurement team and Finance

• Review and manage procurement contracts and supply agreements, covering delivery terms, SLAs, liability, and price escalation, coordinating with Legal when escalation is needed

• Maintain accurate procurement documentation: purchase orders, invoices, contracts, and supplier records

• Develop new vendors and maintain a market view on hardware pricing, availability, and supply trends relevant to Verda's hardware categories

• 5+ years in procurement, supply chain, or vendor management in a hardware, technology infrastructure, or data center environment

• Hands-on experience procuring GPU servers, AI accelerators, or related data center infrastructure hardware, with familiarity with server ODMs/OEMs and the supply dynamics of this market

• Proven ability to run end-to-end…