Director, Mechanical Equipment Supply Chain

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Do you want to work with high-caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Join us at SB Energy, a leading infrastructure company backed by Soft Bank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution.

Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America's future. Founded in 2019, SB Energy is a Soft Bank Group company headquartered in Redwood City, California. In 2026, Soft Bank Group and OpenAI announced a $1 billion investment to support SB Energy as their leading development and execution partner for data center campuses, while Ares Infrastructure continues its long-standing support of the company's growth.

SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States. Since its founding, the company has rapidly grown into a top-tier integrated platform with more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide. SB Energy also leverages a strong culture of innovation to identify and integrate new technologies into its projects, including its AI-based digital platform, delivering energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load.

We are building the energy and infrastructure future—today. Come join us in accelerating the energy and infrastructure transition!

SB Energy is seeking a strategic and execution-oriented Director, Mechanical Equipment Supply Chain to lead the global sourcing, supplier relationship management, and supply continuity strategies for critical thermal infrastructure supporting next-generation AI factory and advanced data center developments. Reporting to the Head of Supply Chain, this role will play a central role in scaling SB Energy’s data center infrastructure platform by developing resilient and high-performing supplier ecosystems across key thermal infrastructure categories including liquid cooling systems, chillers, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC systems, heat exchangers, pumping systems, and modular thermal solutions.

The Director will work closely with the Director, OFCI Equipment Procurement Engineer to align long-range technology roadmaps with commercial sourcing strategies and integrated business planning requirements. This individual will serve as a key interface between engineering, construction, external design consultants, and strategic suppliers to ensure capacity availability, supplier performance, deployment readiness, and cost competitiveness across a rapidly expanding infrastructure portfolio.

The ideal candidate combines deep supply chain and supplier management expertise with a strong understanding of mission-critical thermal systems and hyperscale data center infrastructure delivery.

• Lead global sourcing and supplier management strategies for thermal infrastructure equipment supporting hyperscale AI factory and advanced data center projects
• Develop and manage strategic supplier relationships across critical thermal equipment categories including:
  Director, Thermal Infrastructure Supply Chain Heat exchangers Dry Coolers Pumping and hydronic systems Modular and prefabricated thermal infrastructure
• Identify, qualify, and onboard new supplier partners to support long-term infrastructure growth, capacity expansion, and supply chain diversification objectives
• Collaborate closely with the Director, AI Infrastructure Supply Chain Innovation to align sourcing execution with long-range infrastructure technology roadmaps
• Support integrated business planning (IBP) processes by translating project pipeline forecasts into supplier capacity and sourcing strategies
• Partner with internal stakeholders including:
  Director, Thermal Infrastructure Supply Chain Drive supplier performance management initiatives focused on quality, delivery reliability, manufacturing readiness, technical capability, and scalability
• Negotiate commercial agreements, pricing frameworks, strategic partnerships, and…