Senior Manager, Supplier Performance and Governance

Description Job Type: Full-Time l Location: San Francisco, CA l Department: AI Infrastructure Supply Chain l Reporting to: Director, Supply Chain Governance, Risk and Intelligence | Work Location Type: #Hybrid IREN is a leading AI Cloud Service Provider, delivering large-scale GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s vertically integrated platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and data centers in renewable-rich regions across the U.S. and Canada. The Senior Manager, Supplier Performance and Governance owns building and running IREN’s HPC supply chain frameworks for ensuring supplier performance and supply chain governance. This individual contributor designs the supplier performance framework, including Executive and Supplier Business Reviews, the quality audit framework and the cadence of reviews, and defines the supplier metrics and scorecards the sourcing teams use to monitor and manage their suppliers. The role also owns the governance metrics for the supply chain team, and partners with Supply Chain Business Operations to document the process flows and procedures the organization runs on. This role works alongside the Supply Chain Market Intelligence and Risk Manager within the Governance, Risk and Intelligence pillar and collaborates with Technical Sourcing, Hardware Procurement, Planning, Quality Engineering, Finance and Analytics to put the frameworks into practice. With 100% renewable energy, we build, own and operate our data centers and take pride in being at the forefront of sustainable solutions for the ever-evolving applications of high performance compute. We belive that human progress is invaluable, but it should be done in the right way - responsibly, sustainably and having a positive impact on the communities we operate in.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Economics, Finance, Business, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree in a quantitative field preferred. 8+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, strategic sourcing, procurement analytics or supply risk management, with at least 3 years focused on market intelligence, cost management or risk, ideally at a hyperscaler, cloud provider, AI lab or AI infrastructure company. Experience managing supplier relationships and performance, including supporting supplier business reviews and maintaining supplier scorecards. Demonstrated success defining and implementing performance metrics, KPIs and scorecards for suppliers and for internal supply chain teams, and reporting on them to leadership. Familiarity with supplier quality audit practices and standards (for example ISO 9001, supplier qualification and corrective action processes); experience working with Quality Engineering preferred. Experience documenting business processes and procedures, including process mapping (Visio, Lucidchart or similar), SOPs and RACI definitions. Working knowledge of HPC and data center hardware supply chains, including compute (CPU/GPU), storage, networking and CM/ODM/JDM manufacturing, preferred. Strong analytical skills; proficient in Excel and comfortable building dashboards in Power BI, Tableau or a similar tool. Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to run recurring governance cadences on time and hold stakeholders to them. Clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work across sourcing, operations, quality, finance and suppliers without direct authority. CPSM, CSCP, CQA or an equivalent supply chain or quality certification preferred. Other important requirements Pre-employment screening, including background check and substance testing may be required according to company policies. Must be able to reliably commute to the assigned office location on scheduled in-office days under the hybrid work arrangement. This role requires willingness to travel domestically and internationally to supplier and vendor sites, data centers, implementation partner locations, and industry events. IREN does not yet have an office in the Bay Area (a Santa Clara office is planned); until it opens, this role will work remotely, transitioning to hybrid on-site work once the office is established.