Category Manager- HPC Infrastructure

The Company:NorthMark 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 NorthMark 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.The Position:We are seeking a Category Manager – HPC Compute to define and execute the global sourcing, procurement, and supply chain strategy for end-to-end high-performance computing (HPC) and AI data center infrastructure, including GPU/accelerator platforms, compute systems, racks, high-speed networking, and large-scale storage architectures.This role owns the full category lifecycle across some of the most capacity-constrained, technologically advanced infrastructure in the market, supporting cutting-edge HPC, AI/ML, and large-scale data center deployments. The Category Manager will lead market intelligence, technology road mapping, supplier strategy, sourcing, contracting, and competitive benchmarking, with annual spend responsibility of $500M to $1B+.The ideal candidate brings deep domain expertise in modern HPC and AI infrastructure, thrives in fast-moving, supply-limited environments, and has a proven track record managing long lead-time, high-demand components such as GPUs, CPUs, accelerators, memory, networking silicon, storage platforms, and integrated rack-scale solutions across complex, global organizations. This is a critical role responsible for architecting and building out a strategic category around HPC Compute Infrastructure that will be able to scale alongside company and procurement organization growth. Key ResponsibilitiesCategory Strategy & Portfolio LeadershipOwn and drive the global category management strategy for HPC GPU/CPU 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 (pre-configured racks, liquid-cooled and high-density designs) High-speed networking (InfiniBand, Ethernet, optical interconnects, switches, NICs, cables)Storage infrastructure (high-performance parallel file systems, NVMe, object and tiered storage)• Lead technology road mapping and market intelligence, staying ahead of industry trends and ensuring early access to next-generation and “latest and greatest” infrastructure technologies• Design and execute supply chain strategies for highly constrained, long lead-time infrastructure, including GPUs, networking silicon, optics, storage media, and power components• Manage and optimize annual category spend of $500M–$1B+, ensuring cost efficiency, scalability, and continuity of supply while enabling aggressive growthResponsible for making critical decisions regarding entering contracts, negotiating pricing/terms, signing agreements and committing capital.Procurement Sourcing & Commercial ExecutionLead the full source-to-contract lifecycle, including: Category market intelligence, supplier landscape analysis, and technology roadmaps Supplier segmentation, dual/multi-source strategies, and ecosystem partnerships RFP/RFQ execution, commercial structuring, and complex negotiations Contract development, execution, and ongoing lifecycle management• Develop and maintain should-cost mod…

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