OFCI (Data Centers) Procurement Manager
About the Role
About Nebius:
Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.
Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.
Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.
The role
Nebius is looking for an OFCI Equipment Procurement Manager – Data Centers to be responsible for the technical and commercial procurement of Owner-Furnished, Contractor-Installed (OFCI) equipment for mission-critical data center facilities. The role ensures that long-lead, high-reliability power and cooling equipment meets stringent performance, redundancy, and availability requirements while aligning procurement schedules with construction, commissioning, and go-live milestones.
This position reports to the Procurement Manager US Team Lead and is a remote position serving the geographically distributed projects for the company.
Your responsibilities will include:
Technical Scope & Engineering Coordination
- Define OFCI equipment scope in collaboration with data center design, engineering, and construction teams
- Review and validate technical specifications, single-line diagrams, layouts, and equipment datasheets with data center design, engineering, and construction teams
- Ensure compliance with data center design criteria (Tier levels, redundancy, fault tolerance, uptime targets)
- Manage technical clarifications, deviations, and vendor compliance matrices
Vendor Selection & Technical Procurement
- Issue RFQs/RFPs for critical data center infrastructure equipment
- Lead technical and commercial bid evaluations with engineering stakeholders
- Conduct vendor technical interviews and design alignment workshops
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