Vice President, Technical Category Management, Global

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world's well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Procurement Department

The Procurement team is responsible for securing the equipment Vantage's data centers require to function. The team leads these efforts from conception through commissioning, working with Sales, Operations, New Site Development, and Engineering along the way. Procurement also works closely with vendor partners to come up with a vertically integrated design, and we manage these partners to deliver the projects on schedule and budget. Vantage is unique in that our technical staff is given the responsibility and authority to directly drive the process. Our internal team can align long-term operational sustainability with value engineering and cost metrics to deliver products aligned with corporate goals. This approach empowers each member of the team to drive high- impact decisions and even more impactful results.

Position Overview

This role can be based in any of our US locations: Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Santa Clara, CA; Ashburn, VA or remotely.

Vantage is looking for Vice President of Global Technical Category Management to lead the global technical category management and supply chain strategy for major capital infrastructure and critical systems. This role owns long-term capacity, supplier strategy, and technical product alignment across global categories-ensuring predictable capacity, standardized solutions, and disciplined execution in support of rapid, capital-intensive growth. The VP partners closely with Global Product, Regional Engineering, and Supply Chain to industrialize delivery while maintaining technical rigor and commercial leverage.

Essential Job Functions

Enterprise Technical Category Leadership

• Define and execute the global technical category management strategy for major infrastructure systems (e.g., power, cooling, electrical, mechanical, modular, and other critical technologies).
  
• Own global category roadmaps that integrate technology evolution, supplier capability, cost trajectory, and capacity planning.
  
• Establish global governance for approved suppliers, architectures, and technical-commercial frameworks, ensuring consistency across regions.
  

Global Technical Supply Chain Management

• Lead the global technical supply chain for major capital infrastructure, balancing standardization with regional execution needs.
  
• Ensure supply chain strategies are aligned to portfolio demand, build schedules, and growth forecasts, with proactive risk mitigation.
  
• Drive resilience through multi-sourcing strategies, supplier development, and capacity buffering where required.
  

Long-Term Capacity & Strategic Supplier Agreements

• Own strategy and execution of long-term capacity agreements with key technology manufacturers and strategic suppliers.
  
• Structure capacity commitments tied to technical standards, volume ramps, performance, and cost mechanisms.
  
• Partner with Commercial Procurement and Finance to align agreements with capital planning, risk posture, and balance-sheet considerations.
  
• Continuously assess make/buy, vertical integration, and strategic partnership opportunities.
  

Technical Product Management & Productization

• Act as the technical supply-chain counterpart to Global Product leadership for productized infrastructure solutions.
  
• Ensure supplier capabilities, technical designs, and manufacturing processes support repeatability, scalability, and speed-to-market.
  
• Translate product roadmaps into supplier strategies, capacity plans, and qualification pipelines.
  
• Support DFMA, modularization, and integrated system approaches that improve delivery predictability and cost.
  

Engineering & Product Partnership (Standards & Configurations)

• Partner with Regional Engineering and Global Product teams to define, maintain, and enforce global standards, reference designs, and configurations.
  
• Ensure standards reflect supply chain realities (lead times, manufacturability, integration, commissioning).
  
• Govern change control to protect standardization benefits while enabling justified regional or customer-specific variation.
  
• Align technical decisions with supplier development, qualification timelines, and capacity availability.
  

Major Capital Infrastructure Supply Chain Oversight

• Manage the global supply chain for major capital infrastructure programs, ensuring alignment between portfolio demand and supplier readiness.
  
• Provide executive visibility into capacity, constraints, technical risk, and mitigation plans for critical categories.
  
• Support site selection, phasing, and investment decisions with supply-chain-driven insights.
  
• Ensure technical supply chain decisions support on-time delivery, reliability, and lifecycle performance.
  

Key Partnerships

• Global Product & Product Engineering
  
• Regional Engineering & Delivery Teams
  
• Procurement & Commercial Category Leaders
  
• Supply Chain & Logistics
  
• Finance & Capital Planning
  
• Operations & Commissioning
  
• Key Strategic Technology Suppliers
  

Additional Duties

• Additional duties as assigned by Management
  

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Quantity Estimating, Accounting, Finance, 15+ years of leadership experience in technical category management, engineering-led supply chain, or capital infrastructure strategy.
  
• Deep experience managing global supplier ecosystems for complex, engineered systems.
  
• Proven track record negotiating and managing long-term capacity and strategic supplier agreements.
  
• Strong technical foundation with the ability to bridge engineering, product, and commercial disciplines.
  
• Experience operating in fast-growth, capital-intensive, multi-region environments.
  
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
  
• Travel required is expected to be up to 20% but may increase over time as the business evolves
  
  

Physical Demands and Special Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Additional Details

• Salary Range: $265,000-$285,000 Base + Bonus (this range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations)
  
• This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.
  
• Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including your qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience and may fall outside of the range shown.
  

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other's strengths and respecting each other's weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers.

We'll be accepting applications for at least one week from the date this role is posted. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply soon-we're excited to find the right person and will keep the role open until we do!