Senior Supply Chain Manager (Strategic Planning)

Nscale•Seattle, WA

1d•$100,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Nscale is seeking a Senior Supply Chain Manager to join their Strategic Planning team. This role focuses on applying hands-on supply chain expertise to forecast AI demand and capacity globally. The position requires deep knowledge of supply chain mechanics, including procurement, supplier management, BOM-level planning, lead times, and capacity dynamics. The Senior Supply Chain Manager will work closely with Sales, Finance, and Product Engineering to ensure that commercial pipeline signals, customer contracts, and AI cluster configurations are aligned with real-world supply chain constraints. This is an individual contributor role for someone with a strong supply chain background, not a pure forecasting or planning background. Key responsibilities include auditing existing forecast processes, mapping demand signals to BOM-level demand, identifying forecast breakdowns against procurement and supplier constraints, and building cross-functional relationships. The role involves contributing to and maintaining a global demand forecast (18-24 month view) for GPU nodes, racks, networking, and power/cooling, modeling demand volatility, and grounding these models in supplier lead times and capacity. The Senior Supply Chain Manager will also integrate revenue forecasts with infrastructure capacity planning, flag risks related to lead times and GPU availability, and provide data-driven, supplier-informed input into capital planning processes, GPU reservation, and long-lead component strategy. Success will be measured by forecast accuracy, the quality of supply chain input, responsiveness to demand shifts, and overall demand plan stability.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in supply chain management, procurement, or infrastructure/hardware supply chain.
Deep, hands-on knowledge of supply chain mechanics: supplier management, lead times, BOM structures, procurement cycles, and build/manufacturing constraints.
Experience in high-growth technology, infrastructure-heavy, or hardware environments (AI, cloud, data center, or similar strongly preferred).
Strong understanding of infrastructure components including compute, networking, racks, and power systems, from a supply chain and sourcing perspective.
Ability to translate real-world supply chain constraints into forecasting and planning inputs.
Solid analytical skills, comfortable working with demand models and scenario planning.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; comfortable partnering with Finance, Sales, and Engineering.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity, contributing to planning frameworks being built from the ground up.

Responsibilities

Audit existing forecast processes across GPU nodes, rack assemblies, networking fabric, and power and cooling equipment.
Map how commercial pipeline, customer contracts, and AI cluster configurations translate into BOM-level demand signals.
Identify where forecasts break down against real-world procurement and supplier constraints.
Build working relationships with Sales, Finance, and Product Engineering teams.
Contribute to and help maintain the global demand forecast (rolling 18-24 month view) across GPU nodes, racks, networking, and power/cooling.
Model demand volatility, ramp curves, and burst scenarios across customer segments, grounding models in supplier lead times, component availability, and build capacity.
Work closely with supply chain and procurement to stress-test demand plan executability.
Integrate revenue forecasts with infrastructure capacity planning.
Flag risks tied to lead times and GPU availability.
Contribute analysis into monthly demand reviews.
Become a key supply-chain voice within Strategic Planning.
Feed data-driven, supplier-informed input into capital planning processes.
Support GPU reservation and long-lead component strategy.
Help ensure deployment timing holds up against contractual and revenue commitments.