Vice President, Technical Category Management, Global

Vantage Data Centers•Denver, CO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises, operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. The company focuses on innovative data center design to deliver reliability, efficiency, and sustainability in flexible, scalable environments. The Procurement Department leads efforts from conception through commissioning, collaborating with Sales, Operations, New Site Development, and Engineering, and manages vendor partners to ensure projects are delivered on schedule and budget. Vantage's technical staff is empowered to drive the process, aligning long-term operational sustainability with value engineering and cost metrics. The Vice President of Global Technical Category Management will lead the global technical category management and supply chain strategy for major capital infrastructure and critical systems. This role is responsible for long-term capacity, supplier strategy, and technical product alignment across global categories, ensuring predictable capacity, standardized solutions, and disciplined execution to support rapid, capital-intensive growth. The VP will partner closely with Global Product, Regional Engineering, and Supply Chain to industrialize delivery while maintaining technical rigor and commercial leverage. This role can be based in any of Vantage's US locations: Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Santa Clara, CA; Ashburn, VA or remotely.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Estimating, Accounting, Finance, or Engineering or related field.
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.
Travel required is expected to be up to 20% but may increase over time as the business evolves

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Additional duties as assigned by Management

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
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
Many other additional voluntary benefits
Above market total compensation package
Comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations
Benefits, recognition, training and development