Director, Legal (Procurement and Strategic Sourcing)

Role description

Role Overview

The Director, Legal (Procurement and Strategic Sourcing) will lead legal support for the engineering and technology supply chain, structuring and negotiating high-value supply, OEM, reseller, and software agreements. The ideal candidate understands how hardware and software get sourced, licensed, delivered, and supported, and can protect Nscale's position on allocation, delivery, warranty, and liability without slowing the business down.

What You Will Do

The Director will be responsible for technology and hardware procurement, leading drafting and negotiation of complex agreements, negotiating key commercial and risk terms, and working with the export controls team to advise on supply chain risks.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 8–12 years of legal experience, significant focus on technology procurement and supply agreements, and experience negotiating agreements for hardware, software, and networking components. They will also have experience leading or mentoring lawyers and non-lawyer professionals, exceptional negotiation, drafting, and communication skills, and a practical, business-enabling approach to risk.

Requirements

• JD from an accredited US law school and active membership in good standing of at least one US state bar.
• 8–12 years of legal experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house, with significant focus on technology procurement and supply agreements.
• Substantial experience negotiating agreements for hardware, software, and networking components, such as GPUs and servers, switches, optics, and cabling, storage, and related firmware and software.
• Working knowledge of hardware supply chain dynamics, including allocation, lead times, warranty, and RMA models, and supplier financing or prepayment structures.
• Familiarity with export controls, sanctions, and trade compliance as applied to advanced computing.
• Experience leading or mentoring lawyers and non-lawyer professionals.
• Exceptional negotiation, drafting, and communication skills, and a practical, business-enabling approach to risk.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan participation