Senior Counsel, AI Infrastructure
Core
Senior Counsel responsible for negotiating and managing high-value hardware and compute infrastructure agreements for an AI infrastructure platform.
Role type
Senior in-house commercial counsel (AI infrastructure)
Builds
GPU capacity, data center, and hardware procurement contracts for AI compute infrastructure
Domain
AI infrastructure, data centers, cloud computing, hardware supply chain
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
commercial contract negotiation, hardware procurement, data center agreements, GPU capacity agreements, risk allocation, vendor management, playbooks development, business judgment, high-stakes negotiation
Preferred skills
real estate procurement, energy/power procurement, export controls, trade compliance, building functions from scratch
Technologies
none
Responsibilities
Own hardware purchase and supply agreements for GPUs, servers, racks, and networking; Lead negotiation of GPU capacity agreements with neoclouds, hyperscalers, and cloud providers; Support GPU-side referral, reseller, and partnership agreements; Work with capacity planning, sourcing, site acquisition, and finance teams; Manage outside counsel to bring work in-house; Build templates, negotiation playbooks, and fallback positions for infrastructure agreements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC