Procurement Director

A well-funded advanced nuclear technology company is hiring its first Director of Procurement.

The business designs and manufactures small modular reactors and is moving from pilot deployment into fleet-scale manufacturing. Headcount is currently around 70 and expected to pass 100 within twelve months. This is a newly created role reporting directly to the CTO.

The opportunity

You would build the function from that starting point: the policies, the systems, the supplier base, the qualification framework, and eventually the team.

This is a sole contributor position at the outset, with hiring to follow as production scales.

What you would own

• Strategic sourcing and supplier selection for long-lead, safety-related and capital-intensive equipment, including pressure vessel forgings, steam generators, and instrumentation and controls
• Supplier contracts, master supply agreements, pricing structures and delivery commitments
• Vendor qualification and oversight aligned to nuclear supplier quality expectations
• Make/buy decisions and technical requirements alongside Engineering
• Supply chain risk across a multi-jurisdiction supplier base spanning the US, UK and Europe
• Capital equipment budgeting, forecasting and purchase commitments with Finance
• Import, export and trade compliance for international procurement

What we need to see

• You have built or materially transformed a procurement function, not managed within an existing one.
• You have held a senior procurement role and owned the function, including hiring
• Experience procuring long-lead, safety-critical or ASME-code components
• A combination of large-company global sourcing discipline and smaller-company or startup pace.
• Strong contract negotiation on capital equipment and long-term supply agreements
• Comfort working directly with engineers on technical requirements and manufacturability

Strongly preferred

• Experience in capital-intensive engineered equipment: power generation, aerospace, defense, semiconductor capital equipment or heavy industrial
• Experience taking a product from prototype into repeatable production

How they work

Extreme ownership, balanced with a willingness to change your mind. If you are attached to being right, this will not suit you.

No visa sponsorship available. On-site in Austin.