Join Arm’s Procurement team at a pivotal point in its transformation, supporting the technology infrastructure behind internal Engineering, IT, AI compute and data center environments. As Procurement Category Manager - Infrastructure & Datacenter, you will shape category strategy and lead sourcing for hardware, systems and services including colocation, hosting, enterprise servers, compute and GPU infrastructure, storage, and related support services., You will partner with Engineering, IT, Finance, Legal and other stakeholders to bring market insight and commercial expertise to technology purchasing decisions. This role combines strategic category management with hands-on sourcing, negotiation and contracting in a fast-moving technology landscape. You may also contribute to adjacent technology categories and procurement priorities supporting Arm’s US operations., * Develop and deliver category strategies for indirect technology infrastructure spend, using demand, spend, supplier and market insight to create an actionable sourcing pipeline.
- Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing for infrastructure equipment, systems and services, from market assessment and supplier selection through competitive tendering, negotiation and contracting.
- Build commercial strategies that assess total cost of ownership, capacity, flexibility, service levels, commitments and risk, creating value beyond headline price.
- Evaluate sourcing models for infrastructure hardware and services, considering OEM relationships, supplier capability, commercial structures and long-term business needs.
- Monitor infrastructure technology markets, supplier capabilities and commercial developments, translating insight into category and sourcing decisions.
- Manage commercial relationships with infrastructure OEMs, colocation and hosting providers, and service suppliers, supporting performance, governance, risk management and continuous improvement.
- Partner with Engineering, IT and cross-functional stakeholders to understand requirements, provide commercial guidance and influence sourcing and investment decisions.
- Identify supplier and commercial risks, agree mitigating actions and support alignment with Arm’s ESG objectives., This is an opportunity to influence infrastructure purchasing decisions that support Arm’s engineering, IT and AI compute environments. You will work on strategic, high-value sourcing activity across an evolving technology market, build relationships with leading infrastructure suppliers and collaborate with colleagues across Engineering, IT, Finance and Legal. The role offers scope to develop category expertise while helping shape procurement approaches during a period of team growth and transformation., At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.
Hybrid Working
Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.
