Team Description:

The Supply Chain team furthers Neuralink’s mission by ensuring seamless access to critical materials, equipment, and services, driving innovation at every stage. As a strategic enabler of progress, we anticipate and solve supply chain and procurement challenges before they arise, helping engineers and teams work more efficiently. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love optimizing complex supply chain challenges, and are passionate about accelerating technological breakthroughs that restore autonomy to individuals with unmet medical needs, this team is for you.

Job Description and Responsibilities:

This role requires a strong balance of high-level strategy and daily execution, driving cost savings, supplier relationships, operational efficiency, while leading negotiations, managing contracts, and executing purchases. You will focus on indirect purchasing across key categories including SaaS, IT, G&A (General and Administrative), facilities, clinical, and R&D.

You will collaborate across multidimensional teams at Neuralink, including Engineering, Legal, Finance, Preclinical, Clinical, and Operations teams to align procurement strategies with company goals and drive impact across the organization. Our ideal candidate operates with a relentless sense of urgency, anticipates and eliminates supply chain roadblocks, thinks creatively to solve procurement challenges, and clearly communicates trade-offs between cost, speed, and quality.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as a liaison between the suppliers/vendors and Neuralink’s various teams
• Understanding internal stakeholders' needs and aligning procurement strategies accordingly for indirect categories (e.g., Software, IT, G&A, Facilities, Clinical, and R&D)
• Developing and implementing sourcing strategies that support business objectives, including supplier selection, RFPs, and category management
• Ensuring compliance with company policies, ethical standards, and industry regulations (e.g., data privacy for SaaS, safety protocols for clinical/R&D)
• Providing insights and recommendations to continually optimize procurement processes and reduce total cost of ownership
• Analyze the vendor pool and provide strategic recommendations for vendor consolidation to leverage economies of scale, streamline processes, and strengthen vendor relationships
• Monitoring supplier performance, conducting audits, and addressing any issues that arise to maintain high standards

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, or related field
• Proven strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation expertise in indirect procurement, with a particular emphasis on software and services
• Advanced negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• Track record of delivering strategic value and cost savings

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field
• Strategic cost modeling expertise
• Background in regulated industries (e.g., biotech or medtech), with familiarity in managing clinical/R&D or facilities-related procurement