Supply Chain and Procurement Specialist

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, and operational efficiency, while leading negotiations, managing contracts, and executing purchases across a broad range of categories. You will contribute to Neuralink's overall procurement and supply chain efforts, potentially including direct materials (e.g., hardware components and manufacturing supplies), working with clinical sites, capital equipment, large construction projects, or general procurement needs.

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 suppliers/vendors and Neuralink's various teams to support seamless procurement and supply chain operations.
• Understanding internal stakeholders' needs and aligning procurement strategies accordingly across diverse categories (e.g., hardware, clinical supplies, facilities, R&D, or general administrative needs).
• Developing and implementing sourcing strategies that support business objectives, including supplier selection, RFPs, and category management for both direct and indirect procurement.
• Ensuring compliance with company policies, ethical standards, and industry regulations (e.g., safety protocols for clinical/R&D, regulatory requirements in hardware or healthcare fields).
• Providing insights and recommendations to continually optimize procurement processes and reduce total cost of ownership across the supply chain.
• Analyzing the vendor pool and providing 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 in procurement and supply chain activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, or a related field.
• Proven strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation expertise in procurement and supply chain management, with experience in areas such as direct materials (e.g., hardware), working with clinical sites or clinical trials, capital equipment, large construction projects, or general procurement.
• Advanced negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Track record of delivering strategic value, cost savings, and operational improvements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Strategic cost modeling expertise.
• Background in regulated industries (e.g., biotech, medtech, or hardware-intensive fields), with familiarity in managing procurement for clinical sites or clinical trials, R&D, facilities, capital equipment, large construction projects, or direct hardware supply chains.

Neuralink is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.