Strategic Sourcing Manager (R4734)
Shield AI · Dallas, TX · Aircraft Operations Division
director
operations
Procurement Manager
hybrid
· Posted Dec 11, 2025
$105,000 – $140,000
USD per-year-salary
About this role
Shield AI is hiring a director-level Procurement Manager in the operations function based in Dallas, TX. The posting calls out experience with Disaster Recovery, Embedded Systems, Data Analytics. Compensation is listed at $105,000–$140,000 per-year-salary.
- Role
- Procurement Manager
- Function
- operations
- Level
- director
- Track
- hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Department
- Aircraft Operations Division
- Posted
- Dec 11, 2025
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Job description
from Shield AI careersFounded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Two openings: 1 focused on Mechanical/Structure commodities and one focused on Electrical commodities.
The Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Electronics will lead the global sourcing strategy, supplier management, and cost optimization initiatives for Shield AI’s mechanical and structural commodities, electronic components, PCBA, harnessing, and subsystem commodities. This leader will partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and program management teams to ensure supply continuity, competitive cost structures, and the development of a robust, technically capable supply base supporting current and future product lines.
The Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Electronics will lead the global sourcing strategy, supplier management, and cost optimization initiatives for Shield AI’s mechanical and structural commodities, electronic components, PCBA, harnessing, and subsystem commodities. This leader will partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and program management teams to ensure supply continuity, competitive cost structures, and the development of a robust, technically capable supply base supporting current and future product lines.
What you'll do
- Strategic Leadership
- Develop and execute the long-term sourcing strategy for electronic and electromechanical components, including PCBAs, harnesses, connectors, sensors, and embedded systems.
- Own the supplier category roadmap — balancing cost, technology, capacity, and risk management across global supply chains.
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