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Strategic Sourcing Manager, Compute Infrastructure

Location

San Francisco

Contract

Permanent

Full-time

Salary

$226–285k

Gross per year

Experience

10+ years

Lead level

Job summary

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager who is ready to take on global-scale challenges in AI compute supply and manufacturing — an opportunity to shape the future of supercomputing.

  • Develop and execute sourcing strategies for the next generation of AI compute infrastructure in partnership with engineering and program leadership.
  • Stay at the leading edge of industry and supply-chain trends to inform category strategy and long-range planning.
  • Initiate, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements across OEM/ODM/JDMs for accelerators, GPUs/CPUs, server platforms, rack systems, liquid-cooling components, PSUs, and…
  • Secure capacity and optionality across a rapidly scaling compute supply chain while mitigating risk and ensuring manufacturing readiness.
  • Partner cross-functionally with engineering, program delivery, legal, operations, and finance to ensure sourcing strategies align with technical and program objectives.

What they're looking for

  • 10+ years of strategic sourcing and vendor management experience, with deep expertise in compute systems and hardware supply chains.
  • Demonstrated leadership sourcing for high-performance compute, accelerators, and data-center server platforms — ideally including OEM/JDM/ODM engagement.
  • Technical fluency in compute architecture, including GPUs, CPUs, server platforms, rack systems, cold-plate & liquid-cooling design, and associated power delivery subsystems.
  • Proven success negotiating complex capital procurement agreements and supplier capacity programs at hyperscale.
  • Ability to influence cross-functional technical and executive teams and drive alignment in fast-moving, high-stakes environments.

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