Strategic Sourcing Principal
Core
Provides strategic leadership for procurement, contracting, and supplier relationship management across a portfolio of data center projects to drive commercial value and supply continuity.
Role type
Senior IC strategic sourcing principal (data center infrastructure)
Builds
Data center infrastructure projects and supply chain resilience
Domain
Technology infrastructure / Data Center Construction
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Complex negotiation, contract execution, supplier performance management, risk mitigation, market intelligence, stakeholder alignment, change order management, claims resolution, team leadership, multi-year sourcing strategy, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
People management experience, data science/analytics expertise, finance background, project management experience
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Owns and negotiates SLAs, milestones, and deliverables; leads global stakeholder and supplier partnerships to mitigate risk; sets company-wide negotiation and procurement standards; leads cross-functional contract and price negotiations; develops multi-year sourcing strategies aligned to business goals; directs pricing and negotiations while building stakeholder consensus.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management responsibilities
