Staff Technical Sourcing Manager
Core
Staff Technical Sourcing Manager leading end-to-end sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, and supply resilience for hardware technologies powering data center deployments.
Role type
Staff Technical Sourcing Manager
Builds
Hardware systems and infrastructure for data center deployments
Domain
Data center hardware / Hyperscale cloud infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Technical sourcing strategy, complex supplier negotiations, should-cost modeling, total cost of ownership analysis, cross-functional consensus building, supply chain risk mitigation, master supply agreement management, supplier scorecard management, NPI to volume production transition
Preferred skills
Hyperscale sourcing experience, Contract Manufacturer (CM) and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) partnerships, data center hardware architecture knowledge, international trade compliance navigation
Technologies
Data center hardware (compute, networking, storage, power, thermal systems)
Responsibilities
Develop multi-generation sourcing roadmaps, lead RFI/RFQ/RFP events and award decisions, negotiate high-value commercial agreements, build should-cost models, establish supplier scorecards, cultivate executive supplier relationships, drive supply resilience through dual sourcing
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence