Data Center Strategy - Edge
Core
Define regional vendor strategy for data centers and own deals end-to-end to support Cloudflare's infrastructure growth, including planning, RFP, commercial negotiation, and execution.
Role type
Senior IC data center strategy manager
Builds
Cloudflare's global data center/PoP footprint
Domain
Cloud infrastructure + data center industry
Required skills
data center footprint planning, commercial negotiation, vendor relationship management, cross-functional project management, budget planning, financial analysis, rack/power/white space planning, network concepts
Preferred skills
sale-leaseback/JV/PPA experience, existing relationships with developers/operators/brokers/utilities, high-density/liquid-cooling site constraints, government incentives, multilingual capability
Technologies
Jira
Responsibilities
Define regional vendor strategy for data centers; Own deals end to end involving new and existing data center vendors and sites; Work cross-functionally with legal, operations, capacity planning, network strategy and security teams; Establish and conduct scheduled QBR and other vendor management activities with top category partners; Represent Cloudflare credibly to external partner C-level senior management and at public conferences/events; Contribute information to annual data center budget for effective tracking and benchmarking of infrastructure costs; Review colocation spend & invoices for management approval
