Lambda · 1 month ago
Technical Sourcing Manager
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$188K/yr - $282K/yr
10+ years expLambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. The Technical Sourcing Manager will lead the sourcing strategy for AI infrastructure components, manage supplier relationships, and ensure optimal performance and uptime of the infrastructure.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingGPUMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Partner in leading the sourcing strategy for AI infrastructure components, including vendor sourcing for new products & technologies
Seek out, establish, new vendors for key infrastructure components, technically vetting new vendor’s capabilities
Develop category sourcing strategies to ensure suppliers are capable of meeting Lambda’s current and future technical and business requirements
Build deep supplier engagement programs to secure critical allocations during constrained market conditions
Establish the supplier selection process, evaluate alternate suppliers, drive the RFI/RFQ/RFP process, to improve the TCO and quality
Negotiate with suppliers and partners to establish best in class pricing, quality, delivery, payment, and service terms. Develop benchmarks and should cost models
Build an end to end OEM/ODM strategy to support Lambda’s growing cloud hardware scale
Establish and manage strategic supplier and commercial relationships with our key partners at the executive level. Influence supplier’s business models, roadmaps, and support models
Partner closely with Engineering, Data Center Operations, and Finance teams to align supplier capabilities with technical roadmaps and scaling needs
Manage contractual agreements including master supply agreements, statements of work, and service level agreements
Develop a supplier management framework, including QBRs, scorecards, and supplier performance (SLAs)
Monitor market dynamics (pricing, availability, emerging technologies) and advise on sourcing risk management strategies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field
10+ years of supply chain experience in data center, cloud, compute, networking, and/or AI hardware
Proven experience working with server, networking, storage, and/or data center technology vendors and OEMs
Strong technical literacy — comfortable collaborating with engineers on component specifications, product architectures, and build materials (BOMs)
Exceptional negotiation and relationship management skills; capable of influencing internal and external stakeholders
Have direct experience managing OEMs, ODMs, and JDM suppliers and communicating with senior leadership
Deep understanding of cost structures, value chain analysis, and total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling
Experience in structuring, negotiating, and executing contracts (MSAs, MPAs, and SOWs) and complex agreements
Proficiency with supply chain management tools (e.g., ERP systems like NetSuite, SAP, Oracle)
Demonstrate sound interpersonal and communication skills, including presenting strategic decisions to the executive team
Preferred
Experience sourcing hardware for AI/ML infrastructure deployments (e.g., H100, B200 clusters)
Familiarity with sourcing and integration of liquid cooling infrastructure for high-density AI data centers
Prior work with tier-1 hyperscale cloud providers or AI infrastructure startups
Master's degree (MBA, MS Supply Chain, or Engineering Management)
Experience with global sourcing strategies including Asia-based ODMs (e.g., Wistron, Pegatron, Foxconn)
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use
Company
Lambda
Lambda is a cloud-based platform that provides high-performance GPU hardware and cloud infrastructure for AI model training and inference.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.19BKey Investors
TWG GlobalJP MorganMacquarie Group
2025-11-18Series E· $1.5B
2025-08-19Debt Financing· $275M
2025-02-19Series D· $480M
Leadership Team
Stephen Balaban
Co-founder, CEO
Michael Balaban
Co-Founder / CTO
Recent News
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