Lambda
Principal Data Center Supply Chain Lead
San Jose Office (Zanker) · Principal · Contract
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About the role
- However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
Responsibilities
- Own the multi-year sourcing and category strategy for the equipment and construction scopes that deliver Lambda's datacenter capacity - long-lead electrical and mechanical equipment, construction, and trade packages
- Partner with Construction, Design, and Development teams from site selection and basis-of-design through procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover, ensuring sourcing strategy and construction schedule are built against the same dates
- Own procurement of long-lead datacenter infrastructure equipment - generators, switchgear, transformers, UPS, busway, chillers, air handling units, and cooling distribution - sequencing awards and deliveries to protect the critical path
- Serve as Lambda's lead negotiator on the highest-value construction and equipment agreements - setting negotiation strategy, driving consensus on goals and success criteria internally and externally, and partnering with Legal on master agreement terms
- Own the owner-furnished equipment strategy - deciding what Lambda buys directly versus through the contractor, and managing the logistics, storage, warranty, and installation interfaces that decision creates
- Drive change order discipline across active construction projects: assess claims and schedule impacts against the underlying business case, partner with Construction Management and Legal on resolution, and adjust impact models cross-functionally
- Identify systematic, long-term cost reduction opportunities across equipment and construction categories - standardization, volume aggregation across sites, early buys, and design-to-cost - and lead the cross-functional effort to realize them
- Build and own strategic partnerships with OEMs, contractors, and trade partners that secure capacity and delivery slots in a constrained market, and drive innovation, prefabrication, and schedule compression
- Negotiate and provide strategic oversight of delivery commitments, milestones, and SLAs across equipment vendors and construction partners
- own compliance end to end and cascade expectations into the business
Requirements
- Have deep, hands-on experience across end-to-end supply chain (planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management - typically 10+ years, or 8+ with a Master's degree
- Hold a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, Finance, or a related field, or have equivalent experience
Nice to have
- Category management experience with datacenter infrastructure equipment - Generators, Switchgear, Chillers, Air Handling Units, etc.
- Program management experience delivering datacenter capacity at scale, from equipment sourcing and procurement through project execution
- Experience negotiating master agreements and resolving contract disputes alongside Legal in a high-growth company
- Experience standing up sourcing process, governance, or supplier management practice where little existed
- Experience applying AI and automation tooling to supply chain or procurement workflows
- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Skills
- Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence.
- One person, one GPU.
Compensation
- The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors.
- However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
- We offer generous cash & equity compensation
Benefits
- We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
- Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use
Company info
- Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers.
- Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers.
Equal opportunity
- Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
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