Manager - Data Center Infrastructure Expense Management

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, builds Gigawatt-scale AI Factories for Training and Inference. Lambdas mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give every person access to artificial intelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best deep learning cloud, join us.

What Youll Do

As the Manager of DC Infrastructure Expense Management, you will own expense governance across Lambdas Data Center and Network portfolios. This role sits at the intersection of business operations, supplier management, and strategic planningensuring our infrastructure investments are well-managed, transparent, and aligned with growth priorities. Youll partner closely with DC and Network Account Managers, Finance, and leadership to track portfolio health, forecast spend, and identify opportunities for efficiency and reinvestment.

You will :

Lead end-to-end expense management for Lambdas Data Center and Network portfolios, ensuring visibility into all recurring and variable costs.

Partner with DC and Network Account Managers to align expense forecasts with demand plans and supplier delivery.

Drive portfolio reporting across forecast vs. actuals, spend trends, and key cost drivers.

Build dashboards and reporting frameworks to provide executives with clear, actionable insights into portfolio performance.

Support supplier negotiations and renewals with cost analysis, benchmarking, and scenario modeling.

Identify and implement process improvements to streamline expense tracking, forecasting, and reporting workflows.

Help shape automation and tooling solutions to support scalable, data-driven portfolio governance.

Lead and develop a small team, fostering a culture of accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement.

About You

Experienced in managing large-scale infrastructure expense portfolios, ideally across data center, network, or cloud environments.

Operationally strong and analytically sharp, able to turn data into clear insights that inform business decisions.

Detail-oriented, structured, and proactive, with a track record of driving clarity in dynamic, high-growth settings.

Collaborative, humble, and driven, comfortable managing up, working cross-functionally, and building strong partnerships.

A team builder who leads with empathy, curiosity, and commitment to growth and development.

Thrives in startup-like environments where structure is being built and impact is tangible.

Nice to Have

Bachelors degree in Business, Economics, Operations, or a related field.

Proven experience managing expense tracking, supplier costs, and portfolio reporting in a technology or infrastructure setting.

Experience with tooling and dashboards for operational and expense management.

Salary Range Information

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.

About Lambda

Founded in 2012, ~400 employees (2025) and growing fast

We offer generous cash & equity compensation

Our investors include Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, US Innovative Technology, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, Crescent Cove.

We are experiencing extremely high demand for our systems, with quarter over quarter, year over year profitability

Our research papers have been accepted into 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

401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)

Flexible Paid Time Off Plan that we all actually use

A Final Note :

You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.