Data Center Business Operations & Supplier Management Manager

Data Center Business Operations & Supplier Management Manager

Base pay range

$201,000.00 / yr - $355,000.00 / yr

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, builds Gigawatt-scale AI Factories for Training and Inference. Lambda’s 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.

About Lambda

At Lambda, we’re building the world’s best AI infrastructure platform. Our Data Center suppliers are critical partners in delivering world‑class AI infrastructure, and strong supplier relationships drive reliability, cost‑effectiveness, and scalability. This role leads the Data Center Supplier Management function, ensuring Lambda gets maximum value, accountability, and innovation from its supplier ecosystem.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop the SAM team, setting clear expectations, providing guidance, and driving a high‑performing, collaborative culture.
• Own strategic supplier relationships and contract strategy, ensuring performance, compliance, and alignment with Lambda’s business objectives.
• Read, interpret, and draft business terminology for contracts as needed, partnering closely with Legal to ensure agreements protect Lambda’s interests and support operational objectives.
• Oversee supplier performance tracking using SLAs, QBRs, scorecards, and operational metrics, guiding the SAMs in proactive issue management.
• Act as escalation point for supplier disputes, service‑level issues, or operational challenges that the SAMs cannot resolve.
• Collaborate with AP, Finance, Legal, and internal stakeholders to ensure supplier activities align with operational and portfolio objectives.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, innovation, and cost efficiency, and drive implementation through the SAMs.
• Build and maintain documentation, dashboards, and reporting to provide leadership with clear visibility into supplier performance, risks, and trends.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to influence supplier strategy, support operational readiness, and enable scalable growth.

About You

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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

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.

Seniority level : Mid‑Senior level

Employment type : Full‑time

Job function : Project Management and Information Technology

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