# Category Manager, Fiber & Optics

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $239k – $278k/yr
**Skills:** fiber optics, transceivers, optical connectivity, supply chain sourcing, dual sourcing, interop qualification, demand forecasting, commodity negotiation, cable assembly, price hedging
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Own the fiber and optics supply chain category for massive AI data center builds. Negotiate high-volume agreements, dual-source transceivers, qualify components, and forecast demand to keep procurement off the critical path.

## Job Description

## Role Scope
- Own the fiber and optics category: transceivers, fiber cabling, and connectivity components at hundreds of thousands of terminations per building.
- Negotiate volume agreements on optics where unit price times quantity makes small percentages worth millions.
- Dual-source transceiver types and manage interop qualification so second sources are real, not theoretical.
- Forecast optics demand from network designs and keep supply ahead of installation crews.

## What We're Looking For
- You've sourced optics, fiber, or connectivity components at high volume.
- You understand optics well enough (form factors, reaches, compatibility) to catch a spec mismatch before it ships.
- You've qualified second-source components and managed the engineering skepticism that comes with it.
- You track consumption against forecast weekly and correct early.

**Bonus:** 800G/1.6T optics markets. Cable assembly manufacturing. Interop testing programs. Commodity price hedging.

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