# Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure, Owner Furnished Equipment

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $226k – $285k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management, Rfx, Contract Negotiation, Supplier Qualification, Supplier Performance Management, Financial Modeling, Data Centers, Electrical Distribution, Transformers, Cooling Systems, Epc
**Posted:** 2026-08-23

> Leads strategic sourcing and supplier commercial strategies for mission-critical data center infrastructure, including electrical and cooling systems. Requires 8+ years of sourcing or infrastructure supply-chain experience, complex contract negotiation expertise, and a bachelor's degree.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop long-term sourcing strategies for data center infrastructure systems supporting Industrial Compute.
- Lead strategic supplier selection, RFx processes, commercial negotiations, and contract execution for major infrastructure programs.
- Build and maintain executive relationships with suppliers, manufacturers, EPC firms, integrators, and infrastructure vendors.
- Partner with Infrastructure Delivery, Capacity Planning, Engineering, Finance, Construction, Legal, and external suppliers to align sourcing with project schedules, technical requirements, deployment priorities, and infrastructure roadmaps.
- Evaluate supplier manufacturing capacity, execution quality, financial health, delivery performance, and operational maturity.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through supplier diversification, long-term agreements, alternative sourcing, and capacity reservations.
- Monitor market conditions, manufacturing trends, commodity impacts, geopolitical risks, and supplier ecosystems.
- Develop supplier scorecards and performance metrics covering quality, cost, schedule, responsiveness, safety, and execution.
- Support executive sourcing decisions through financial analysis, market intelligence, scenario planning, and supplier benchmarking.
- Partner with Legal and Finance to structure scalable commercial agreements.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or infrastructure supply chain management.
- Experience sourcing major infrastructure systems, industrial equipment, mission-critical facilities, or large capital projects.
- Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements with strategic suppliers.
- Strong understanding of supplier qualification, contract strategy, supplier performance management, and sourcing governance.
- Experience partnering with engineering, construction, finance, legal, and operations organizations.
- Excellent analytical, financial modeling, negotiation, and executive communication skills.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience sourcing HV-to-MV substations and transformer equipment, medium- or low-voltage electrical distribution equipment, switchgear, busway, UPS, power-system protection and monitoring products, prefabricated electrical skids, e-houses, modular data center infrastructure, cooling plants, chillers, pumps, heat exchangers, VFDs, CRAH, CRAC, air handling units, structural steel, enclosures, piping, valves, flanges, or related components.
- Experience supporting hyperscale cloud, AI infrastructure, semiconductor, energy, or advanced manufacturing programs.
- Familiarity with long-lead equipment planning and supplier capacity management.
- Experience working with global supplier networks across North America, Europe, and Asia.
- Experience working with EPC, design-build, or integrated project delivery partners.

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