Principal, Data Center Supply Chain Lead

Role description

Role Overview

The Principal, Data Center Supply Chain Lead will own the multi-year sourcing and category strategy for datacenter capacity, partner with construction teams, and drive change order discipline across active construction projects.

What You Will Do

The role will involve owning procurement of long-lead datacenter infrastructure equipment, leading the contracting strategy for construction delivery, and serving as Lambda's lead negotiator on high-value construction and equipment agreements.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have deep experience across end-to-end supply chain, strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management, and will be able to drive process, policy, or governance standards that an organization adopts.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience across end-to-end supply chain (planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• owned multi-year category strategies for complex, high-spend, supply-constrained areas with material cost and continuity-of-supply impact
• recognized as a lead negotiator, having personally closed the hardest contracts
• led through influence at scale, with 3+ years of informal or indirect team leadership, coaching senior practitioners, and driving consensus across functions
• fluent with data and able to anticipate risk, model change-order impact, and defend decisions
• operated well in ambiguity, on compressed timelines, in a supply-constrained market
• worked shoulder to shoulder with construction teams, including general contractors, construction managers, design and engineering firms, and specialty trades
• led construction contracting and contract administration, selecting delivery models, negotiating GC/EPC and trade agreements, and managing change orders, claims, and closeout through to project completion

Benefits

• Generous cash & equity compensation
• 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