Technical Sourcing Manager – Advanced Thermal Technologies
| Company | Meta |
|---|---|
| Location | Fremont, CA, USA |
| Salary | $204000 – $281000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field or equivalent combination of education
- 12+ years of technical experience in engineering, product management, or supply chain organizations related to data center products, infrastructure, rack design, AI, Compute Hardware, or Mechanical Engineering
- Proven experience building and maintaining technical relationships with executive management, including C-suite executives and industry leaders at suppliers or customers
- Demonstrated understanding of technology roadmaps, including relevant supplier roadmaps and key workloads, with a proven pragmatic approach to influencing product roadmaps
- Proven experience moving from strategy to execution and delivering tangible results
- Interpersonal and communication skills, with experience influencing, negotiating, building consensus and making key strategic decisions
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement domain strategies to optimize economic and supply risk outcomes for technology infrastructure
- Influence internal product direction through data-driven results and technical expertise
- Build and maintain indepth technical relationships with external partners, including suppliers and industry experts
- Provide technical review and analysis of supplier proposals and RFQs, resolving queries and driving negotiations
- Stay up-to-date on industry trends and perform competitive analysis to inform sourcing strategies
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define future technology directions and roadmaps
- Drive supplier technical process improvements to enhance quality, cost, and time-to-deployment
- Represent the company at industry events and forums, and support product transfer from NPI to mass production
- Possess technical depth and business acumen to drive industry-level change and optimize the economics and risk profile for Meta’s hardware platforms.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in cross-functional and industry influence
- 15+ years of technical experience in data center products or associated infrastructure-related industries
- Experience with sustainability requirements
- Familiarity with industry regulations and design standards
- Experience with mechanical cooling technologies and associated system design trade-offs, particularly for AI and High Performance Computing (HPC) systems
- Experience interfacing with internal and external partners in an entrepreneurial and cross-functional environment, requiring a latitude for independent judgment while coordinating people and technical resources
- Experienced commodity management in high tech environment
- Masters or Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering