Staff Technical Sourcing Manager — Data Center Hardware

Coreweave; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k with match

Equity awards

Paid time off

Job summary

CoreWeave is hiring a Staff Technical Sourcing Manager to own end-to-end sourcing for critical hardware and infrastructure. You will shape requirements, negotiate with suppliers, and drive long-term agreements to support scalable data center deployments.

You will lead cross-functional teams across engineering, legal, and finance, balancing cost, risk, and performance while building resilient supply chains in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technical sourcing, commodity or category management, or supply chain management within data center, hyperscaler, cloud service provider, AI systems, or related hardware industry.
• Demonstrated ability to develop sourcing strategy and translate it into executed results, on schedule and against measurable cost, quality, and supply objectives.
• Exceptional negotiation, influencing, and consensus-building skills with a track record of leading complex commercial agreements to signature.
• Strong command of should-cost modeling, total cost of ownership analysis, and value analysis, with the financial and analytical fluency to defend a position with data.
• Technical depth sufficient to engage credibly with engineering teams on requirements, trade-offs, and supplier technical proposals.
• Proven experience partnering with C-suite executives and senior supplier stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and refine comprehensive sourcing strategies and multi-generation roadmaps for your portfolio, aligning supply capability to business growth and technology direction.
• Lead cross-functional teams through the sourcing process for new platforms, technologies, and components—defining requirements, running RFI, RFQ, and RFP events, evaluating proposals on technical and commercial merit, and driving business award decisions.
• Lead complex, high-value supplier negotiations covering pricing, capacity, quality and delivery commitments, warranty, liability, and intellectual property.
• Own the drafting, execution, and administration of master supply agreements, long-term agreements, statements of work, and amendments; partner with Legal to manage risk and enforce terms.
• Build bottom-up should-cost models and total cost of ownership analyses; collaborate with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, savings tracking, and cost target accountability.
• Establish supplier scorecards and lead quarterly/executive reviews, driving corrective actions and continuous improvement.

Skills

Technical sourcing

Negotiation

Should-cost modeling

Total cost of ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Executive stakeholder management

Supplier relationship management

Data center hardware knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

RFI/RFQ/RFP processes

Contract lifecycle management systems

Excel

Job description

CoreWeave is hiring a Staff Technical Sourcing Manager to own end-to-end sourcing for critical hardware and infrastructure. You will shape requirements, negotiate with suppliers, and drive long-term agreements to support scalable data center deployments.

You will lead cross-functional teams across engineering, legal, and finance, balancing cost, risk, and performance while building resilient supply chains in a fast-paced environment.