Technical Sourcing Manager, Cloud Infrastructure

Meta; Menlo Park, San Francisco (CA, CA); On-site; USD 320,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta designs, builds, and operates AI infrastructure at scale. Meta seeks a Principal, AI Infrastructure Cloud Commercial Sourcing to lead overall sourcing strategy, negotiate multi-year agreements, and manage executive-level supplier relationships with major cloud providers to power AI research and product needs.

You will partner with research, hardware, finance, legal, and product teams to balance capacity, cost, and risk while shaping Meta's AI roadmap and supplier ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical or business field, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of business, partnerships, sourcing, or supply chain in data center, cloud services, compute, or AI/system hardware supply chains
• Proven track record of structuring and negotiating large-scale, complex commercial agreements with major technology or cloud suppliers
• Direct experience partnering with C-suite executives and leaders at top cloud and technology partners
• In-depth understanding of "should cost" economics and make-vs-buy trade-offs for the cloud
• Experience in AI products and technologies, such as AI models, use cases, and systems
• Demonstrated ability to move from strategy to execution
• Experience influencing, negotiating, building consensus, and making strategic decisions
• Experience in fast-paced, ambiguous, cross-functional environments requiring independent judgment
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize workflows and drive measurable impact
• 15+ years in sourcing, partnerships, or supply chain management, including leadership experience
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience adhering to responsible, ethical AI practices

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial sourcing strategy for Meta's AI cloud capacity
• Own executive engagements and partnerships with top cloud providers
• Structure multi-year, large-scale commercial agreements balancing time-to-capacity and landed cost
• Set sourcing strategy and lead complex negotiations
• Translate AI research needs into durable commercial structures
• Collaborate with research, product, hardware, software, finance and legal teams
• Drive cross-functional alignment and measurable impact

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Negotiation

Executive engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud/AI domain knowledge

Strategy to execution

Decision making

AI tools adoption

Leadership

Risk assessment

Education

M.S./MBA in a relevant field

Bachelor’s degree in technical or business field

Job description

Meta designs, builds, and operates one of the world's largest and most advanced AI infrastructure footprints. As demand for AI compute accelerates, securing the right cloud capacity at the right cost, speed, silicon mix, and terms is a key strategic and consequential lever for the company. Meta is seeking a Principal, AI Infrastructure Cloud Commercial Sourcing to lead the commercial strategy and strategic supplier relationships that power our AI research and product needs.

This is a senior, high-visibility role with responsibility for sourcing Meta's AI cloud capacity. Partnering closely with our research, product, hardware and software engineering, finance, and legal teams, you will own the commercial engagements and executive partnerships with some of our most important cloud providers shaping multi-year, large-scale agreements that directly enable Meta's AI roadmap. You will set a sourcing strategy, lead complex negotiations, develop supply optionality, and translate ambitious research needs into durable commercial structures that balance time-to-capacity with total landed cost.

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical or business field, or equivalent practical experience 10+ years of business, partnerships, sourcing, or supply chain experience in data center, cloud services, compute, or AI/system hardware supply chains and adjacent industries
• Proven track record of structuring and negotiating large-scale, complex commercial agreements with major technology or cloud suppliers
• Direct experience partnering with C-suite executives and leaders at top cloud and technology partners
• In-depth understanding of "should cost" economics and make-vs-buy trade-offs for the cloud
• Experience in AI products and technologies, such as AI models, use cases, and systems
• Demonstrated ability to move seamlessly from strategy to execution
• Experience influencing, negotiating, building consensus, and making strategic decisions
• Experience operating in fast-paced, ambiguous, cross-functional environments requiring independent judgment while coordinating people and technical resources
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• 15+ years of experience in sourcing, partnerships, or supply chain management, including leadership experience
• M.S. or M.B.A. degree in a relevant field
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)