Network Business Strategy & Supplier Operations Manager

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, builds Gigawatt-scale AI Factories for Training and Inference. Lambda’s mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give every person access to artificial intelligence. One person, one GPU.

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About Lambda
At Lambda, we’re building the world’s best AI infrastructure platform. Our Data Center AI team is at the core of delivering cutting-edge AI compute environments to customers ranging from startups to enterprises with trillion-dollar market caps. We are growing rapidly, and with that growth comes complexity—which is where you come in.

What You’ll Do

As the Manager of Network Business Strategy & Supplier Operations, you will play a key role in driving the strategic, operational, and commercial success of Lambda’s network portfolio. This includes managing a team responsible for supplier management and provisioning operations, while also serving as a critical support partner to senior leadership in scaling the business.

You’ll partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Finance, and Product teams to ensure Lambda’s network strategy is aligned with company priorities, financially sound, and operationally scalable. This role requires strong leadership, business acumen, and the ability to execute while managing up and across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team responsible for supplier management, provisioning operations, and delivery support.

• Serve as a trusted partner and right hand to senior leadership—helping manage workload overflow, drive execution, and support strategic decision-making.

• Own network procurement, supplier evaluation, and contract negotiations aligned with Lambda’s business goals.

• Monitor supplier performance, SLAs, and delivery health, ensuring accountability and alignment with strategic objectives.

• Drive operational excellence at the support site level, optimizing processes and team effectiveness.

• Identify trends, performance insights, and supplier innovations to evolve Lambda’s network products.

• Collaborate with Finance and Engineering on capacity planning, forecasting, and investment assessments (AORs).

• Conduct commercial analysis and risk evaluations to inform investment and sourcing decisions.

• Prepare business cases, reporting, and executive-level recommendations to support strategic planning.

About You

• Proven experience managing teams in network operations, supplier/vendor management, or business strategy roles.

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and a bias for execution.

• Effective communicator with experience preparing materials for and working with senior leadership.

• Collaborative leader who thrives in cross-functional environments and understands how to manage up, down, and across.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced, scaling environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field.

• Experience leading provisioning/support operations and influencing product or infrastructure roadmaps.

• Background in supplier negotiation, commercial modeling, or infrastructure procurement.

Salary Range Information

The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

About Lambda

• Founded in 2012, ~400 employees (2025) and growing fast

• We offer generous cash & equity compensation

• Our investors include Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, US Innovative Technology, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, Crescent Cove.

• We are experiencing extremely high demand for our systems, with quarter over quarter, year over year profitability

• Our research papers have been accepted into top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG

• 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

A Final Note:

You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.