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Manager, Strategic Sourcing, AI Infrastructure & Services

Datadog· Procurement
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New York, NY$128k - $187kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Sourcing leader focused on AI infrastructure and services to own end-to-end AI spend, partner with senior leaders, and drive savings and strategic investments in neocloud, AI APIs, and related tools.

Responsibilities

  • Own the AI spend category end-to-end, covering foundation-model and AI APIs, AI development and productivity tools, and AI-enabled SaaS (with neocloud and inference compute as an emerging area)
  • Champion AI and automation adoption across the sourcing function by identifying tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT) and building repeatable workflows
  • Lead high-value AI vendor negotiations spanning foundation-model and API agreements, AI development and productivity tools, and AI SaaS, structuring seat- and consumption-based pricing across net-new purchases and strategic renewals
  • Partner with Engineering and Finance to turn architectural and consumption trade-offs into commercial business cases, forecasts, and savings targets
  • Build pricing and consumption models and apply FinOps discipline to quantify buying scenarios and uncover savings
  • Work alongside executive and senior technology leadership as a trusted advisor on AI and neocloud investment decisions
  • Track category KPIs (savings, pipeline, cycle time), monitor AI market, vendor, and pricing trends, and report outcomes and recommendations
  • Partner cross-functionally with Procurement Operations, Legal, and Security to ensure compliant, scalable execution

Qualifications

  • 8+ years supporting procurement through strategic sourcing, with a history of category ownership and negotiated savings, ideally across AI software and services, SaaS, and engineering tooling
  • Fluent in AI spend economics: foundation-model and API pricing, seat- and consumption-based SaaS models, and cost drivers behind inference
  • Able to lead complex, high-spend negotiations independently and present business cases and savings outcomes to senior stakeholders and Finance leaders
  • Strong executive presence, with the ability to build trust and align senior leaders on strategy and commercial trade-offs
  • Curious about AI and emerging technologies with a track record of turning them into practical applications to improve team productivity and sourcing workflows
  • Able to create structure in ambiguous, high-growth environments: global initiatives, scaling headcount, and breaking down silos
  • Able to become a SME for sourcing and procurement systems such as Zip
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Skills

Required:AI spend economicsStrategic sourcingNegotiation with AI vendors
Nice to have:FinOps

Benefits

  • Generous and competitive benefits package
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
  • Employee-focused best in class onboarding
  • Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture
  • Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of employment
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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