Commercial Sourcing Manager, Strategic Silicon
Meta· Data Center Design, Engineering, & Construction
Bellevue, WA, Multiple$179k - $249k + equity + bonusFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Meta's Infrastructure Supply Chain Engineering team seeks a Commercial Sourcing Manager for Strategic Silicon to own supplier strategy, commercial terms, and end-to-end sourcing for strategic silicon and firmware components used in Meta's AI, data center, and cloud infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for strategic silicon and firmware components — owning vendor selection, negotiation, contracting, and long-term commodity roadmaps that ensure supply continuity, cost optimization, and technology alignment with Meta's AI/ML infrastructure plans
- Lead strategic supplier management across silicon vendors, IP licensors, and firmware partners — including scorecards, business reviews, should-cost modeling, risk mitigation (capacity assurance, lead-time management, geopolitical exposure), and total cost of ownership improvement
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with Meta engineering, ODM partners, and capacity planning teams to influence component selection, architecture decisions, and design-for-cost/supply initiatives across all strategic silicon categories
- Provide semiconductor market intelligence — tracking technology evolution, fab/foundry dynamics, emerging standards, and supply-demand trends — to inform strategic direction and identify future growth sourcing areas
- Perform end-to-end sourcing execution, including RFI/RFQ/RFP leadership, supply market analysis, new source qualification, prototype sourcing for NPI, and supplier development aligned with Meta's technology roadmap
Qualifications
- BA/BS or equivalent in Engineering (Electrical, Computer, Materials Science, Mechanical), Supply Chain, or business-related field with at least 12 years of relevant experience
- 10+ years of sourcing management or supply chain management experience in commercial sourcing roles with direct semiconductor, silicon, and/or electronic component categories
- Technical understanding of semiconductor technologies, silicon component categories (interface ICs, controllers, programmable logic, security modules), and their role in server/data center architectures
- Demonstrated knowledge of silicon supply chain capacity, cost, and lead-time drivers
- Demonstrated results of improving supply chain and supplier performance, including the use of cost models and objective-based performance measures
- Experience working with ODMs and contract manufacturers in the electronics/server hardware industry
- Proven track record of developing and executing commodity strategies at scale
- Experience presenting sourcing strategies and recommendations to leadership and influencing decisions through data-driven proposals
- Experience driving cross-functional alignment across engineering, supply chain, and commercial functions
Skills
Required:Sourcing strategy developmentVendor managementCost modeling and TCO optimizationMarket intelligence in semiconductorsCross-functional collaborationRFI/RFQ/RFP leadership
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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