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Manager, Data Center Rack Integration

Cloudflare· Engineering
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Hybrid (Hybrid (in-office expectations vary by role))full-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Manager of Hardware Integration Operations leading a multidisciplinary team responsible for supply coordination, rack engineering readiness, third-party integration, and deployment coordination to ensure materials, technical requirements, supplier capacity, and deployment readiness for L11 rack builds across Cloudflare’s global data center infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and Develop the Team
  • Coach, develop, and hold accountable a multidisciplinary team spanning supply-chain operations, rack integration engineering, and technical program management.
  • Set priorities, clarify ownership, and develop and execute a workforce plan that expands the team’s capabilities and capacity.
  • Own Rack Integration Operations
  • Oversee the operating model connecting capacity demand, L10 hardware supply, L11 rack production, and deployment readiness.
  • Establish operating reviews, escalation mechanisms, and metrics covering schedule adherence, material readiness, supplier capacity, and ERP data accuracy.
  • Guide Technical Readiness and Standards
  • Lead the team’s contribution to new rack architectures and L11 new product introductions in partnership with Hardware Engineering and Infrastructure Operations.
  • Govern BOM consistency and integration test requirements while influencing structured cabling and data center standards that enable deployment-ready racks.
  • Lead Suppliers and Commercial Operations
  • Drive relationships with global L11 integration suppliers, including performance reviews, capacity commitments, and escalations.
  • Partner with Hardware Sourcing on regional expansion, commercial negotiations, and L11 operating-budget governance.
  • Expand Rack Integration Capabilities
  • Develop and scale programs that increase the range of work completed through rack integration, improve lifecycle execution, and reduce deployment complexity.
  • Partner across Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, Security, Logistics, and Hardware Sourcing to evaluate new capabilities, establish appropriate controls, and turn successful pilots into repeatable global operations.
  • Transform Processes and Tooling
  • Optimize enterprise workflows, including Oracle ERP, to create documented, repeatable, and data-driven operations.
  • Promote responsible AI-assisted analysis and automation to improve operational efficiency, decision quality, and executive reporting.

Qualifications

  • People Leadership: Proven track record in people management, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and scaling multidisciplinary operational or technical teams.
  • Hardware & Integration Operations: Broad experience leading hardware manufacturing, supply-chain operations, systems integration, or hyperscale infrastructure programs across external contract manufacturers (CMs), ODMs, or global suppliers.
  • Domain Technical Depth: Operational knowledge of rack-level server, network, power, cabling, and manufacturing considerations sufficient to guide technical specialists, challenge assumptions, and make informed operational decisions.
  • Supplier & Program Governance: Demonstrated success managing supplier performance, capacity escalations, commercial reviews, and complex cross-functional programs spanning engineering, procurement, and logistics.
  • Process & Financial Acumen: Strong judgment in managing operational budgets, demand forecasts, production metrics, and cross-functional process development.
  • Global Collaboration & Travel: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders across global time zones and travel periodically for supplier reviews.

Skills

Required:People LeadershipHardware & Integration Operations

Benefits

  • Not specified in description
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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