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About the Role

SB Energy is seeking a Senior Strategic Category Manager to drive global end-to-end category strategy, strategic sourcing, and supplier development for hyper-scale data center mechanical infrastructure. This role involves managing significant annual spend across critical cooling systems and acting as the primary commercial authority for key suppliers to ensure resilient, cost-optimized supply chains for rapid global data center deployment.

Responsibilities

Define and execute multi-year category strategies for Thermal & Mechanical cooling infrastructure equipment, including market analysis, supplier segmentation, and sourcing roadmaps aligned to data center capacity growth.
Lead competitive sourcing events, contract negotiations, and supplier selection processes for Thermal & Mechanical Cooling equipment categories.
Assess and mitigate supply chain risks associated with categories, including geopolitical exposure, single-source dependencies, long-lead-time components, and commodity price volatility.
Partner with data center engineering, construction, and capacity planning teams to align sourcing strategies with technology roadmaps and infrastructure deployment schedules.
Collaborate with legal, finance, and sustainability teams to structure contracts that reflect commercial, compliance, and environmental requirements.
Act as the day-to-day procurement lead for assigned equipment packages and the primary commercial contact for suppliers.
Maintain an integrated action list covering technical submissions, production, quality, delivery, and field support.
Establish and track supplier capacity commitments to ensure supply availability supports global data center build pipeline.
Drive supplier development initiatives to qualify new sources of supply, expand geographic diversity, and improve supply chain resilience for critical power and cooling categories.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related technical discipline.
8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, program management, category management, or procurement for thermal & cooling infrastructure equipment or related mechanical systems.
Experience leading end-to-end sourcing processes including RFx development, supplier evaluation, commercial negotiation, and contract execution for capital equipment categories.
Experience developing category strategies that incorporate market intelligence, total cost of ownership analysis, and supply risk assessment.
Experience managing supplier relationships and driving measurable improvements in supplier performance across cost, quality, and delivery.
Experience communicating complex sourcing strategies and supplier performance data to cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders.

Skills

Category Strategy
Strategic Sourcing
Supplier Development
Mechanical Infrastructure
Thermal & Cooling Management Systems
Commercial Negotiations
Contracting
Risk Management
Supply Chain Resiliency
Cross-Functional Partnerships
Procurement
Total Cost of Ownership Analysis
Supply Risk Assessment
Supplier Relationship Management

Location

Redwood City, CA
San Diego, CA
Denver, CO
Phoenix, AZ
Austin, TX

Work Type

Remote locations will be considered on a case by case basis.
Hybrid Office Setup

Experience Level

8+ years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related technical discipline.
Master’s degree or MBA preferred

Salary/Compensations

Base Pay - $140,000 - $200,000

Benefits

100% Company-Paid Medical, Dental & Vision (for employees and dependents)
401(k) with Company Match
Generous Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
12 Weeks Parental Leave
Life, AD&D & Long-Term Disability Coverage
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical, Dependent Care, Transit & Parking (with company contributions)
Mental, Physical & Social Wellness Support (with company contributions)
Flexible Work Arrangements
Monthly Reimbursement for Phone, Internet & Data
Optional Legal & Pet Insurance Plans
Device Purchase Support

About the Company

SB Energy is a leading infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution.
Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America's future.
Founded in 2019, SB Energy is a SoftBank Group company headquartered in Redwood City, California.
In 2026, SoftBank Group and OpenAI announced a $1 billion investment to support SB Energy as their leading development and execution partner for data center campuses, while Ares Infrastructure continues its long-standing support of the company's growth.
SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States.
Since its founding, the company has rapidly grown into a top-tier integrated platform with more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide.
SB Energy leverages a strong culture of innovation to identify and integrate new technologies into its projects, including its AI-based digital platform, delivering energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load.
We are building the energy and infrastructure future—today.
Come join us in accelerating the energy and infrastructure transition!

Equal Opportunity

SB Energy is built on a foundation of collaboration and inclusion.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.