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About the Role

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers, from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Our mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence.

Responsibilities

Set Lambda's contracting and supply chain standards, including SOPs, playbooks, approval matrix, delegation of authority, master supply, general contractor, and design agreement templates, clause library, and commercial negotiation frameworks.
Lead master agreements and their commercial terms, including pricing structures, payment terms, capacity reservations, warranties, liquidated damages, and performance security, in alignment with category managers.
Lead negotiation of terms and conditions, including liability caps, indemnities, insurance, change, suspension, and termination, and assess and allocate commercial risk on every agreement.
Serve as the direct liaison to Legal and outside counsel, framing issues, coordinating reviews, and driving agreements to execution.
Act as the go-to expert for interpreting terms and conditions across Lambda's contract portfolio, advising Construction, Sourcing, Finance, and project teams on rights, obligations, and remedies.
Own claims and disputes across construction and equipment contracts, evaluating entitlement and schedule and cost impact, negotiating resolution, and escalating with Legal and outside counsel when needed.
Own contract obligation tracking, including milestones, notices, warranties, capacity commitments, LDs, and renewal dates, and keep contract data and records current.
Own supplier onboarding, including vetting, sanctions and denied-party screening, insurance and certification requirements, tariffs, and import and export controls.
Ensure the supply chain and contracts function is audit-ready with documented controls, approval evidence, contract records, and compliance with internal policy and external requirements.
Set dashboard and reporting standards for contracts, spend, supplier, and compliance data, and deliver regular reporting to leadership.
Roll out procurement standards and training at every site so project and site teams follow consistent processes for purchasing, approvals, and contract use.
Secure approvals for deviations from Lambda's standards, and prepare clear negotiation summaries and recommendations for executives.
Continuously improve contracting and procurement efficiency through lessons learned, standardization, and contract lifecycle management and procurement tools.

Requirements

7+ years of contracts or commercial management on large capital projects, with deep experience in construction and equipment contracts.
Datacenter or mission-critical experience, or extensive experience in oil and gas, energy, or other complex construction and equipment programs.
Personally negotiated master supply agreements with deep command of terms and conditions and their commercial impact.
Owned claims and disputes through resolution and tracked contract obligations through closeout.
Built master agreement templates, clause libraries, SOPs, playbooks, or approval matrices that an organization adopted.
Owned supply chain compliance, including supplier onboarding, trade compliance, audit readiness, and procurement controls.
Set reporting standards and built dashboards for contract, spend, or compliance data, and trained teams across multiple sites on procurement processes.
Served as the primary business liaison to in-house Legal and outside counsel, and know where commercial ownership ends and legal review begins.
Communicate clearly in writing and in the room, and can explain commercial risk and trade-offs to executives.
Operate well in ambiguity, on compressed timelines, managing several high-value negotiations at once.

Skills

Contract negotiation
Supply chain management
Commercial risk assessment
Legal liaison
Claims and disputes resolution
Contract obligation tracking
Supplier onboarding
Trade compliance
Procurement controls
Reporting and dashboard creation
Procurement process training
Contract lifecycle management
Procurement tools

Location

San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
Bellevue, WA

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

7+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Law, Quantity Surveying, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Salary/Compensations

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.

Benefits

Generous cash & equity compensation
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

About the Company

Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast.
Investors include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove.
Have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG.
Values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers.

Equal Opportunity

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.