Data Center Sourcing Manager

About Groq

Inference is the engine that powers AI and Groq was built from the silicon up to deliver the worlds fastest inference at scale. We pioneered the LPUthe first processor designed specifically for AI inferenceand are transforming that innovation into a global cloud platform powering production AI workloads.

With the capital infrastructure and team to execute were uniquely positioned to define the next era of AI infrastructure. The opportunity is massive and its still wide open. Now lets go build it!

Mission:

As an Infrastructure Sourcing Manager you will own data center sourcing end to end: building the pipeline of site opportunities leading technical and commercial due diligence negotiating with landlords and colocation providers and presenting site recommendations to executive leadership for approval.

This is a single-threaded owner role. You will partner across Engineering Networking Operations Finance and Legal but you will be the person accountable for finding sites proving they fit and closing them on the best terms available. You will sit in the Finance organization and report to the Head of FinOps at Groq.

Location: We prioritize hiring in or near the SF Bay Area New York City and Dallas.

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role:

• Build and maintain the relationship network that generates our site pipeline data center developers brokers retail and wholesale colocation operators power developers and utilities and translate those requirements into technical specifications and constraints that Direct Procurement sources against
• Strategic Sourcing: Develop and implement sourcing strategies for data center and telecoms infrastructure and services that optimize cost quality and delivery outcomes.
• Lead technical due diligence on candidate sites: power availability utility interconnection and energization timelines electrical topology and redundancy rack density and liquid cooling readiness structural and logistics constraints fiber and carrier diversity PUE security and compliance posture and commissioning evidence.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for site negotiations structuring and closing LOIs term sheets colocation MSAs and service orders leases and powered shell agreements in partnership with Legal and Finance.
• Negotiate the commercial terms that drive our economics and risk position $/kW-month pricing NRC and MRC structure escalators PUE treatment ready-for-service dates and delay credits SLAs ramp schedules expansion rights cross-connect pricing liability and renewal and exit terms.
• Assist in building the financial and operational case for each site TCO cost per MW lease-versus-own and capex-versus-opex scenarios and partner with FinOps and Finance on data center unit economics and capital planning.
• Cost & Value Optimization: Drive cost savings and value improvements by leveraging market intelligence competitive bidding and value engineering initiatives to improve total cost of ownership (TCO) for data center assets.
• Process Improvement & Compliance: Implement and refine supplier selection processes and tools (e.g. RFI/RFP processes supplier onboarding workflows document management) to increase efficiency and ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory standards.
• Partner with networking engineering to understand the infrastructure required to deploy each GPU platform and translate those requirements into sourceable BOMs for network storage admin and supporting racks.
• Consult & inform infrastructure equipment procurement covering switches and routers optics and cabling cooling hardware storage and network racks cabinets PDUs busway pathway and out-of-band management alongside the Direct Procurement and Network Engineering teams.
• Maintain market intelligence on colocation pricing supply trends energy markets and competitor activity and manage contract hygiene and the renewal calendar across the portfolio.

Ideal candidates have/are:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in data center site selection colocation sourcing infrastructure development commercial real estate capacity delivery or strategic sourcing for mission-critical infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ownership of site or capacity transactions end to end sourced diligenced negotiated and closed.
• Experience negotiating colocation agreements leases or comparable infrastructure contracts including power SLA and delivery terms.
• Working knowledge of data center power and cooling infrastructure sufficient to evaluate provider claims and partner credibly with engineering.
• Experience presenting recommendations to executive leadership and driving capital decisions.
• Comfortable working in fast-moving ambiguous environments as an individual contributor without a supporting team.
• Willingness to travel as needed up to approximately 30%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Telecommunications or Large enterprise network and datacenter sourcing
• Development-side perspective on data center economics including yield-on-cost cap rates and how value is created in development.
• Familiarity with AI and GPU deployment requirements high-density racks direct-to-chip liquid cooling and the constraints they place on site selection.
• Experience sourcing network or infrastructure equipment or partnering closely with network engineering teams.
• Exposure to power procurement including utility interconnection tariffs PPAs and energy markets.
• Existing relationships across data center developers operators and brokers.
• Experience with procurement and ERP platforms CRM-based deal pipeline management and GIS or site evaluation tooling.

Success in This Role

• Maintain a healthy diversified pipeline of qualified site opportunities ahead of capacity demand.
• Improve our cost per MW and overall data center TCO through the terms you negotiate.
• Deliver sites that meet technical requirements on the first pass with no surprises discovered after signature.
• Give leadership the analysis they need to make capital decisions with confidence.
• Ensure networking and deployment teams have the infrastructure they need on schedule for every new space.
• Establish a documented repeatable sourcing process that scales beyond a single person.

Why Join Us

• Purposeful Hiring : Youre not here by accident and neither is anyone else. Every teammate is handpicked with intention because who we build with matters.
• Builders Wanted : Youre not just riding the rocket ship youre building it. Your work directly shapes the trajectory of our company.
• Mission-Driven Work : Were here to make a real impact. Our mission fuels everything we do.
• Tackling Hard Problems : If easy isnt your thing youre in the right place. We solve some of the most complex and exciting challenges in our space.
• Excellence Is The Standard : High performance isnt just encouraged its the baseline. And its contagious.

If this sounds like you wed love to hear from you!

Compensation

Groq is committed to providing competitive compensation through our Total Cash philosophy which incorporates potential bonus value directly into base pay. The total cash salary range for this position which is inclusive of the potential bonus value is $154300 - $208700 with individual placement determined by your geographic location experience skills and alignment with internal compensation standards. This range is specific to candidates located in the United States. Compensation for international candidates will vary based on local market dynamics. Beyond cash compensation Groq also offers a Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program and a robust suite of employee benefits.

US Job Posting

This position may require access to technology and/or information subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). To comply with these requirements candidates for this role must meet certain citizenship or residency criteria. Specifically they must qualify as U.S. Persons for export control purposes (i.e. U.S. citizen U.S. lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder) or a protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) such as a refugee or asylee) or otherwise be eligible for an applicable export license.

Groq is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) age disability genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Required Experience:

Manager