Senior Sourcing Manager, Custom Silicon Operations

Commodity Managers work with Engineering teams to make sure Google has the supplies and equipment to put into production the innovative products coming from our Engineering teams. As a Commodity Manager, you use your wide industry knowledge and strategic supplier relationships to optimize our total cost of ownership for our global -- and growing -- infrastructure. The scale at which Google operates means that savings on just one piece of hardware can have a huge impact on Google's bottom line.
The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, a technical or Engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in managing SoC or semiconductor manufacturing, procurement, supply chain management, and leadership.
Experience in SoC testing related sourcing and supplier management.
Experience working with foundry and Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) suppliers and ecosystem.

Preferred qualifications
Experience dealing with foundries, OSATs, and sub-suppliers.
Experience with semiconductor development cycles, NPI bring-up methodology and production ramp.
Experience with ASIC and COT models, and with development flows, wafer fabrication knowledge and OSAT operation.
Experience growing/working with teams of various technical backgrounds and leading cross-functional deliverables, with the ability to collaborate across multiple business units to align and execute deliverables.
Experience developing financial should cost models.
Excellent communication skills and experience presenting/communicating to an executive audience.

Responsibilities
Drive ecosystem commercial ownership by directing strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and partner management across OSATs, hardware vendors, and silicon design partners for Google Platforms and Devices.
Ensure production readiness, delivery assurance, cost targets, and quality across NPI, mass production builds, and sustaining programs.
Advocate cross-functional solution delivery alongside Engineering, Planning, Systems, and Operations to execute cost-effective, high-impact silicon manufacturing solutions that meet tight product launch milestones.
Orchestrate global sourcing operations and review mechanisms by leading RFx, QBRs, supplier scorecards, and reconciled capacity-to-demand forecasting schedules.
Drive continuous operational innovation by guiding supply chain process enhancements, resolving complex bottlenecks, and building scalable operations to fuel Google’s long-term hardware growth.