Senior Director, Global Commodity Management - Optics

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

6d•$292,000 - $442,750

About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing to lead its global Optics category. The role owns end-to-end sourcing strategy for a critical, fast-growing category, including supplier relationships, cost management, capacity planning, and risk mitigation. The position calls for deep technical and business expertise, strong executive relationships in the Optics ecosystem, analytical rigor, and collaborative leadership, along with a record of transforming commodity teams and leading high-impact supplier engagements. The Senior Director leads Global Commodity Managers and partners with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Finance to enable product ramps and long-term scalability. The role establishes sourcing roadmaps across programs and product lifecycles, builds supplier diversification and second-source risk mitigation, and manages supplier capacity ramps, site bring-ups, and supply, geopolitical, and operational risks. It also owns category cost targets, supplier investments and NRE evaluation, executive-level supplier negotiations, and development of a high-performing strategic sourcing team.

Requirements

15+ years of overall experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain, or procurement, with deep expertise in the optics industry and related active and passive components.
7+ years of proven experience leading global suppliers and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, capacity planning, and supplier qualification in the Optics industry.
Demonstrated success supporting high-volume ramps and new product introductions.
4+ years of experience leading and developing teams.
Experience working with key laser, module, and passive component suppliers.
Experience supporting data center, AI systems, networking, or high-performance computing products.
MBA or advanced technical degree, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of Global Commodity Managers and partner with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Finance to enable successful product ramps and long-term scalability.
Own the global Optics sourcing strategy across programs and product lifecycles, including multi-year roadmaps, supplier diversification, and second-source risk mitigation.
Partner with suppliers to accelerate capacity ramps and site bring-ups for new product launches.
Proactively manage supply, geopolitical, and operational risks, and lead escalation and recovery efforts.
Partner with Engineering, Quality, and Operations on supplier selection, build trade-offs, PCN approvals, demand planning, and inventory and cost alignment.
Own category cost targets and cost-reduction initiatives; evaluate supplier investments and NRE with a focus on financial returns.
Drive rigor in forecasts, commitments, and liabilities.
Lead strategic and executive-level supplier relationships, negotiating commercial terms, capacity commitments, and investment models.
Manage supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, and technology readiness.
Build and lead a high-performing strategic sourcing team by setting clear goals, developing talent, and fostering accountability, collaboration, and data-driven decision-making.