Silicon Technologies Strategic Partnerships & Sourcing Manager

Meta•Sunnyvale, CA

9h•$199,000 - $272,000

About The Position

We are seeking a Silicon Technologies Strategic Partnerships & Sourcing Manager to lead Silicon Technologies Strategic Partnerships and Sourcing across advanced silicon nodes and enabling technologies (e.g., foundry ecosystem, packaging, IP, and critical supply-chain partnerships). This role owns the end-to-end strategy for supplier engagement and commercial outcomes, translating long-range compute and product needs into sourcing, contracting, and partnership roadmaps that ensure capacity, cost, technology access, resiliency, and speed.

Requirements

12+ years experience in semiconductor strategic sourcing, supplier management, foundry/OSAT engagement, or silicon ecosystem partnerships (or equivalent)
Proven track record leading high-stakes negotiations and executing multi-year sourcing/partnership agreements
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams without authority and deliver results through ambiguity
Commercial/analytical skills: contracting, pricing structures, cost modeling, scenario analysis
Executive communication skills (internal and external), including crisp narrative content and data-backed decision framing

Nice To Haves

Experience with one or more: advanced process nodes, chipsets, chiplet/advanced packaging, substrate constraints, yield/capacity ramp planning
Experience structuring JDA/JTA/co-development agreements and technology roadmap commitments
Understanding of supply chain risk management in semiconductors (multi-tier, geopolitical, allocation environments)
Prior experience operating in a hyperscale / large platform environment with complex stakeholder sets
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Responsibilities

Define and execute the multi-year partnership strategy for silicon technology suppliers (foundries, OSATs/packaging, IP/EDA ecosystems as applicable, materials/critical upstream partners).
Serve as a single-threaded leader for executive engagements, QBRs, JTAs/JDAs, and joint roadmaps with key partners.
Build and manage technology collaboration frameworks (roadmap alignment, co-development constructs, governance, escalation paths).
Own sourcing strategy for assigned silicon technology domains: supplier selection, negotiation strategy, capacity/reservation approach, and contracting.
Lead complex negotiations covering pricing models, capacity commitments, NRE/engineering funding, roadmap commitments, risk-sharing, and terms/SLAs.
Develop and maintain should-cost / cost driver models and scenario-based business cases to support decisions.
Drive alignment across engineering, product, finance, legal, ops, quality/reliability, and supply chain to convert technical requirements into executable sourcing plans.
Lead cross-functional governance (operating cadence, executive readouts, issue resolution) for strategic supplier initiatives.
Partner closely with internal silicon and platform teams to align on process nodes, packaging architectures, yield ramps, and lifecycle transitions.
Build a comprehensive risk posture: capacity, geopolitical, dual-source, qualification strategy, materials constraints, and business continuity.
Define mitigation plans (second source strategy, buffer/capacity options, contract protections, multi-tier visibility).
Maintain good understanding of semiconductor market dynamics: capacity cycles, node transitions, packaging trends, supplier financials, competitive landscape.
Provide strategic insights and recommendations for make/buy, partner selection, and investment priorities.