Data Infrastructure Operations Manager II (Starlink)
Responsibilities
- Negotiate creative, flexible, and commercially effective deals with key suppliers and partners.
- Align sourcing strategy with engineering, quality, and performance requirements across priority areas.
- Track deal status, approvals, and execution risks while driving suppliers toward timely and reliable delivery.
- Continuously improve, standardize, and scale sourcing processes, workflows, tools, and planning systems.
- Build a strong pipeline of exclusive and proprietary enterprise datasets.
- Provide valuable inputs on upcoming orders based on supplier capacity, quality, and pricing.
- Maintain rigorous spend discipline, committing budget only to datasets that meaningfully improve model performance.
- Set target pricing, analyze supplier spend and trends, and develop metrics for quality, delivery, and performance.
- Manage clear, proactive communication with both internal stakeholders and external partners.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of experience and a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience working in one or more of the following fields:
- Hardware or product management
- Engineering
- Procurement
- Supply chain management
- Strategy and operations
- Technology
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Self-starting, able to identify areas for improvement with minimal direction
- Experience in managing technical or construction projects from beginning to end
- Ability to tackle complex and ambiguous problems
- Excellent project management, communication, and organizational skills
- Experience or interest in data analysis, data visualization, and/or financial analysis
- Demonstrates commitment to SpaceX’s goals of reusability, renewability, and sustainability
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Must be willing to work long hours and occasional weekends when necessary to support launch and critical project timelines
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k)-retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.