We are seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Silicon, Sensing & Compute strategic sourcing team. This team owns electronic component categories including processors, power components, wireless, passives, sensors, and cameras (image sensors, optics, off-the-shelf solutions).
You will build, develop, and manage a team of Strategic Sourcing Managers, drive category and sourcing strategy development and execution, partner cross-functionally with Hardware Engineering and business stakeholders, and deliver measurable results against organizational goals.
We are seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Silicon, Sensing & Compute strategic sourcing team. This team owns electronic component categories including processors (CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, SoCs, FPGAs, ASICs), power and mixed-signal, wireless, passives, and sensing/imaging (RGB, IR, ToF, LiDAR, MEMS, radar). The ideal candidate brings deep domain expertise in compute and/or camera/optics, established relationships with leading
semiconductor and sensing suppliers (e.g., Nvidia, Broadcom, TI, Sony, OnSemi, Qualcomm), and strong knowledge of the
semiconductor supply ecosystem — foundries, OSATs, fabless design houses, and module integrators.
You will develop and execute multi-year supplier strategies that balance cost competitiveness, technology access, and supply resilience. This includes dual/multi-sourcing decisions, should-cost modeling, total cost of ownership frameworks, and complex agreement negotiation (LTAs, capacity reservations, JDAs). Experience with Contract Manufacturers (CMs) and ODMs on new product development and production realization is strongly preferred.
Key job responsibilities
Team Leadership: Build, develop, and manage a high-performing team of Strategic Sourcing Managers; design scalable team structures; grow talent through coaching, strategic assignments, and leadership exposure.
Category Strategy: Develop and execute 1- and 3-year sourcing strategies aligned to Robotics product roadmaps, including make-vs-buy analysis, dual-sourcing qualification, and geographic diversification.
Cost Reduction: Drive year-over-year savings through negotiation, should-cost modeling, design-for-cost collaboration with engineering, competitive bidding, and volume aggregation.
Supplier Management: Own end-to-end supplier relationships — performance scorecards, capacity planning, contracting, risk mitigation, quarterly business reviews, and technology roadmap alignment.
NPI Partnership: Engage with Hardware Engineering from architecture review through mass production to influence component selection, ensure supply readiness, and optimize for cost and longevity.
Market Intelligence: Translate supply market dynamics (node transitions, capacity shifts, geopolitical risk) into actionable recommendations for engineering and leadership.
Travel: ~15% domestic and international to supplier manufacturing sites.
A day in the life
Your morning begins reviewing pricing proposals from a memory supplier ahead of a quarterly agreement renewal — you align with your team on negotiation strategy and walk-away points. Mid-morning, you join a design review for a next-gen camera module, working with engineering to evaluate sensor candidates and guide supplier selection.
After lunch, you update your supplier segmentation model to reflect shifting volumes across the compute portfolio, then prep a contract negotiation plan for a critical passive component supplier facing extended lead times. You close the day coaching a team member on structuring a multi-year supply agreement that locks in capacity and pricing commitments.
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children can use. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
About the team
Our mission is to deliver supply chain advantage — ensuring Amazon Robotics has the right components, from the right partners, at the right cost and time to accelerate innovation. We operate as a team of builders who take ownership of outcomes end-to-end. We value intellectual curiosity, rigorous analysis, and a bias for action — whether that means flying to a supplier site to resolve a quality issue or challenging a long-held sourcing assumption with data. We invest heavily in developing our people, believe in transparent feedback, and celebrate wins as a team. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment where supply chain strategy directly shapes the next generation of robotics, you'll fit right in.
- 10+ years of building and leading large teams and working in matrixed operating structures experience
- Knowledge of distribution networks and channel P&Ls
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross functional teams or equivalent
- Experience in strategic thinking about business, enterprise software products, and new technology platforms and architectures or equivalent
- Experience negotiating VP-level contracts with channel partners and agencies
- Experience collaborating with
cross-functional teams including Marketing, Product Management, Customer Service, Operations, Legal, Finance, and Senior Leadership
- 5+ years of managing and developing high performance teams experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, MA, N.Reading - 193,700.00 - 262,000.00
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USA, TX, Austin - 193,700.00 - 262,000.00
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USA, WA, Seattle - 193,700.00 - 262,000.00
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