Cloud Server Vendor Manager

Ampere Computing

Santa Clara, CA

Full-Time

Job Description

Ampere is looking for a Cloud Server Vendor Manager for our growing Product team. At Ampere, we value collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. If you're passionate about building strong partnerships and want to work with cutting-edge technology, we want to hear from you!

The Role

Our Cloud Server Vendor Manager oversees, manages & designs processes, projects and programs that underpin a variety of activities in the Ampere Platform and Product Management groups. The development and management of partners is crucial to delivering a complete and positive experience to Ampere’s external relationships. The role will include adding vendors and their system components to the approved vendor list (AVL), coordination of multi-discipline teams developing technologies and implementing technologies in our next generation platforms while keeping track of external commitments and deliverables to our partners. As a Partner Relations Program Manager, you will work directly with partners to schedule business review meetings and annual alignment meetings while working with internal teams.

What you'll do

Work with partners to track action items for follow-up both internally and with vendors
Schedule regular meetings with partners and executive meetings with vendors
Collect system hardware demand and work through the purchase process
Create and maintain the approved vendor list (AVL) for each new generation
Coordinate with internal engineering on validation and status of the AVL
Develop approved vendor list for both production materials and R&D needs
Provide tactical and logistics leadership for the multi-discipline teams building
Make sure NDA's are in place with partners
Develop and implement new processes to streamline and enable teams to work more efficiently
Run regular meetings to align and follow up with internal stake holders and partners

What you'll bring

Minimum 6 years of experience including 4 years of previous project/program management experience in a high-tech company
Technical background and understanding of the components used in datacenter servers
Hands-on experience developing new processes from concept to completion
Patience, ability to deal with ambiguity and changing priorities
Sense of urgency, with the ability to work well under pressure
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
A strategic and analytical mind
Strong sense of time organization and urgency

Preferred Qualifications

Experience managing and directing externally facing relationships with partners and vendors
Experience with program management and collaboration tools such as the Atlassian tool suite, PLM and advanced planning tools
Experience in an engineering development environment or working with 3rd party vendors/partners or experience working in an OEM/ODM environment
Ability to speak Korean is a plus

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering/Electronics/Computer Science or similar discipline preferred

Perks in Santa Clara

Office has panoramic views of Silicon Valley
Garage parking, including charging stations and bike parking
Gym and café on campus
Healthy snacks, espresso, and drinks
Standing desks
Game room, including ping-pong
Unlimited Flextime and 10+ paid holidays

Perks in Portland

Walking distance of breweries, landscaped parks, art galleries, restaurants and shops
Garage parking
On-site bike parking and repair station
Gym Roof top terrace with Willamette River views
Healthy snacks, espresso and drinks
Standing /Ergo friendly desk set up
Game room
Unlimited Flextime and 10+ paid holidays

Benefits & Pay

Ampere offers a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, bonus, stock, and comprehensive benefits. The full base pay range for this role is between $135,400 and $225,600, except in the San Francisco Bay Area where the range is between $146,300 and $243,800. We also offer an annual bonus program tied to internal company goals and annual meritocratic stock awards that enable our employees to participate in the success of the company. Our benefits include health, wellness, and financial programs that support employees through every stage of life, with full benefits eligibility at 20 hours per week. Beyond compensation and benefits, our passionate teams thrive in an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more - all in service of inventing industry leading cloud-native designs that contribute to a more sustainable future. We look forward to sharing more about our career opportunities through interviews.

Our Company

Ampere is designing the future of hyperscale cloud and edge computing with the world’s first cloud native processor. Built for the cloud with a modern 64-bit Arm server-based architecture, Ampere gives customers the freedom to accelerate the delivery of all cloud computing applications. With industry-leading cloud performance, power efficiency and scalability, Ampere processors are tailored for the continued growth of cloud and edge computing.

Our Story

Like the scientist behind its name, Ampere employees are innovators. We understand the needs of cloud computing and different software requirements. We are inventing what comes next and looking at everything from the structure of memory and how efficient the system is, to considerations on speed, cost of electricity and ability to cool. Power, size, weight and cost are driving the technology requirements and the innovation to come.

Our world class team of engineers, with depth and expertise in the cloud and semiconductor industries, is not only focused on the development of new semiconductor designs but also building out the first software ecosystem for Arm®-based server processors. Through the Ampere approach to the cloud and edge, we give our customers the freedom to challenge the status quo and accelerate next-generation data centers for the most memory-intensive applications. Given the challenge we have outlined, we are building a culture of entrepreneurs that ensure customers come first, proactively approaching industry challenges in the areas of security, power and performance, delivering results that matter most.

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