Global Sourcing Manager, Fiber & Optics

FluidStack

Global Sourcing Manager focused on fiber and optics components supply. Managing sourcing, demand forecasting, and procurement agreements in AI infrastructure.

Posted 7/18/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $239,000 - $278,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in sourcing and managing optics and fiber connectivity components, with a strong focus on demand forecasting, interop qualification, and negotiation of volume agreements. Capable of tracking consumption against forecasts and addressing engineering skepticism effectively.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Optics SourcingFiber Connectivity ManagementInterop QualificationDemand ForecastingVolume Negotiation

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Hard Skills

Optics UnderstandingTransceiver ManagementSpec Mismatch IdentificationConsumption TrackingCable Assembly Manufacturing

Soft Skills

NegotiationProblem-SolvingCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Interop Testing ProgramsCommodity Price Hedging

Industry Keywords

800G Optics1.6T OpticsFiber CablingConnectivity Components

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the fiber and optics category: transceivers, fiber cabling, and connectivity components at hundreds of thousands of terminations per building.
Negotiate volume agreements on optics where unit price times quantity makes small percentages worth millions.
Dual-source transceiver types and manage interop qualification so second sources are real, not theoretical.
Forecast optics demand from network designs and keep supply ahead of installation crews.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You've sourced optics, fiber, or connectivity components at high volume.
You understand optics well enough (form factors, reaches, compatibility) to catch a spec mismatch before it ships.
You've qualified second-source components and managed the engineering skepticism that comes with it.
You track consumption against forecast weekly and correct early.
Bonus: 800G/1.6T optics markets. Cable assembly manufacturing. Interop testing programs. Commodity price hedging.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Equity in the form of restricted stock units