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Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun - where everyone can succeed.\nJoin us to transform the way the world works.\n At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.\nThis role will be based in Mountain View, CA.\nWe are looking for a Commodity Manager / NPI lead to drive sourcing strategy, cost management, and supply assurance for our datacenter hardware portfolio . This role ensures we have secure, scalable, and cost-efficient access to critical components for new products that support LinkedIn's rapidly growing global compute footprint. In this role, you will collaborate closely with engineering, Capacity planning, finance and our global commodity vendor ecosystem to deliver cost effective and reliable infrastructure at scale.\nResponsibilities:\nCommodity strategy and market intelligence - Develop and own the strategy across CPU, GPU, DRAM, NAND, HDD etc. Monitor market trends, silicon transitions, pricing cycles, supply health and technology roadmaps. Provide insights to inform LRP and annual hardware budget decisions.\nSupplier and Vendor Management - Manage day-to-day and strategic relationships with suppliers across silicon and component vendors. Lead QBRs, roadmap alignment sessions and performance scorecards. 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Drive decisions on EOL transitions, component refresh cycle, and adoption of new technology.\nCross functional leadership - Work closely with engineering to influence hardware architecture decisions and vendor selection. Partner with capacity planning, supply planning and DC operations to understand deployment needs / timelines. Collaborate with finance on cost forecast and CapEx modeling.\n Basic Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field\n10+ years of experience in commodity management, vendor management and hardware sourcing or supply chain for datacenter/enterprise. \nExperience managing silicon, memory and storage components \nExperience with silicon lifecycles, DRAM/NAND market dynamics and datacenter hardware architecture. \nProven negotiation experience and ability to manage executive level relationships. \nExperience leading complex technical programs in compute, storage, or networking hardware\nExperience with analytical skills with ability to model cost, supply and risk tradeoffs. \nExperience working with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and global production teams\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster’s degree in an engineering discipline\nExperience with hyperscale infrastructure or data center environments\nDemonstrated ability to work closely with C-level executives, particularly for commodities to ensure alignment on NPI roadmaps and best in class pricing/availability\nFamiliarity with ERP solutions and hardware PLM tools\nDemonstrated ability to influence decision-making across engineering, operations, and sourcing\nExperience with infrastructure supply ecosystem and risk mitigation strategies\nSuggested Skills:\nSystems Thinking\nCross-functional Communication\nStakeholder Management\nHardware Infrastructure\nYou will Benefit from our Culture:\nWe strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels\nLinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.\nThe pay range for this role is $136,000 to $221,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.\nThe total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.\n Equal Opportunity Statement\nWe seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.\nLinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.\nIf you need a Reasonable Accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us and describe the specific Accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.\nFill out an Accommodation request here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/b660a0327d044969abfd7a4e73d15c36\nReasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:\nDocuments in alternate formats or read aloud to you\nHaving interviews in an accessible location\nBeing accompanied by a service dog\nHaving a sign language interpreter present for the interview\nA request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.\nLinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. 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