Senior Logistics Program Manager - Supply Chain Life Cycle Operations

Location: San Jose Office (Zanker), United States; hybrid with required presence in the San Jose office 4 days per week. Tuesday is the designated work-from-home day.

Annual salary: $161K–$215K.

Company

Lambda is an AI cloud infrastructure company serving AI researchers, enterprises, and hyperscalers with compute infrastructure.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end logistics strategy and network design for data center hardware, new site launches, regional expansion, and capacity ramps.
• Select, onboard, and manage carriers, freight forwarders, 3PLs, warehouse partners, and vendor relationships.
• Manage inventory, warehouse operations, asset tracking by serial number, spares strategy, and hardware flows from receipt through deployment, RMA, and decommissioning.
• Develop reverse logistics, RMA, warranty return, repair, ITAD, resale, and secure data-bearing device handling flows.
• Maintain import, export, customs, classification, documentation, and country-specific compliance for controlled technology including advanced GPUs.
• Own logistics workflows in ERP and inventory systems, build reporting, maintain SOPs, manage budgets, and drive risk mitigation with Procurement, Supply Chain Planning, Data Center Operations, Finance, Legal, and suppliers.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in logistics, supply chain, or inventory operations, including 3+ years managing people and a multi-site vendor network.
• Experience moving high-value technical equipment such as servers, networking gear, or electronics.
• Hands-on experience with domestic and international freight, customs, and carrier management.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP and inventory systems as a key user or through a system rollout.
• Ability to build reports in spreadsheets or BI tools and use data to make operational decisions.
• Track record of building or scaling logistics processes, teams, and budgets through rapid growth.
• Clear communication and ability to influence senior stakeholders, carriers, and suppliers under tight timelines.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting data center, hyperscale, or cloud infrastructure buildouts.
• Familiarity with export controls and trade compliance for advanced computing hardware.
• Experience with RMA programs, ITAD, and secure handling of data-bearing devices.
• Experience with logistics budgeting, freight cost forecasting, or 3PL contract management.
• APICS/ASCM certification such as CSCP or CLTD.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience monitoring inventory accuracy, damage and loss rate, freight cost versus budget, and RMA cycle time.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a fast-growing AI cloud infrastructure company founded in 2012 with 500+ employees.
• Generous cash and equity compensation.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles.
• 401(k) plan with a 2% company match for USA employees.
• Flexible paid time off plan.