Sourcing Manager, Data Operations

**Summary:** Meta is seeking an experienced Sourcing Manager to join our Strategic Sourcing team, focused on the Data Operations outsourcing programs that power our Gen AI efforts.This is a unique opportunity to partner with teams across Meta and shape the company's growth through effective sourcing solutions.Within Meta's Finance organization, Strategic Sourcing owns end-to-end indirect sourcing, market and spend analysis, contracting, and supplier strategy.As Sourcing Manager, Data Operations, you'll work closely with business and research teams across Meta and its affiliates to develop and execute sourcing, contracting, and purchasing strategies that drive business objectives. This is a fast-moving environment of rapid growth and experimentation, where the ability to pivot quickly is critical.The role supports global programs and requires international travel. **Required Skills:** Sourcing Manager, Data Operations Responsibilities: 1. Build collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across Meta to develop, implement, and optimize outsourcing and vendor management solutions for Gen AI data annotation and collection vendors 2. Proactively identify, track, and manage risks and issues across programs 3. Identify, develop, and deploy industry-leading supplier management, procurement, and category management practices 4. Prepare and manage sourcing documents, contracts, statements of work, and related procurement documents, driving the legal, financial, and technical aspects of outsourced programs 5. Lead contract negotiations that maximize value to the company 6. Ensure program success through strong performance management and governance, in partnership with the business 7. Manage complex sourcing projects end to end: planning, execution, measurement, and optimization 8. Collaborate with our Sourcing Category, Contract Management, and Procurement Operations teams, along with cross-functional partners in Compliance, Privacy, Legal, and InfoSec 9. Align regional and local processes to Meta's global operating model, applying established vendor management policies, standards, and practices 10. Build and cultivate strategic relationships with key suppliers. Provide market intelligence and strategic sourcing updates to the leadership 11. Manage, coordinate, and support special projects as needed **Minimum Qualifications:** Minimum Qualifications: 12. 6+ years of sourcing experience, ideally in tech or AI domains 13. Demonstrated success in negotiating complex contracts and managing vendor relationships 14. Excellent program management skills, with a track record of building successful relationships across business stakeholders, cross-functional groups, and third parties 15. Strong commercial negotiation skills, using multiple levers beyond rate (e.g., volume discounts, quality thresholds, speed to market, service levels) 16. A deep understanding of balancing speed, quality, and cost in sourcing decisions for frontier models in a fast-paced Gen AI environment 17. Proficiency in building and maintaining dashboards and reporting tools to support sourcing decisions 18. Experience using data to drive sourcing and negotiation strategies 19. Experience driving change and improving end-to-end processes 20. Knowledge of the legal, financial, and technical components of outsourcing 21. Experience in managing a global vendor portfolio 22. Experience organizing complex workstreams and solving ambiguous problems by breaking them into structured, actionable steps 23. Proven ability to synthesize complex information into crisp, executive-ready summaries for leadership audiences **Preferred Qualifications:** Preferred Qualifications: 24. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies 25. Experience sourcing annotations for ML/AI model development and/or large language model development 26. Experience in managing high-volume data annotation sourcing programs 27. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements) 28. Experience working in a startup or other dynamic, high-growth company 29. Certification in project management or process improvement methodologies 30. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews) 31. Experience working with BPOs, crowdsourced/freelance platforms, and boutique data vendors **Public Compensation:** $139,000/year to $196,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits **Industry:** Internet **Equal Opportunity:** Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. 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