Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, builds Gigawatt-scale AI Factories for Training and Inference. Lambda’s mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give every person access to artificial intelligence. One person, one GPU.
If you’d like to build the world’s best deep learning cloud, join us.
What You’ll Do
As the Manager of DC Infrastructure Expense Management, you will own expense governance across Lambda’s Data Center and Network portfolios. This role sits at the intersection of business operations, supplier management, and strategic planning—ensuring our infrastructure investments are well-managed, transparent, and aligned with growth priorities. You’ll partner closely with DC and Network Account Managers, Finance, and leadership to track portfolio health, forecast spend, and identify opportunities for efficiency and reinvestment.
You will:
Lead end-to-end expense management for Lambda’s Data Center and Network portfolios, ensuring visibility into all recurring and variable costs.
Partner with DC and Network Account Managers to align expense forecasts with demand plans and supplier delivery.
Drive portfolio reporting across forecast vs. actuals, spend trends, and key cost drivers.
Build dashboards and reporting frameworks to provide executives with clear, actionable insights into portfolio performance.
Support supplier negotiations and renewals with cost analysis, benchmarking, and scenario modeling.
Identify and implement process improvements to streamline expense tracking, forecasting, and reporting workflows.
Help shape automation and tooling solutions to support scalable, data-driven portfolio governance.
Lead and develop a small team, fostering a culture of accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
About You
Experienced in managing large-scale infrastructure expense portfolios, ideally across data center, network, or cloud environments.
Operationally strong and analytically sharp, able to turn data into clear insights that inform business decisions.
Detail-oriented, structured, and proactive, with a track record of driving clarity in dynamic, high-growth settings.
Collaborative, humble, and driven, comfortable managing up, working cross-functionally, and building strong partnerships.
A team builder who leads with empathy, curiosity, and commitment to growth and development.
Thrives in startup-like environments where structure is being built and impact is tangible.
Nice to Have
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Operations, or a related field.
Proven experience managing expense tracking, supplier costs, and portfolio reporting in a technology or infrastructure setting.
Experience with tooling and dashboards for operational and expense management.
Salary Range Information
The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
About Lambda
Founded in 2012, ~400 employees (2025) and growing fast
We offer generous cash & equity compensation
Our investors include Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, US Innovative Technology, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, Crescent Cove.
We are experiencing extremely high demand for our systems, with quarter over quarter, year over year profitability
Our research papers have been accepted into top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
Wellness and Commuter stipends for select roles
401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Flexible Paid Time Off Plan that we all actually use
A Final Note:
You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
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