Data Center Strategy - EdgeActive$166K–$271K

We are seeking a new Data Center Strategy team member to improve the quality and unit cost and grow the size and number of our colocation sites/PoPs, and help us understand where on the map Cloudflare’s infrastructure needs to go next. You possess a broad set of contacts across…

What you'll do

• Define regional vendor strategy for data centers

• Own deals end to end involving new and existing data center vendors and sites: to support Cloudflare’s infrastructure growth including planning, RFP, commercial negotiation and execution

• Work cross-functionally with legal, operations, capacity planning, network: strategy and security teams to understand requirements and project timelines

• Establish and conduct scheduled QBR and other vendor management activities with top category partners

• Represent Cloudflare credibly to external partner C-level senior management and at public conferences/events

• Expert point of contact for internal business customers & external colocation partner vendors as needed

What they're looking for

• Contribute information to annual data center budget for effective tracking: and benchmarking of infrastructure costs
• Review colocation spend & invoices for management approval
• Other duties as assigned
• + years in planning and managing data center footprints within a fast moving: enterprise technology organization or cloud services, software or colocation company