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.
*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco/San Jose office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.
Lambda is a rapidly scaling AI cloud infrastructure company, purpose-built to support the most demanding AI workloads. As we expand our platform to serve the world’s leading AI labs and enterprises, we are making multi-billion-dollar investments in data center capacity and compute clusters and securing long-term customer contracts that underpin the next generation of AI innovation.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Enterprise Risk Manager to lead the design, execution, and oversight of our enterprise-wide risk management framework. You will partner with executives and business leaders across the organization to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate strategic, financial, operational, and compliance risks. The ideal candidate is a proven risk leader with deep experience in risk oversight within high-growth, capital-intensive industries, has strong analytical skills, executive presence, and the credibility to advise executives and the Board on risk strategy.
What You’ll Do
Enterprise Risk Framework
Design and implement Lambda’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework, policies and governance aligned with our rapid AI infrastructure scaling.
Drive risk culture and awareness across all business units.
Risk Identification & Assessment
Assess risks related to large-scale data center procurement, long-term customer contracts, and multi-billion-dollar financing structures.
Partner with Finance on capital markets risk (debt, liquidity, interest rates, covenants) and with Operations on construction, vendor, and supply chain risks.
Monitor external risks such as regulatory shifts, geopolitical uncertainty, and evolving AI industry dynamics.
Oversee enterprise-wide risk assessments, including emerging risks and strategic threats.
Evaluate business processes, controls, and external environment to identify potential vulnerabilities.
Monitoring & Reporting
Define risk appetite and tolerance levels, ensuring alignment with growth objectives and stakeholder expectations (including Lambda’s board).
Develop metrics and risk appetite / tolerance statements.
Build a risk dashboard for executives and the Board, highlighting exposures, mitigation strategies, and emerging threats.
Provide regular reporting to executive leadership, the Audit & Risk Committee, and the Board on key risks, trends, and mitigation strategies.
Strategic Partnership
Act as a trusted advisor to our executives, business and functional leaders, ensuring risks are considered in strategic initiatives, new products, major contracts, financings and large-scale projects.
Scenario Planning & Stress Testing
Lead scenario analyses (e.g., supply chain disruptions, interest rate spikes, power shortages) to stress-test the business model.
Ensure business continuity planning is robust and scalable.
Governance & Controls
Lead scenario planning, stress testing, and contingency planning exercises.
Ensure compliance with regulatory expectations related to risk governance.
Team Leadership
Attract, mentor and grow risk professionals while building a culture of accountability and risk awareness across Lambda.
You
10+ years of risk management experience, ideally in cloud infrastructure, financial services, or large-scale technology/energy industries.
Deep knowledge of ERM frameworks (e.g., COSO, ISO 31000) and risk management best practices.
Ability to present key initiatives to executive leadership and Board and drive strategic decisions regarding risk management.
Strong understanding of financial, operational, and technology risks, including cybersecurity, third-party/vendor, and regulatory risks.
Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Advanced degree (MBA, Finance, Risk) and/or relevant certifications (FRM, CPA, CIA, CERA) that demonstrate proficiency in risk management.
What We Offer
Opportunity to shape the risk strategy of a next-generation AI cloud leader.
Exposure to multi-billion-dollar growth initiatives and direct interaction with Lambda’s executive leadership and Board.
Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits.
A culture of innovation, collaboration, and bold execution in building the future of AI infrastructure.
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.
Top Skills
What We Do
Lambda provides computation to accelerate human progress. We're a team of Deep Learning engineers building the world's best GPU workstations and servers. Our products power engineers and researchers at the forefront of human knowledge. Customers include Microsoft, MIT, Los Alamos National Lab, Disney, Tencent, Kaiser Permanente, Stanford, Harvard, Caltech, and the Department of Defense.
