Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Center - Engineering Operations

$156,000 - $299,000/Yr

Nvidia - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Senior

Santa Clara, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join NVIDIA's Server Engineering Operations Team. In this role, you will be the cross-section between execution and strategy, driving impactful programs and delivering measurable results across many functions of R&D Engineering Operations. NVIDIA's enterprise server platforms have made a significant impact in various fields and are universally used across leading Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and industry data centers, including the world's largest internet companies. We need passionate, hard-working individuals with a can-do attitude and creative minds to help us tackle more unique opportunities in data-center solutions. As a Technical Program Manager, you will need strong skills and experience in program management and engineering operations. You are encouraged to be analytical, meticulous, and an effective communicator. Your ability to work across multiple engineering teams to understand our product roadmap, as well as the limitations we may encounter, is crucial. Utilizing historical trends, generating meaningful metrics, and staying attuned to rapid changes in product development plans will play a key role in helping NVIDIA succeed by bringing world-class enterprise products to market swiftly. You will lead coordination, planning, and execution activities for our Datacenter Server product deployments in internal development data centers. In this capacity, you will develop and lead end-to-end project plans aimed at improving infrastructure stability, observability, and uptime, while helping to define and drive Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). You will be at the intersection of engineering, operations, and lab administration teams, helping to streamline overall engineering operations. Additionally, you will provide hands-on program management during the analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation phases, with opportunities to interact with diverse technical groups across all organizational levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead coordination, planning, and execution activities for Datacenter Server product deployments in internal development data centers.
• Develop and lead end-to-end project plans to improve infrastructure stability, observability, and uptime.
• Define and drive Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Streamline overall engineering operations by collaborating with engineering, operations, and lab administration teams.
• Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation phases.

Requirements

• Proven experience and successful record of accomplishment handling sophisticated infrastructure deployments.
• Solid Service Management or Engineering Operations experience.
• 10+ years of experience as a TPM or hands-on leader in a similar collaborative role involving multiple engineering teams, developing enterprise hardware products.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading cross-organizational programs, effectively influencing partners and holding them accountable to goals, timelines, and deliverables.
• Analytical and problem-solving experience including experience defining and collecting key metrics across projects.
• Experience communicating effectively across the organization with interpersonal skills, including relationship building and collaboration within a cross-functional team.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of software engineering principles, enterprise system architecture, and parallel computing.
• Prior experience in hardware or software QA best practices.
• Experience with productivity tools and process automation.
• Experience with engineering operations tools, triage, and overall methodology.

Benefits

• Equity options as part of compensation package.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching contributions.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.