Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TensorWave delivers secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute at scale through a versatile cloud platform. The Senior Manager, Technical Program Management, Data Center Build and Design will lead the technical program management function for large-scale data center design and construction, owning delivery governance, schedules, dependencies, risks, and status across major campuses. The role also builds and develops a team of technical program managers and drives accountability among contractors, colocation partners, vendors, and internal teams.
Responsibilities
- Phase gate framework ownership. Run the thirteen gate delivery structure as a live system across every active site and data hall. Gate package quality, review cadence, three outcome discipline (pass, conditional pass with a dated owner, or hold with a scheduled re-review), and conditional pass tracking to closure. No waived gates, including turnover acceptance by Operations
- Team leadership. Build and manage a team of four to eight technical program managers across levels covering concurrent multi-site builds. Own hiring plans, capacity allocation across sites, performance calibration, career development, and the onboarding and training that makes a new TPM productive on a site inside 30 days
- Integrated schedule and portfolio truth. Own the design and build layer of the integrated master schedule: critical path logic, gate milestones, interlocks between whitespace design and facility design freeze, long lead procurement commitments, and fit-out sequencing in completed zones. Produce portfolio status that executive leadership can act on without re-verifying it
- General contractor and colocation partner accountability. Hold external contractors, landlords, and the vendor bench to scope, schedule, and deliverable quality. Own the interface milestone discipline for colocation sites, where early gates are landlord controlled but our readiness reviews, acceptance, and service readiness are not
- Escalation and recovery. Be the first and usually the last line on high priority delivery blockers. Diagnose, assemble the options, drive the decision, and communicate the recovery plan in writing. Executive intervention should be a choice, not a requirement
- Compounding delivery velocity. Capture cycle time data per gate and per site, feed lessons into the playbook while they are fresh, and prove that site N+1 clears gates faster than site N. Make the framework leaner over time, never heavier
Skills
- 8 to 12 years in technical program management or delivery leadership, with at least 2 to 3 years managing people
- Direct ownership of data center design and construction delivery at scale. Multiple concurrent sites, or a large multi-phase campus, taken from design through commissioning and into service
- Demonstrated command of stage gate delivery governance. You have run a gate framework, and ideally built or materially rebuilt one, with written entry criteria and decision records rather than status meetings
- Personal fluency in schedule logic at Primavera P6 grade or equivalent, critical path analysis, risk register discipline, and decision logs. You do not delegate the truth of the schedule to a coordinator
- Working depth across data center infrastructure: power architecture (utility feeds, generators, UPS, switchgear, PDU, busway), cooling including liquid cooling for high density deployments, structured cabling and fiber plant, and commissioning level structures from factory acceptance through integrated systems testing
- Track record of moving engineering organizations, general contractors, and vendors you do not control. Influence without authority is the core mechanic of this role
- Proven ability to build, develop, and retain a team of program managers
- Executive communication that leads with the conclusion. You escalate early, in writing, with a recommendation attached
- Expect regular travel to your assigned construction site, at minimum monthly, with extended on-site presence during energization and commissioning windows. Estimated travel is 30 to 40 percent, weighted toward critical delivery milestones
- CDCDP, CDCP, or equivalent formal data center certification
- Experience delivering AI density whitespace: high kW per rack halls, direct liquid cooling integration, and pod to power granularity trade-offs
- Hyperscale, GPU cloud, or AI infrastructure background, particularly inside an organization scaling through hypergrowth
- Experience with both greenfield builds and colocation tenant deployments, including landlord interface management
- Experience standing up a program management function rather than inheriting a mature one
- Familiarity with GPU cluster deployment: rack integration, network fabric bring-up, node burn-in, and validation testing
- Candidates based near our Las Vegas or Richmond hubs are preferred
Benefits
- Stock Options
- 100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for Employees
- Company Health Savings Account Contributions
- 100% paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance for Employees
- Life and Voluntary Supplemental Insurance Options
- Other Insurance Options, such as Pet & Legal Insurance
- Various Supplementary Health Benefits, such as discounted Virtual Healthcare Appointments and Serious Illness Support
- Flexible Spending Account
- 401(k)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Other In-Office Perks
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