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NVIDIA

Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Center - Engineering Operations

$168K–$322K

US, CA, Santa Clara +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 31, 2026

Location
US, CA, Santa Clara
US, OR, Hillsboro
Experience
10+ years as a TPM or hands-on leader in a similar collaborative role involving multiple engineering teams and enterprise hardware products.
Education
Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Leads cross-functional planning and execution of data center server deployments, improving infrastructure stability, observability, and uptime across engineering operations.

What you'll do

  • Develop and lead end-to-end deployment plans, define KPIs, and coordinate engineering, operations, and lab administration teams.
  • Manage programs through analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation.
  • Use historical trends and project metrics to track progress and adapt to product development changes.

What they ask for

  • Proven success handling sophisticated infrastructure deployments, with Service Management or Engineering Operations experience.
  • 10+ years as a TPM or hands-on leader in a similar collaborative role involving multiple engineering teams and enterprise hardware products.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience leading cross-organizational programs, influencing partners, defining and collecting metrics, and communicating across teams.

Nice to have

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

Pay

168,000 USD – 258,750 USD (base salary, Level 4); 200,000 USD – 322,000 USD (base salary, Level 5)

AI focus

The role involves no stated AI work; NVIDIA states it uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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First seen Oct 16, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)