Sr. Program Manager, DC Portfolio & Vendor Mgt.

Lead datacenter portfolio, vendor, and contract management for Cerebras' global AI infrastructure programs. Requires 8+ years managing complex infrastructure/technology programs with strong vendor, contract, budget, and cross-functional stakeholder experience.

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On-site8+ YOETechnical Program Management

About the role

Responsibilities

Portfolio Management

Own the centralized portfolio of global datacenter projects
Track capacity deployments, schedules, milestones, risks, and dependencies
Develop executive dashboards and portfolio health reporting
Coordinate planning across Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain

Contract Management

Own lifecycle management of datacenter contracts
Coordinate contract negotiations with Legal and Procurement
Track key commercial terms, renewals, amendments, and obligations
Maintain repository of supplier agreements and commercial documentation

Vendor Management

Manage strategic relationships with colocation providers, construction partners, power and utility providers, network providers, equipment vendors, and professional services partners
Track vendor performance against SLAs and KPIs
Drive quarterly business reviews
Resolve commercial escalations

Financial Operations

Track purchase commitments and contract values
Partner with Finance on forecasting and budget management
Coordinate invoice approvals and payment workflows
Monitor spend against approved budgets
Support capital expenditure planning

Program Operations

Build scalable operational processes for the rapidly growing datacenter organization
Drive governance reviews
Maintain risk registers
Coordinate executive reporting
Improve portfolio management tooling and reporting automation

Qualifications

Required

8+ years managing complex infrastructure, construction, or technology programs
Experience managing large vendor portfolios
Strong contract administration experience
Budget ownership experience ($10M+ preferred)
Experience working with Finance and Legal organizations
Excellent project management skills
Ability to work across highly technical engineering organizations
Outstanding communication and executive presentation skills

Preferred

Experience with one or more of: hyperscale datacenters, cloud infrastructure, AI infrastructure, colocation providers, construction management, critical facilities, supply chain operations
ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, NetSuite)
Coupa, Jira, Smartsheet, Airtable
Tableau or Power BI

Skills

Project ManagementContract ManagementVendor ManagementBudget ManagementPortfolio ManagementERP SystemsJiraSmartsheetTableauPower BI

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