# Technical Program Manager, Deployments
**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** New York, NY, Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $200K-$275K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Ai/Gpu Infrastructure, Data Center Construction, Networking, Ict, Commissioning, Jira, Smartsheet, Project Management, Procurement, Vendor Management
**Posted:** 2026-01-05
> Leads end-to-end delivery of data center infrastructure and AI cluster deployments, coordinating construction, networking, hardware, and operations teams across sites. Requires 5+ years in data center programs, AI/GPU expertise, and cross-functional influence in ambiguous environments.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Own program delivery for data hall and AI cluster activation, from planning through operational handoff
- Coordinate cross-functional teams responsible for construction, infrastructure, network, hardware, ICT, commissioning, and operations execution
- Translate hyperscale AI/GPU and DLC infrastructure requirements into actionable deployment plans
- Anticipate downstream impacts of technical sequencing decisions on capacity, schedule, and cluster performance
- Drive alignment across teams operating at different speeds, scopes, and time zones – including vendor and contractor partners
- Manage and hold accountable vendors, integration contractors, and third-party service providers across the deployment lifecycle
- Operate effectively in ambiguity, making progress with incomplete information and evolving requirements
- Develop and drive executive-level program status briefings that clearly communicate schedule health, risks, key decisions, and escalations paths
- Maintain clear, current program artifacts: schedules, RACI matrices, risk registers, decision logs, and deployment runbooks
- Maintain momentum through changing requirements, tight timelines, and cross-time-zone execution
- Collaborate closely with SMEs in networking, ICT, commissioning, systems engineering, product, procurement, operations, and more before execution
- Identify and drive process improvements that scale across concurrent builds and future deployments

## Requirements
**Must Haves**
- 5+ years experience in delivering complex data center physical infrastructure programs in fast-moving environments
- Strong understanding of **AI/GPU infrastructure**, including power density, cooling, networking, and deployment sequencing
- Demonstrated experience bridging construction handover and cluster deployment: candidates who are network only or construction only will not be a fit
- Familiarity with how construction, low-voltage, and commissioning activities impact deployment readiness and sequencing
- Proven ability to lead through influence rather than direct ownership of execution teams
- Proven ability to manage vendor and contractor relationships, understanding schedule and reputational risks
- Experience delivering programs across multiple concurrent sites or regions, including planning for staggered milestones
- Able to develop and present executive-level program status, risk summaries, and key decisions to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience with long-lead procurement processes, and hardware supply chain constraints that affect deployment timelines
- Actively collaborate with SMEs across multiple domains to validate plans and resolve gaps
- Comfortable operating with limited process and evolving inputs in a high-growth, intense environment
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative, fill gaps, and drive execution beyond defined scope, without being directed to do so
- Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on program management
- Comfortable operating outside standard business to meet deployment timelines
- Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills – able to ensure teams at all levels understand priorities and dependencies
- Strong execution mindset with the ability to balance speed, quality, and risk
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision making
- Automation-first mindset with commitment to identifying and implementing process improvements
- Willing and able to travel to data center locations, sometimes on short notice; expect to spend up to 60% of your time traveling

**Nice To Haves**
- DCD, PMP, CDCPM, CDCMP, CDCP or DCDC Certification(s)
- ITIL Foundation Certification
- **JIRA**, **Smartsheet**, or similar project tracking and workflow management experience
- Knowledge of infrastructure automation and deployment tools
- Experience managing BPO or contract labor pools during large-scale hardware deployment phases
- Background in material coordination or logistics management at scale during active deployment (receiving, cycle counting, site-to-site transfers)

## Compensation
- Base salary range: **$200,000 - $275,000** per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location
- Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity)
- Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms
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