Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Center - Engineering Operations
Nvidia
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Santa Clara, CA · Posted October 11, 2026
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About the job
We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join NVIDIA’s Server Engineering Operations Team. 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 major impact to various fields and are universally used across leading CSPs and industry datacenters, including the world’s largest Internet companies. We need passionate, hard-working, with a can-do attitude and creative people to help us take on more of these unique opportunities in data-center solutions. What you will be doing: The Technical Program Manager will have strong skills and experience in program management and engineering operations. The Technical Program Manager is encouraged to be an analytical, meticulous, effective communicator. We expect you to have the ability to work across multiple engineering teams to understand our product roadmap, as well as limitations we may encounter. Your ability to use historical trends, generate meaningful metrics, and stay tuned into rapid changes in product development plans will play a key role in helping Nvidia succeed by bringing world class enterprise products to market at the speed of light! Lead coordination, planning and execution activities for our Datacenter Server product deployments in internal development data centers. In this role you will develop and lead end-to-end project plans to improve infrastructure stability, observability, and uptime; help define and drive KPIs. Be at the intersection of engineering, operations and lab administration teams helping streamline overall engineering operations. Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases. Opportunity to interact with diverse technical groups, spanning all organizational levels. What we need to see: Proven experience and successful record of accomplishment handling sophisticated infrastructure deployments. We need 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 We are a matrix organization. We need to see experience communicating effectively across the organization with interpersonal skills, including relationship building and collaboration within a cross-functional team! Ways to stand out from the crowd: 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 NVIDIA is considered one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. Are you creative and autonomous? Do you love a challenge? If so, we want to hear from you. Come, join our Deep Learning Enterprise Server Platform team and help build the real-time, cost-effective computing platform driving our success in this exciting and quickly growing field. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 258,750 USD for Level 4, and 200,000 USD - 322,000 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits . Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 15, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.