Technical Program Leader - AI Infrastructure
Designworks Talent · Remote · USA · Bellevue ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
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- Senior Technical Program Leader
- AI Infrastructure & Data Centers
- Hybrid (WA) or Remote (US)
- Up to 50% travel required
- No visa sponsorship
Join an early-stage technology company scaling advanced AI infrastructure. You will operate at the intersection of engineering, data center deployment, and technical execution to turn ambitious plans into production-ready environments. This role establishes execution discipline and processes to support significant expansion.
What you'll do
- Lead AI infrastructure and data center deployment programs from planning to handoff
- Coordinate site readiness, racks, cabling, power, cooling, networking, and GPU infra
- Translate technical requirements into clear deployment plans and milestones
- Partner with engineering, facilities, supply chain, OEMs, and vendors
- Manage program schedules, dependencies, critical paths, risks, and RAID logs
- Drive commissioning, testing, validation, and operational readiness
- Identify blockers early to keep complex deployments moving
- Provide concise progress updates to technical and executive leadership
What you'll need
- 7+ years in data center, technical deployment, HPC, or AI infrastructure
- Experience with rack-and-stack, cabling, power, cooling, or GPU infrastructure
- Proven ability to lead technical workstreams and coordinate stakeholders
- Strong understanding of deployment planning and production handoff
- Experience managing complex schedules, risks, and executive reporting
- Skilled in producing status reports, RAID logs, and readiness dashboards
- U.S. work authorization is required
Nice to have
- PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL, or Uptime Institute certifications
- Cisco, Arista, NVIDIA, VMware, AWS, or Azure accreditations
- Experience with NVIDIA HGX, DGX, or accelerator platforms
- Knowledge of InfiniBand, RoCE, or high-speed Ethernet fabrics
- Familiarity with direct liquid cooling and high-density racks
- Experience with Slurm, Kubernetes, or GPU fleet management
Stack
- NVIDIA HGX
- NVIDIA DGX
- InfiniBand
- RoCE
- Slurm
- Kubernetes
- Cisco
- Arista
- VMware
- AWS
- Azure
How you'll work
- Hybrid in Bellevue, WA (3 days/week) for locals
- Fully remote for qualified candidates elsewhere in the US
- Up to 50% travel may be required
- U.S. work authorization required
- No visa sponsorship available