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THE ROLE:
The Technical Project Manager will lead key engineering initiatives and manage AI Data Center deployments from concept to execution, including validation, optimization, and customer enablement. You will work across engineering and business functions to meet product objectives, drive schedules, and ensure resource and infrastructure readiness. The role blends strategic project management with hands-on execution, process definition, project structure, and continuous improvement.
THE PERSON:
You are a proactive and highly organized technical project manager with strong execution skills and the ability to manage complex dependencies across hardware, firmware, and software. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, communicate clearly with engineering and executive stakeholders, and excel at driving schedules, resolving issues, and maintaining strong cross-functional relationships. You bring structure, accountability, and operational discipline to project execution.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Define, plan, and drive projects and project plans based on management and senior technical guidance.
- Develop project schedules considering drivers, software stack components, hardware/firmware dependencies, and negotiate staffing plans.
- Manage the end-to-end cluster development cycle, including forecasting, sourcing, procurement, and infrastructure readiness.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define dependencies, eliminate process gaps, and prevent delays.
- Maintain the Plan of Record (POR) and hold teams accountable for deliverables.
- Establish, enforce, and refine processes to achieve operational efficiency.
- Participate in forums to provide concise updates to executives and engineering teams.
- Build and maintain formal project management artifacts (Plan of Record, statements of work, timelines, budget, scope, KPIs).
- Plan for risks, identify prevention methods, and drive issue resolution to optimize engineering costs.
- Communicate project concepts, milestones, and progress regularly with stakeholders.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Multiple years of technical project management experience leading integrated system-level solutions spanning hardware and software.
- Proven self-starter with a record of taking initiative and delivering results.
- Excellent communication, executive presentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organization and planning skills with experience driving development schedules and managing project risk.
- Proactive in involving the appropriate contributors in planning, decision-making, and implementation.
- Skilled in problem resolution with internal and external engineering groups.
- Thrives in fast-paced environments and maintains productive cross-functional relationships.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Teams, and data analysis using visual dashboards (pivot tables, PowerBI, etc.).
- Experience with Agile methodology.
- Engineering background preferred.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or with a Master's degree preferred.
- Formal Project Management education; PMP certification/designation is a plus.
LOCATION: Temple, TX
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship
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