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Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Center Build and Design

TensorWave· Operations
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RemoteFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Technical Program Manager responsible for end-to-end delivery of a high-capacity data center campus, owning site-level planning, gate delivery, scheduling, risk, and cross-functional coordination to ensure on-time delivery from design through commissioning and revenue service.

Responsibilities

  • Phase gate execution. Run the thirteen gate delivery structure for your assigned campus, across every active data hall or delivery phase on that site. Gate package quality, review cadence, three outcome discipline (pass, conditional pass with a dated owner, or hold with a scheduled re-review), and conditional pass tracking to closure. No waived gates, including turnover acceptance by Operations.
  • Site-level integrated schedule. Own the design and build layer of the integrated schedule for your campus: critical path logic, gate milestones, interlocks between whitespace design and facility design freeze, long lead procurement commitments, and fit-out sequencing in completed zones. Produce site status that rolls up cleanly into the portfolio view the Director and executive leadership rely on.
  • General contractor and colocation partner coordination. Hold the general contractor, landlord, and vendor bench on your site to scope, schedule, and deliverable quality day to day. Manage the interface milestone discipline for colocation sites, where early gates are landlord controlled but readiness reviews, acceptance, and service readiness are not.
  • On-site risk and issue management. Maintain the risk register and decision log for your campus. Identify delivery blockers early, drive them to resolution at your level, and escalate to the Director with options and a recommendation attached when a blocker requires portfolio level or executive intervention.
  • Cross-functional coordination. Be the single point of coordination between Construction Engineering and Design, MEP Engineering, Network, and Operations for everything happening on your site, so each function sees one integrated plan rather than five disconnected ones.
  • Feeding the playbook. Capture cycle time data per gate on your site, flag what worked and what did not while it is fresh, and feed lessons back into the Director and the shared delivery playbook so the next site benefits from what you learned on this one.

Qualifications

  • 5 to 8 years in technical program management or delivery roles, with direct, hands-on ownership of data center design and construction delivery.
  • Experience taking at least one large scale data center or multi-phase campus from design through commissioning and into service.
  • Working fluency with stage gate delivery governance: written entry criteria, gate packages, and decision records rather than status meetings alone.
  • Personal fluency in schedule logic at Primavera P6 grade or equivalent, critical path analysis, risk register discipline, and decision logs. You do not delegate the truth of the schedule to someone else.
  • Working depth across data center infrastructure: power architecture (utility feeds, generators, UPS, switchgear, PDU, busway), cooling including liquid cooling for high density deployments, structured cabling and fiber plant, and commissioning level structures from factory acceptance through integrated systems testing.
  • Demonstrated ability to hold general contractors and vendors accountable without direct authority over them.
  • Clear, structured written and verbal communication. You escalate early, in writing, with a recommendation attached.
  • Expect regular travel to your assigned construction site, at minimum monthly, with extended on-site presence during energization and commissioning windows. Estimated travel is 30 to 40 percent, weighted toward critical delivery milestones.

Skills

Required:Gate delivery governanceIntegrated scheduling (Primavera P6)Risk management and decision logsData center infrastructure knowledgeVendor / GC management without direct authority

Benefits

  • Stock Options
  • 100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for Employees
  • Company Health Savings Account Contributions
  • 100% paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance for Employees
  • Life and Voluntary Supplemental Insurance Options
  • Other Insurance Options, such as Pet & Legal Insurance
  • Various Supplementary Health Benefits, such as discounted Virtual Healthcare Appointments and Serious Illness Support
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • 401(k)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Flexible PTO
  • Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • Other In-Office Perks
Last updated Sep 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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