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Senior Manager, Technical Program Management, Data Center Build and Design

TensorWave· Operations
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RemoteFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior leadership role owning the data center build and design TPM function across TensorWave’s large-scale campuses, delivering 100 MW+ deployments through a thirteen-gate program framework, building and developing a TPM team, and coordinating with construction, design, MEP engineering, and operations to bring data centers from qualification through revenue service.

Responsibilities

  • Phase gate framework ownership. Run the thirteen gate delivery structure as a live system across every active site and data hall. 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.
  • Team leadership. Build and manage a team of four to eight technical program managers across levels covering concurrent multi-site builds. Own hiring plans, capacity allocation across sites, performance calibration, career development, and onboarding/training that makes a new TPM productive on a site inside 30 days.
  • Integrated schedule and portfolio truth. Own the design and build layer of the integrated master schedule: 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 portfolio status for executive action.
  • General contractor and colocation partner accountability. Hold external contractors, landlords, and the vendor bench to scope, schedule, and deliverable quality. Own interface milestone discipline for colocation sites with landlord-controlled early gates and non-negotiable readiness reviews, acceptance, and service readiness.
  • Escalation and recovery. Act as first/last line on high priority delivery blockers. Diagnose, assemble options, drive the decision, and communicate the recovery plan in writing. Executive intervention optional.
  • Compounding delivery velocity. Capture cycle time data per gate and per site, feed lessons into the playbook, and prove site N+1 gates faster than site N. Make the framework leaner over time.

Qualifications

  • 8 to 12 years in technical program management or delivery leadership, with at least 2 to 3 years managing people.
  • Direct ownership of data center design and construction delivery at scale. Multiple concurrent sites, or a large multi-phase campus, from design through commissioning and into service.
  • Demonstrated command of stage gate delivery governance. Experience running or rebuilding a gate framework with written entry criteria and decision records.
  • Proficiency in Primavera P6 or equivalent schedule logic, critical path analysis, risk register discipline, and decision logs. Schedule truth-telling ownership.
  • Working depth across data center infrastructure: power architecture (utility feeds, generators, UPS, switchgear, PDU, busway), cooling (including liquid cooling for high density), structured cabling and fiber plant, and commissioning through factory acceptance to integrated systems testing.
  • Track record of moving engineering organizations, general contractors, and vendors with influence without authority.
  • Proven ability to build, develop, and retain a team of program managers.
  • Executive communication that starts with conclusions and includes written recommendations.
  • Willingness to travel regularly to construction sites (approx. 30-40% travel), with extended on-site presence during energization and commissioning windows.

Skills

Required:Technical program management leadershipGate-based program governanceIntegrated master schedule managementSchedule tools

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
  • 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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