Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning, focused on developing an end-to-end platform for AI systems. They are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead complex programs across infrastructure, ensuring effective execution and alignment among various teams.
Responsibilities
- Drive execution across multiple infrastructure programs, including network builds and upgrades, storage initiatives, datacenter builds and expansions, and hardware/platform rollouts
- Own program planning, milestone definition, and dependency management across parallel workstreams
- Partner with Infra Engineering, Network, DC Operations, Hardware, Security, and Platform teams to align scope, timelines, and delivery
- Coordinate execution across initiatives such as:
- Network expansions, upgrades, and large-scale migrations
- Datacenter expansions and capacity growth
- Hardware bring-up and infrastructure readiness
- Next-generation platform rollouts (e.g. new GPU architectures), ensuring end-to-end readiness across infrastructure layers
- Drive cross-functional alignment to ensure infrastructure is ready for deployment, bring-up, and customer usage
- Manage risks, blockers, and dependencies across engineering and operations teams
- Provide clear, concise program updates to leadership, highlighting progress, risks, and mitigation plans
- Operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment with shifting priorities
- Contribute to improving execution frameworks, tooling, and program visibility across the infrastructure organization
Skills
- 8+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager in infrastructure, cloud, or distributed systems environments
- Strong experience driving execution across multiple technical workstreams (network, compute, storage, datacenter infrastructure)
- Proven ability to coordinate complex, cross-functional programs without needing to be the deepest domain expert in every area
- Experience operating across multiple infrastructure domains rather than a single area of specialization
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments with evolving priorities and limited process
- Strong communicator who can align engineering, operations, and leadership stakeholders
- Skilled in program planning, dependency management, and risk mitigation
- Able to manage multiple programs simultaneously while maintaining execution quality
- Experience supporting infrastructure scale-out, hardware deployment, or capacity expansion programs
- Familiarity with GPU/compute platforms, network infrastructure, storage systems, or datacenter operations
- Experience coordinating infrastructure readiness for new hardware or platform rollouts
- Background working in fast-paced or high-growth environments
- Experience partnering across hardware, network, and platform/software teams
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage (U.S.); Private medical and dental insurance (U.K.)
- Retirement and financial wellness support (U.S.); Pension contribution (U.K.)
- Generous paid time off, plus holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Professional development support
- Wellness and work-from-home stipends
- Flexible work environment
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