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Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Delivery

Lightning AI
Location
New York, New York, United States; Remote; San Francisco, California, United States
Posted
12 days ago
Department
Data Center Operations
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management or similar
  • Experience driving programs within infrastructure, cloud, platform, SRE, systems, networking, hardware, or datacenter environments
  • Strong program management fundamentals including project planning, milestones, critical path, dependencies, RAID logs, and stakeholder management
  • Ability to understand technical architecture, requirements, and dependencies
  • Proven ability to drive execution across multiple technical teams without direct authority
  • Strong communication skills to create clarity across teams
Nice to have
  • Experience supporting compute, network, storage, cloud infrastructure, hardware deployment, or capacity expansion programs
  • Experience working with hardware vendors, colocation providers, VARs, or external partners
  • Experience coordinating programs through Smartsheet
  • Experience coordinating engineering execution through Jira
  • Familiarity with infrastructure capacity planning or hardware lifecycle management
What the job really is

As a Technical Program Manager on the Infrastructure Delivery team at Lightning AI, you will drive programs related to compute, network, storage, and data center operations. Your responsibilities include managing infrastructure workstreams, coordinating across various teams, and ensuring successful execution of projects. You'll also develop technical expertise in infrastructure while progressively taking on broader program leadership.

Benefits
  • Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents
  • Meaningful Equity: RSUs that give employees a stake in the company's long-term success
  • Retirement Savings: 401(k) matching (U.S.) and pension contributions (U.K.)
  • Flexible Time Off: Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and floating holidays
  • Company-Wide Winter Break: Two weeks of company closure each winter
  • Paid Parental & Family Leave: Paid leave for family support
Things to weigh
  • No specific mention of required technical certifications or degrees
  • The role involves evolving requirements and priorities, which may lead to ambiguity
  • No salary listed beyond the range, which may not reflect final offers based on various factors
Job score3.6/5
Benefits5/5
Freshness5/5
Career value4/5
Role clarity4/5
Pay transparency0/5

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