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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead/Staff Technical Program Manager - **Company:** DigitalOcean, LLC - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $148,800.0 - $217,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Basic Data Partition, Cloud Computing, Computer Clusters, Data Centers, Issue Tracking Systems, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Hardware Acceleration, Virtual Agents - **Published:** June 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d8182a0afe268279 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Vendor relationship management?, * 10+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, successfully coordinating hardware, facilities, or data center infrastructure projects. * Strong understanding of hardware deployment workflows, ideally from working at a cloud provider, colocation facility, or specialized AI company. * Familiarity with basic data center concepts, meaning you understand the fundamentals of rack space, power limits, and cooling requirements needed for dense AI hardware. * A solid grasp of the procurement lifecycle, including tracking orders, forecasting demand, and managing long lead times to ensure hardware shows up on time. * Basic familiarity with the AI/ML hardware space, understanding why customers use GPUs and the high-level physical differences required for training versus inference workloads. * Experience with external vendor coordination, effectively working with colocation facility managers or remote hands to guide physical work happening off-site. * Strong risk management skills, with a proven ability to spot deployment risks early, whether it is a delayed hardware shipment or a facility constraint, and build plans to keep the project moving. * Cross-functional teamwork capabilities, acting as a reliable bridge between deeply technical teams (like network and data center engineering) and operational teams (like supply chain). * Proficiency in project management tooling, feeling comfortable using standard tracking and ticketing systems to document deployment steps, track hardware inventory, and report on progress. * Excellent communication and organization skills, with a proven ability to bring order to fast-moving environments and keep diverse teams focused on a shared timeline. ## Description We are looking for a Lead Technical Program Manager to lead the data center build-outs for our high-density GPUs. You will be a driving force between hardware vendors, Data Center Architects, and the end to end oversight of doing a GPU Deployment. You'll join a fast-paced team dedicated to scaling our Agentic AI Cloud, making sure our physical hardware is deployed quickly and correctly to meet our customers' heavy compute needs., * Support hardware deployment projects for high-density GPU clusters, coordinating the steps from early site planning all the way through the final rack-and-stack. * Manage hardware delivery schedules tracking vendor lead times and working closely with the supply chain team to ensure servers and equipment arrive at the data center exactly when needed. * Coordinate physical installations by partnering with colocation providers, remote hands, and internal networking teams to make sure space, power, and cables are prepped before hardware arrives. * Act as the central hub of communication keeping supply chain, facilities, hardware engineers, and outside vendors aligned to keep deployment schedules on track. * Help translate customer AI needs like the difference between building for training versus inference into clear deployment plans for our hardware and facility teams. * Build repeatable deployment processes identifying logistical roadblocks and fixing them so we can consistently get new GPUs online faster. ## Related Videos - [The Sustainability Race: AI's Promises, Pitfalls and Potential](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100155-the-sustainability-race-ai-s-promises-pitfalls-and-potential) - [Guiding Agentic AI with Vue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2033-guiding-agentic-ai-with-vue) - [Green Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/592-green-cloud-computing) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [AI Factories at Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1139-ai-factories-at-scale) - [Building the Nervous System of AI - Michael Kagan (NVIDIA)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2133-building-the-nervous-system-of-ai-michael-kagan-nvidia) ## Related Articles - [Should Tech Managers Be Developers First? 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