Lead Technical Project Manager - AI Datacenter Hardware

Nebius; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Career growth

Flexibility

Collaborative culture

Impactful AI projects

International environment

Job summary

Nebius in Amsterdam is seeking a Technical Project Manager to own server and rack-level production projects for large-scale AI datacenter infrastructure. You will align capacity planning, hardware architecture, procurement, ODM production, logistics, and deployment teams to ensure the right GPU, compute, and storage gear is ordered, produced, delivered, and deployed on schedule.

You should have strong server hardware knowledge and proven project-management skills, plus experience with ODMs/OEMs

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex hardware production, manufacturing, supply chain, infrastructure, or datacenter delivery projects.
• Strong understanding of modern server architectures, especially high-performance GPU-based environments.
• Knowledge of server components and ability to configure hardware for different service needs.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new server platforms, components, and technologies.
• Experience working with ODMs, OEMs, factories, hardware vendors, or contract manufacturers.
• Experience with BOMs, component planning, production timelines, and factory execution.
• Strong project management skills, including Gantt charts, milestones, dependencies, and risk tracking.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and vendor management skills.
• High ownership, structured thinking, and ability to drive work-streams outside the narrow TPM scope.

Responsibilities

• Align server and rack requirements with capacity planning and datacenter architecture teams.
• Translate project demand into hardware inputs for procurement and ODM production.
• Decompose required key parts, including CPUs, memory, drives, NICs, and other components.
• Validate procured components for compatibility with server configurations.
• Place and track production orders with ODM partners; coordinate BOM readiness and timelines.
• Manage a portfolio of production projects across multiple vendors and projects.
• Track risks, blockers, dependencies, and recovery plans.
• Escalate issues early and support quality control, deployment scheduling, and timeline recovery.
• Provide regular production status, risk updates, and decision points to stakeholders.
• Drive issue resolution across planning, procurement, production, testing, logistics, and deployment.
• Continous improvements after each production cycle and feedback into future projects.

Skills

Project management

Hardware production

Vendor management

Gantt charts

Risk tracking

Cross-functional coordination

Negotiation

Ownership mindset

Problem solving

Datacenter logistics

Job description

Nebius in Amsterdam is seeking a Technical Project Manager to own server and rack-level production projects for large-scale AI datacenter infrastructure. You will align capacity planning, hardware architecture, procurement, ODM production, logistics, and deployment teams to ensure the right GPU, compute, and storage gear is ordered, produced, delivered, and deployed on schedule.

You should have strong server hardware knowledge and proven project-management skills, plus experience with ODMs/OEMs