AI Data Center Deployment Program Manager

Fluidstack; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Health, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off policy

Job summary

Fluidstack in Seattle is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Deployments to own end-to-end program delivery for data center infrastructure and AI clusters. You’ll coordinate construction, infrastructure, networking, and operations across multiple sites, driving readiness and successful go-lives.

The role requires navigating ambiguity, leading through influence, and delivering across time zones with a strong focus on execution, planning, and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years delivering complex data center infrastructure programs in fast-moving environments.
• Strong understanding of AI/GPU infrastructure, including power density, cooling, networking, and deployment sequencing.
• Experience bridging construction handover and cluster deployment; candidates who are network only or construction only will not be a fit.
• Familiarity with how construction, low-voltage, and commissioning activities impact deployment readiness and sequencing.
• Proven ability to lead through influence rather than direct ownership of execution teams.
• Proven ability to manage vendor and contractor relationships, understanding schedule and reputational risks.
• Experience delivering programs across multiple concurrent sites or regions, including planning for staggered milestones.
• Able to develop and present executive-level program status, risk summaries, and key decisions to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience with long-lead procurement processes, and hardware supply chain constraints that affect deployment timelines.
• Actively collaborate with SMEs across multiple domains to validate plans and resolve gaps.
• Comfortable operating with limited process and evolving inputs in a high-growth, intense environment.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, fill gaps, and drive execution beyond defined scope, without being directed to do so.
• Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on program management.
• You are willing and able to travel to data center locations, sometimes on short notice; expect to spend up to 60% of your time traveling.

Responsibilities

• Own program delivery for data hall and AI cluster activation, from planning through operational handoff.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams responsible for construction, infrastructure, network, hardware, ICT, commissioning, and operations execution.
• Translate hyperscale AI/GPU and DLC infrastructure requirements into actionable deployment plans.
• Anticipate downstream impacts of technical sequencing decisions on capacity, schedule, and cluster performance.
• Drive alignment across teams operating at different speeds, scopes, and time zones – including vendor and contractor partners.
• Manage and hold accountable vendors, integration contractors, and third-party service providers across the deployment lifecycle.
• Operate effectively in ambiguity, making progress with incomplete information and evolving requirements.
• Develop and drive executive-level program status briefings that clearly communicate schedule health, risks, key decisions, and escalations paths.
• Maintain clear, current program artifacts: schedules, RACI matrices, risk registers, decision logs, and deployment runbooks.
• Maintain momentum through changing requirements, tight timelines, and cross-time-zone execution.
• Collaborate closely with SMEs in networking, ICT, commissioning, systems engineering, product, procurement, operations, and more before execution.
• Identify and drive process improvements that scale across concurrent builds and future deployments.

Skills

AI/GPU infra understanding

Vendor/contract management

Multi-site program delivery

Executive communication

Travel up to 60%

Tools

JIRA

Smartsheet

Job description

Fluidstack in Seattle is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Deployments to own end-to-end program delivery for data center infrastructure and AI clusters. You’ll coordinate construction, infrastructure, networking, and operations across multiple sites, driving readiness and successful go-lives.

The role requires navigating ambiguity, leading through influence, and delivering across time zones with a strong focus on execution, planning, and stakeholder alignment.