Senior AI Infrastructure Program Lead

Designworks Talent LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Designworks Talent LLC seeks a Technical Program Leader to run large-scale AI infrastructure and data center programs. You will coordinate site readiness, racks, power, cooling, networking and GPU deployments, translating requirements into actionable plans and milestones.

You will partner with engineering, facilities, operations, supply chain and vendors to maintain schedules, assess risks, and deliver production-ready results with a focus on scalable processes and clear executive updates.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data center infrastructure, technical deployment, mission-critical facilities, cloud, hyperscale, HPC, AI infrastructure, or related environment.
• Experience leading technical workstreams and coordinating engineering teams, vendors, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of deployment planning, technical acceptance, defect management, change control, and production handoff.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex AI infrastructure and data center deployment programs from planning through production handoff.
• Coordinate work across site readiness, racks, cabling, power, cooling, networking, storage, and GPU infrastructure.
• Translate technical requirements into clear deployment plans, milestones, readiness criteria, and deliverables.
• Partner closely with engineering, infrastructure, facilities, operations, supply chain, OEMs, contractors, and vendors.
• Own program schedules, dependencies, critical paths, risks, issues, actions, and RAID.
• Drive commissioning, integrated systems testing, burn-in, validation, punch-list resolution, and operational readiness.
• Identify blockers early and work across teams to keep complex deployments moving.
• Provide concise updates to technical and executive leadership on progress, risks, trade-offs, and decisions.
• Help establish repeatable processes for deploying AI infrastructure efficiently and reliably at scale.

Job description

Designworks Talent LLC seeks a Technical Program Leader to run large-scale AI infrastructure and data center programs. You will coordinate site readiness, racks, power, cooling, networking and GPU deployments, translating requirements into actionable plans and milestones.

You will partner with engineering, facilities, operations, supply chain and vendors to maintain schedules, assess risks, and deliver production-ready results with a focus on scalable processes and clear executive updates.