Sr. Technical Program Manager

Flex; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to drive CTO-led programs across AI infrastructure, power, cooling, and software. You will translate complex priorities into integrated plans with milestones, governance, and executive updates, coordinating across Engineering, Labs, Manufacturing, and Quality.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in technical program management, a strong systems perspective, and exceptional communication with leadership and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technical program management or related leadership roles.
• Experience leading cross-functional programs from concept through deployment readiness.
• Strong understanding of hardware, infrastructure, cloud, data center, AI environments.
• Ability to connect multiple technical disciplines across systems, power, cooling, software, and manufacturing.
• Experience partnering with engineering leadership, product teams, customers, suppliers, and executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead CTO-owned strategic programs across platform architecture, power, cooling, mechanical and electrical systems, software, and readiness.
• Develop integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, risk registers, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate execution across Engineering, Product Management, Labs, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and customer teams.
• Translate requirements and roadmap priorities into actionable plans and cadences.
• Identify risks, blockers, resource constraints, and dependencies; drive resolution.
• Facilitate architecture reviews, validation, readiness, and executive decision meetings.
• Provide updates to technical and executive stakeholders with clarity and accountability.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Milestone planning

Risk management

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Master's degree or MBA preferred

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

Flex intends to spin off its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment into a new, independent publicly traded company, which we’re calling SpinCo, until the name is unveiled. The spin is planned for Q1 2027. If the intended spin occurs, this role will support SpinCo, which will focus on critical digital infrastructure, delivering end-to-end power and thermal management solutions for AI data centers and other mission-critical applications.

We’re looking to add a Sr Technical Project Manager located in Austin, TX.

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, the Sr Technical Project Manager will drive the execution of CTO-led strategic programs across AI infrastructure platform architecture, power, cooling, mechanical and electrical systems, controls, software, validation, and manufacturing readiness. This role translates complex technical priorities into integrated plans, milestones, governance routines, risk-management actions, and executive-level updates, ensuring cross-functional programs move forward with clarity and accountability.

What a typical day looks like:

• Lead CTO-owned strategic programs across platform architecture, power, cooling, mechanical systems, software, validation, and manufacturing readiness.
• Develop integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, dependency maps, risk registers, decision logs, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate execution across Engineering, Product Management, Labs, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and customer-facing teams.
• Translate technical requirements, customer needs, roadmap priorities, and architecture decisions into actionable plans and operating cadences.
• Identify and resolve risks, blockers, resource constraints, scope changes, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Facilitate architecture, design, prototype, validation, readiness, and executive decision reviews.
• Track investments, lab readiness, prototype materials, supplier dependencies, budgets, deliverables, and manufacturing-readiness requirements.
• Support customer engagements, technical demonstrations, roadmap reviews, and proof-of-concept programs.
• Establish scalable program-management processes, dashboards, templates, and governance practices for the CTO organization.
• Provide clear, concise, and decision-oriented updates to technical and executive stakeholders.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Operations, Program Management, or a related technical field; Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program leadership, product development, platform execution, or technical operations.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs from concept through validation, launch, or deployment readiness.
• Strong understanding of complex hardware, infrastructure, cloud, data center, AI, industrial, or mission-critical engineering environments.
• Ability to connect multiple technical disciplines, including systems architecture, power, cooling, mechanical, electrical, controls, software, validation, and manufacturing.
• Experience working with engineering leadership, product teams, customers, suppliers, manufacturing, quality, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong capability in milestone planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, executive reporting, and decision facilitation.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder-management, analytical, organizational, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities.

We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law.

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