Staff Technical Program Manager (Deployments)

Crusoe Energy Systems; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Mental wellness resources

Job summary

Crusoe Energy Systems is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to own deployment programs end-to-end for new sites and expansions. You will shape engagement models, manage vendor partnerships, and drive Phase 0 on the Cloud TPM side with robust gate criteria and risk analyses.

You will coach junior TPMs, surface data-driven updates for executives, and lead cross-organizational alignment while leveraging AI tools for program outcomes and risk detection.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a Technical Program Manager delivering deployment programs end-to-end.
• Experience at a hyperscaler, GPU cloud provider, or AI infrastructure company.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication for executive updates.
• Active daily use of AI tools to drive program outcomes and risk detection.

Responsibilities

• Own deployment programs end-to-end for new sites and expansions.
• Define deployment engagement models from scratch and ensure adoption across engineering teams.
• Lead Deployment Phase 0 on the Cloud TPM side, set gate criteria and DRI matrix.
• Coach junior TPMs and drive cross-organizational alignment at VP/SVP level.
• Direct hardware partner engagement for certification and validation timelines.

Skills

GPU architecture

Firmware lifecycle

Compute orchestration

Networking

Storage

Executive communication

AI tooling usage

Vendor partnerships

Deployment programs

Capacity expansion

Tools

NVIDIA certification

Job description

• The TPM frameworks are still being built, which means there is a real opportunity to shape how the function operates rather than inherit how it already works
• We are hiring a Staff TPM who will own deployment programs. You will be helping us build out new sites, capacity expansion, or help deploy modular (Spark) data centers
• Our TPMs define and drive the entire deployment engagement model from chip vendor engagement through first customer cluster delivery
• Own the infrastructure deployment for new sites or site expansions end-to-end: chip vendor and OEM dependencies, architecture updates, cloud foundations work, commissioning gate framework definition, and first customer cluster delivery as the success metric
• Lead Deployment Phase 0 on the Cloud TPM side: define firmware version targets and DOCA targets before kickoff, set commissioning gate criteria, and define the DRI matrix
• Manage compounding cross-SKU dependencies where active production programs (e.g. B200/GB300/VR) are running in parallel with capacity expansion projects, and prevent them from competing for the same Engineering pool without a plan
• Owns real-time execution dashboards; delivers crisp, data-driven executive updates that surface decision elements without requiring follow-up
• Governs cross-organizational dependencies without waiting for escalation authority
• Coach more junior TPMs on technical depth, risk identification, and executive communication
• Actively drives AI tool integration across their programs; identifies where AI materially improves program tracking, risk detection, and executive communication

Benefits

• Health & wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits designed to support your overall wellness
• Time away: Paid time off for vacations, family bonding, and unexpected needs
• 401(k) match: Build your financial future with our 401(k) matching program
• Mental wellness: Resources and support for your emotional wellbeing and navigating life’s challenges

If you have spent your career running infrastructure deployment programs at a hyperscaler or a leading neocloud, understand GPU architecture, and have shaped deployment frameworks rather than just operated within them, this is the role for youDeep, working fluency with GPU architecture across SKU generations, firmware lifecycle (DOCA, driver stacks, BIOS/BMC), compute orchestration, SDN, storage, networking (leaf-spine topology, ZTP, fabric commissioning), and monitoring/observability10+ years as a Technical Program Manager with a track record of owning infrastructure deployment programs end-to-end at a hyperscaler, GPU cloud provider, or AI infrastructure company, ideally with direct experience in large-scale capacity expansion projectsExceptional written and verbal communication for delivering clear, data-driven, decision-oriented updates to executive stakeholdersActive daily use of AI tools to drive program-level outcomes: risk detection, dependency mapping, data analysis, and executive communication, not just personal productivityTrack record of driving cross-organizational alignment at VP/SVP level without formal authority, including building durable alignment on programs that fall in the cracks between teamsDirect hardware partner engagement: personal ownership of NVIDIA or OEM certification and validation timelines, not coordination feeding into someone else’s relationshipProven ability to define deployment engagement models from scratch, not just operate within existing frameworks, and make them stick across engineering organizations that didn’t ask for themExperience defining or substantially redesigning a commissioning gate framework for site deploymentsExperience coaching or developing more junior TPMs in technical depth and program execution