Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Delivery

lightningai; United States; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Meaningful equity

Unlimited PTO

Two-week winter break

Parental leave

Sabbatical after four years

Hybrid work model

Office meals

Job summary

lightningai is seeking a seasoned Technical Program Manager to drive end-to-end infrastructure programs across compute, network, storage, hardware, and data center operations. You will work with senior TPMs today and grow into broader leadership of full infrastructure programs—from datacenter readiness to compute deployment to customer handoff.

You will coordinate across infrastructure teams, manage dependencies, and report progress, while supporting hardware deployments, capacity growth, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in TPM or infra PM.
• Experience coordinating engineering execution through Jira.
• Familiarity with capacity planning or hardware lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Own defined infrastructure workstreams, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and deliverables.
• Drive day-to-day execution across engineering, operations, vendors, and external partners.
• Build and maintain project plans, critical paths, dependencies, RAID logs, and status reporting.
• Coordinate across infrastructure engineering, network, data center operations, platform, security, and hardware teams, linking Jira work to broader milestones.
• Support hardware deployments, network/storage initiatives, datacenter expansions, migrations, and capacity growth.
• Identify blockers early and progressively expand scope toward end-to-end leadership.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Infra program management

Jira coordination

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

Role overview

Drive end-to-end infrastructure delivery programs spanning compute, network, storage, hardware, platform engineering, and data center operations. Work alongside senior TPMs to own defined workstreams today, growing into broader leadership of full infrastructure programs—from datacenter readiness through compute deployment to customer handoff.

Responsibilities

• Own defined infrastructure workstreams, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and deliverables within larger programs.
• Drive day-to-day execution across engineering, operations, vendors, and external partners.
• Build and maintain project plans, critical paths, dependencies, RAID logs, and execution status reporting.
• Coordinate across infrastructure engineering, network, data center operations, platform, security, and hardware teams, connecting engineering execution in Jira to broader infrastructure milestones.
• Support hardware deployments, network and storage initiatives, datacenter expansions, migrations, and capacity growth.
• Identify blockers and cross-functional dependencies early, and progressively expand scope toward independently leading end-to-end infrastructure programs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management or infrastructure program/project management.
• Experience driving programs within infrastructure domains such as compute, network, storage, or data center operations.
• Track record of coordinating engineering execution through Jira.
• Familiarity with infrastructure capacity planning or hardware lifecycle management.

Nice to have

• Experience running programs through Smartsheet.
• Exposure to GPU infrastructure, AI/ML infrastructure, HPC, or distributed systems.
• Background in a startup, high-growth company, or similarly fast-moving technical environment.

Benefits and work setup

• Anticipated annual base salary range of $160,000–$220,000 USD, plus discretionary bonus and meaningful equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
• 401(k) matching (U.S.) and pension contributions (U.K.).
• Unlimited PTO, company holidays, floating holidays, and a two-week company-wide winter break.
• Paid parental and family leave.
• Annual professional development allowance, wellness and work-from-home stipents, four weeks of paid sabbatical after four years of service, flexible schedules with a hybrid model for office-based teams, and complimentary in-office meals at office hubs.
• Benefits may vary by location, team, and role.