TPM: New Product Development for Data Center Hardware

Tract Capital Management; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer‑covered medical, dental,

vision insurance

401K program

Paid holidays

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Tract Capital seeks a Principal Technical Program Manager, New Product Development to lead the most complex manufacturing programs for data center infrastructure. You will partner with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations to drive products from concept through design, validation, pilot, launch, and scaled production.

You will own integrated program strategy, governance, schedules, risks, and decision frameworks to deliver high‑quality, manufacturable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or related field.
• 10+ years of manufacturing, operations, industrialization, or advanced manufacturing experience.
• 5+ years leading manufacturing strategy, process development, or production scale‑up for complex hardware products.
• Proven experience with manufacturing footprint decisions, automation strategies, contract manufacturing, OEM partnerships, and production system design.
• Track record improving quality, throughput, capacity, and on‑time delivery.
• Experience launching products from prototype or pilot production into volume manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Define end‑to‑end manufacturing strategy, including make‑vs‑buy decisions, manufacturing footprint, partner selection, capacity planning, and regional deployment strategy.
• Evaluate tradeoffs across cost, quality, lead time, logistics, supply chain risk, automation opportunities, and customer requirements.
• Develop manufacturing roadmaps supporting new product introduction, production ramp‑up, and long‑term scaling.

Skills

Manufacturing strategy

Production scaling

Automation & robotics

Cross-functional leadership

Quality improvement

Vendor & contract manufacturing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree

Job description

Tract Capital seeks a Principal Technical Program Manager, New Product Development to lead the most complex manufacturing programs for data center infrastructure. You will partner with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations to drive products from concept through design, validation, pilot, launch, and scaled production.

You will own integrated program strategy, governance, schedules, risks, and decision frameworks to deliver high‑quality, manufacturable