Senior Technical Program Manager – Lab & Hardware
DDN · Hybrid
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Job details
- Work model
- Hybrid
- Salary
- Not listed by source
- Location
- Remote - North Carolina
What the role asks for
What you'd do
- Coordinate the lab consolidation initiative end to end - sequencing site moves, equipment migration, and decommissioning across teams
- Partner with facilities, IT, and hardware engineering on the consolidated lab layout (power, rack space, network) and migration timeline
- Track milestones, dependencies, and risks; escalate blockers that threaten program timelines or R&D continuity
- Serve as the R&D-side point of coordination for hardware build requests, ensuring engineering has the systems, prototypes, and test equipment it needs
- Track build status and dependencies, proactively flagging risks to program milestones
- Prioritize and sequence competing build and lab requests against program urgency and lab capacity
What they're asking for
- 8–12 years of experience in technical program management, hardware program management, or lab/data center operations - including a lab move, consolidation, or facility transitionExperience
- Demonstrated experience coordinating hardware build schedules and dependencies with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teamsSkill
- Strong cross-functional coordination skills; comfortable running a multi-workstream plan with competing priorities and hard deadlinesSkill
- Experience tracking physical hardware assets/inventory at scale, including through relocation or reconciliation effortsSkill
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to synthesize status for engineering leadershipSkill
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experienceEducation
- Direct experience leading or supporting a lab consolidation, relocation, or data center/facility migrationSkillPreferred
- Background in enterprise storage, networking, servers, or HPC/AI infrastructure hardwareSkillPreferred
- PMP or equivalent program/project management certificationCredentialPreferred
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Job description
POSITION OVERVIEW The Technical Program Manager, Lab & Hardware Tracking is the R&D-side point of coordination for DDN's lab consolidation initiative and for hardware build support across engineering programs - keeping consolidation moving without disrupting active R&D work, and making sure engineering has the builds, systems, and lab capacity it needs, when it needs them. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Lab Consolidation Coordination - Coordinate the lab consolidation initiative end to end - sequencing site moves, equipment migration, and decommissioning across teams - Partner with facilities, IT, and hardware engineering on the consolidated lab layout (power, rack space, network) and migration timeline - Track milestones, dependencies, and risks; escalate blockers that threaten program timelines or R&D continuity R&D Build Support - Serve as the R&D-side point of coordination for hardware build requests, ensuring engineering has the systems, prototypes, and test equipment it needs - Track build status and dependencies, proactively flagging risks to program milestones - Prioritize and sequence competing build and lab requests against program urgency and lab capacity REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - 8–12 years of experience in technical program management, hardware program management, or lab/data center operations - including a lab move, consolidation, or facility transition - Demonstrated experience coordinating hardware build schedules and dependencies with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams - Strong cross-functional coordination skills; comfortable running a multi-workstream plan with competing priorities and hard deadlines - Experience tracking physical hardware assets/inventory at scale, including through relocation or reconciliation efforts - Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to synthesize status for engineering leadership - Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Direct experience leading or supporting a lab consolidation, relocation, or data center/facility migration - Background in enterprise storage, networking, servers, or HPC/AI infrastructure hardware - PMP or equivalent program/project management certification
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