Technical Program Manager Data Centers
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Summary
Lead operational readiness for data center campuses, coordinating design, commissioning, and handoffs to ensure safe, compliant, and fully operational facilities.
The Technical Program Manager owns site-level operational readiness from design coordination through final turnover, coordinating construction, engineering, EHS, PMO, commissioning agents, operators, and tenants across concurrent data center projects.
Responsibilities
- Represent operations during design and pre-construction phases
- Identify and resolve design gaps affecting operational performance or safety
- Track schedules and surface operational readiness risks
- Coordinate commissioning agents, engineering, construction, and operators
- Validate commissioning outcomes against technical and operational thresholds
- Maintain commissioning records
- Assess and validate operator readiness before turnover
- Own punch-list completion and execute documented handoffs
- Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and dependencies
- Integrate operational milestones into the master project schedule
- Ensure EHS, regulatory, and compliance requirements are addressed
- Coordinate tenant timelines, access, and operational expectations
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data center operations, commissioning, or critical facilities program management
- Experience managing complex cross-functional programs in mission-critical environments
- Strong technical foundation in electrical, mechanical, and controls systems used in data centers
- Experience owning commissioning and turnover processes
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent sites and stakeholder relationships
- Strong communication skills
- Familiarity with OSHA, NFPA, NETA, and relevant IEC/IEEE standards is a plus
- Experience with a formal PMO structure is a plus
- Background in construction management, critical systems commissioning, or facilities engineering is a plus
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Company-paid holidays
- Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
- 3% 401(k) company contribution
- Generous paid parental leave
- Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace
- Free breakfast and lunch daily
- Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
