Technical Program Manager Data Center Infrastructure Delivery
Lambda is an AI infrastructure company providing GPU supercomputers and cloud capacity for AI training and inference.
About Lambda
Lambda, Inc. builds and operates AI-focused compute infrastructure, including single-tenant Superclusters, deployable 1-Click Clusters, and on-demand GPU Instances for researchers, enterprises, and hyperscalers.
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About the Role
You will own integrated delivery for new data center builds from site handoff through construction, commissioning, operational readiness, and turnover. You will manage schedules, risks, dependencies, and cross-functional execution; coordinate external partners; communicate program status; and create repeatable delivery playbooks. This role requires approximately 40% travel to sites.
Requirements
- 7+ years of data center delivery, infrastructure or construction program management, mission-critical facilities, or large capital projects experience.
- Experience delivering ground-up data centers or comparable mission-critical, industrial, semiconductor, or energy facilities.
- Knowledge of the full delivery lifecycle, including site handoff, permitting, design, utilities, procurement, construction, MEP, controls, commissioning, and turnover.
- Experience managing integrated schedules, critical paths, dependency logs, and change control.
- Ability to identify technical risks and escalate them without design authority.
- Experience aligning partners, vendors, and engineering teams around shared deliverables.
- Written and verbal communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Own the integrated schedule from site handoff through Operations and manage the critical path.
- Drive delivery from rack requirements through engineering, permitting, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
- Lead cross-functional execution across real estate, utilities, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, security, finance, and legal.
- Maintain risk registers, dependency logs, decision trackers, and schedule variance reports.
- Escalate schedule risks with status, variance, impact, ownership, mitigation options, and decision dates.
- Lead schedule-recovery efforts when milestones slip.
- Hold partners accountable to contractual milestones, production schedules, shipping schedules, and commercial commitments.
- Communicate program status and reviews to leadership.
- Define handover criteria and ensure infrastructure and documentation are ready for Network Deployment.
- Build repeatable playbooks, dashboards, and lessons-learned loops across concurrent deployments.
- Travel to sites to validate progress and build partner relationships.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles.
- 401k plan with a 2% company match for USA employees.
- Flexible paid time off plan.