Manager, Software Technical Program Management - Datacenter Systems

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

Manager, Software Technical Program Management for NVIDIA's Datacenter Systems, focusing on leading a team of TPMs to drive programs and deliver results across software and firmware for deep learning server platforms. This role involves cross-functional collaboration, process improvement, and managing complex low-level or system software projects.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will lead team driving technical interactions with NVIDIA's internal NPI and sustaining engineering teams working on software and firmware stack; collaborating with NVIDIA product management and hardware engineering teams.
  2. You would help build a strong connection between sustaining engineering and NPI teams; enabling feedback loop. In this role, you will understand new platforms, guide teams on release planning and alignment with hardware schedules.
  3. You will be leading process improvement initiatives and help propagate SDLC standard processes across multiple engineering and TPM teams.
  4. You will have the opportunity to interact with diverse technical groups, spanning all organizational levels.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science (or equivalent experience) or Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • Experience with server software, system software/firmware and compute server architecture
  • Being thorough and the ability to multitask
  • Experience leading multiple projects with contending priorities
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills
  • capability to achieve objectives under fast paced timelines
  • people management
  • mentoring skills
  • consistent track record to build cohesive teams
  • Previous experience working with sophisticated, multi-node system software for accelerators such as GPUs, DPUs, or FPGAs, in addition to CPUs
  • Should be able to roll up the sleeves and own a program, if and when needed

Nice to have

  • Prior Management or Senior Manager experience leading either engineering or program management teams
  • Deep understanding of system level architecture, such as topologies, interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO, networking and storage
  • Deep understanding of software engineering principles, enterprise system architecture and problem solving
  • Previous experience coordinating activities between HW, Firmware and SW application organizations

What the JD emphasized

  • minimum of 8+ overall years of experience developing and leading complex low-level or system software projects
  • 3+ years of management experience
  • Demonstrate strong people management, mentoring skills and consistent track record to build cohesive teams.