Senior Technical Program Manager, Agentic AI

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

This role is for a Senior Technical Program Manager at NVIDIA, focused on building and scaling AI-powered infrastructure for hardware and silicon development. The TPM will drive cross-functional programs to integrate AI capabilities like chatbots and agents into chip design, verification, and production workflows, collaborating with AI engineers, hardware teams, and platform groups. The role emphasizes influencing technical direction and delivering AI systems that transform engineering processes.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead end-to-end planning and execution of AI for Chip Design initiatives ensuring timely, on-scope, and scalable delivery
  2. Define program plans and timelines for AI capabilities, tracking progress, partnership status, risk opportunities and reporting status to leadership
  3. Lead technical discussions between AI engineers, hardware teams, and platform groups to ensure alignment on architecture, integration, and delivery expectations
  4. Operationalize the evaluation of both internal and external AI tools and drive their adoption by collaborating with hardware teams, providing guidance, and gathering feedback for continuous improvement
  5. Establish and monitor key program metrics to measure execution success, identify bottlenecks, and ensure delivery meets quality, performance, and scalability targets

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science or a related field
  • 12+ years of proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs in AI
  • Hands-on experience building, deploying, or integrating AI agents, copilots, or LLM-powered systems into real-world workflows
  • Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, system architecture, and scalable infrastructure for applications that use artificial intelligence
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate deeply with engineering teams and influence technical decisions, architecture, and trade-offs
  • Experience driving programs from concept through production, including planning, execution, risk management, and delivery at scale
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder leadership skills
  • ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear program direction and updates

Nice to have

  • Experience in hardware or silicon development environments, understanding RTL, verification, and pre-silicon workflows
  • Familiarity with cloud-scale infrastructure, orchestration systems, and data pipelines for AI applications
  • Experience with cross-geography coordination and leading teams or projects spanning multiple sites

What the JD emphasized

  • proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs in AI
  • Hands-on experience building, deploying, or integrating AI agents, copilots, or LLM-powered systems into real-world workflows
  • Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, system architecture, and scalable infrastructure for applications that use artificial intelligence
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate deeply with engineering teams and influence technical decisions, architecture, and trade-offs
  • Experience driving programs from concept through production, including planning, execution, risk management, and delivery at scale

Other signals

  • AI is reshaping how engineering teams operate
  • delivering AI capabilities that transform how silicon is designed
  • AI for Chip Design initiatives
  • AI agents, copilots, or LLM-powered systems into real-world workflows
  • scalable infrastructure for applications that use artificial intelligence