Manager, Solutions Architecture - AI Infrastructure Build Readiness - US, CA, Santa Clara
$224,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 21 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role leads the AI Factory Build Enablement function, focusing on closing critical gaps between OEM factory execution and services handover by defining readiness standards and verifying OEM capabilities. The role involves building and leading a team of Solutions Architects focused on OEM readiness for AI Factory build-outs.
What you'll do
- Lead the AI Factory Build Enablement pillar, including OEM readiness criteria, partner capability verification, and pre-engagement gatekeeping.
- Build and manage a team of Solutions Architects who assess OEM tools, experience, deployment readiness, and mitigation needs for AI Factory build-outs.
- Plan, prioritize, and advise technical teams supporting readiness, NPI, integration, and end-to-end AI infrastructure build preparation.
- Own the development and adoption of standardized OEM readiness checklists, capability assessments, risk scoring, and engagement health monitoring.
- Establish clear criteria for OEM-to-services handover and drive formal sign-off processes that reduce downstream deployment, test, and bring-up issues.
- Orchestrate cross-functional workstreams that align architecture, engineering, services, field, program, account, and partner-facing teams around readiness milestones and execution risks.
What you'll need
- BS, MS, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
- 8+ overall years of experience in infrastructure architecture, data center deployment, AI/HPC systems, partner enablement, technical field engagement, or large-scale systems integration.
- 4+ years of experience leading a team, including hiring, coaching, developing, and directing technical ICs.
- Strong understanding of data center infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, cabling, power, cooling, firmware/BMC, Linux, and deployment workflows.
- Experience translating complex technical requirements into readiness criteria, partner checklists, acceptance gates, or operating processes.
- Ability to assess partner capability, identify execution gaps, and drive mitigation plans before issues reach deployment or handover.
- Strong cross-functional leadership across architecture, engineering, program, field, account, and partner-facing organizations.
Skills: AI Factory Build Enablement, OEM readiness, infrastructure architecture, data center deployment, cross-functional leadership
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 56-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
32
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
$214k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (32 roles · 13 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 15 | 32 |
| Median days open | 26 d | 56 d (−30 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $214k |
Skills observed across this category: AI Factory Build Enablement, OEM readiness, infrastructure architecture, data center deployment, cross-functional leadership
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 12 open roles · median 30 d
- Qualcomm · 5 open roles · median 111 d
- AMD · 3 open roles · median 52 d
- Arm Holdings · 2 open roles · median 137 d
- Cerebras · 2 open roles · median 56 d
- Ayar Labs · 1 open role · median 41 d
How we counted: 32 open Technical Program Management (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 13 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.