Senior Technical Program Manager, Software Compute Platform - CA, Santa Clara, United States

Originally posted 23 July 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end release management process for Compute Platform Software, ensuring software releases from design through full production deployment at scale. You will work with engineering and product leaders on the planning and execution of programs to develop and publish enterprise software enabling systems for AI applications.

What you'll do

- Collaborate across product and engineering teams spanning the entire stack to ensure release readiness and delivery of enterprise software across Business Units. - Manage software branching strategies, including feature, release, and hotfix branches, to ensure integration, version control, and timely delivery. - Assess release-readiness status, anticipate risk, and provide strategies to mitigate delivery risk. - Develop program schedules and KPIs to measure release health, predictability, and achievements, communicating status and key issues to senior leadership. - Utilize coding skills to build or enhance automation scripts, dashboards, and tools that streamline release management and improve delivery efficiency. - Partner with Engineering and QA teams on test plans, execution, reviews, failure analysis, and quality assessments, while incorporating technical feedback from CSPs and OEMs.

What you'll need

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field or equivalent experience. - 10+ years of hands-on experience with software program / release management in tech or related fields. - Thorough knowledge of software engineering and life cycle principles. - Experience influencing decisions and leading teams in a dynamic environment. - Demonstrated experience implementing systematic, solution-focused processes.

Nice to have

- Experience on boards and servers in the datacenter space or with productizing enterprise server systems coordinating activities between HW / SW organizations. - Deep understanding of software engineering principles and enterprise system architecture. - Skilled in modern programming languages and practical familiarity with efficiency tools and process automation. - Experience with OSS profiling and vulnerability resolution applying tools like Black Duck or Palamida. - Previous experience in QA providing insight into release validation and quality assurance processes.

Skills: software compute platform, release management, enterprise software, AI applications, program schedules, software engineering