Staff Program Manager – Data Center
$175,300 - $262,900 USD yearly
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves driving the planning, execution, and delivery of complex programs spanning data center cards, servers, racks, and lab infrastructure, with a focus on end-to-end hardware programs.
What you'll do
- Drive execution of data center hardware programs from concept through delivery and sustaining, supporting schedule, budget, and quality commitments.
- Develop and maintain program scope, milestones, resource assumptions, and success criteria.
- Drive day-to-day program execution, including cross-functional coordination, issue resolution, dependency management, and risk mitigation.
- Manage program schedules and planning frameworks, utilizing tools like Microsoft Project.
- Coordinate with vendors and suppliers for hardware procurement and delivery.
- Provide clear program status updates, risks, and escalation paths to stakeholders and management.
- Track compliance activities related to industry standards and regulatory requirements in data center hardware development.
- Track program budgets and financials, identify variances, and support cost-effective execution.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of program management experience with complex, multi-disciplinary hardware programs.
- Hands-on experience with data center hardware and lab infrastructure development, testing, deployment, or vendor management.
- Strong understanding of data center operations, hardware components, and supporting infrastructure.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
- Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with program management tools and software.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree.
- High-level familiarity with software lifecycle concepts and reliability topics (e.g., RAS, Silent Data Errors).
- Knowledge of industry standards and best practices in hyperscale data center design and operations.
- Project/Program Management certification (e.g., PMP).
Skills: program management, data center hardware, schedule, budget, risk mitigation
This role has been open 17 days — well below the 51-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
162
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$220k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (162 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 26 | 162 |
| Median days open | 46 d | 51 d (−5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: program management, data center hardware, schedule, budget, risk mitigation
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 26 open roles · median 46 d
- AMD · 17 open roles · median 37 d
- NVIDIA · 17 open roles · median 44 d
- Synopsys · 13 open roles · median 51 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 77 d
- Astera Labs · 5 open roles · median 108 d
How we counted: 162 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Oct 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.