Senior Technical Program Manager, Software Compute Platform

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

2d•$168,000 - $322,000

About The Position

We are looking for a driven, diligent leader to join our Technical Program Management team for Compute Platform Software. You will work with engineering and product leaders on the planning and execution of programs to develop and publish software enabling new enterprise systems that are at the heart of cross-industry advancement of AI applications. Our work has made major impact in various fields, and is used across leading academic institutions, start-ups, and industry; including the world’s largest Internet companies. We need passionate, hard-working, and creative people to help us reach our engineering goals. This role is responsible for architecting the technical framework that powers our software delivery—ensuring high-quality, high-velocity code movement from design through full production deployment at scale. As a primary technical leader, you will design and govern sophisticated branching strategies and develop custom automation tools to maintain branch health, minimize drift, and streamline integration across the entire stack. You will coordinate technical milestones across multiple teams, aligning incremental breakthroughs with larger production cycles to ensure consistency and predictability. In this position, you will partner closely with engineering, QA, and product management to define technical priorities, manage version control integrity, and maintain the infrastructure that supports multiple parallel development efforts. You will be a hands-on contributor, building the tools and CI/CD gates vital to optimize delivery pipelines and reduce technical risk. Beyond day-to-day operations, you will serve as the lead for resolving complex, high-impact technical issues that span multiple Business Units, driving alignment and resolution where technical dependencies intersect. Additionally, you will collaborate with engineering management to refine workflows, streamline approvals, and drive continuous improvement in software delivery efficiency, acting as a force multiplier for the entire organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field or equivalent experience
8+ years of hands-on experience with software program / release management in tech or related fields
Thorough knowledge of software engineering and life cycle principles
Ability to think strategically and tactically and to build consensus to make programs successful
Strong solution focused skills, consistently successful implementing systematic solutions
Experience influencing decisions and leading teams in a dynamic environment
Enthusiastic, responsive and passionate about finding opportunities for process improvement
Excellent communications and technical presentation skills
Thoroughness and ability to multitask is important

Nice To Haves

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 is a plus, providing valuable insight into release validation and quality assurance processes

Responsibilities

Collaborate across product and engineering teams, spanning the entire stack, to ensure release readiness and successful delivery of enterprise software while being viewed as a leader across all Business Units
Manage software branching strategies, including feature, release, and hotfix branches, to ensure smooth integration, version control, and timely delivery of releases
Architect and develop custom tooling and automation scripts, to programmatically manage branch lifecycles and provide real-time insight into branch health and drift across the stack
Develop program schedules and KPIs to measure release health, predictability, and achievements and regularly communicate program status and key issues to senior leadership
Apply coding skills to build or enhance automation scripts, dashboards, and tools that streamline release management and improve delivery efficiency
Work with Engineering and QA teams on test plans, execution, reviews, failure analysis and assessing overall quality and risk
Work with Customer Program Managers to track and resolve software issues incorporating technical feedback from CSPs and OEMs
Identify failures, lead retrospective analysis, and help to develop improvement action plans