Staff Technical Program Manager, Data Center Supply Chain

Cerebras Systems • Sunnyvale, CA

23h

About The Position

Cerebras Systems is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead supply chain readiness programs for data center expansion. The role connects capacity and deployment plans with the equipment, supplier commitments, and logistics required to bring new infrastructure online. Working across procurement, engineering, manufacturing, finance, construction, and deployment teams, the position creates an integrated view of demand, supply, and site readiness.

The role owns the cross-functional equipment readiness plan, identifies shortages and long-lead risks, and drives recovery actions to protect delivery milestones. It requires technical judgment, strong analytical skills, and the ability to coordinate suppliers and internal teams across multiple concurrent deployments.

Requirements

• Experience leading technical supply chain, infrastructure procurement, materials readiness, or hardware delivery programs with significant supplier and cross-functional dependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex programs across multiple sites or product lines, resolve competing priorities, and deliver measurable schedule or supply improvements.
• Working knowledge of data center equipment and deployment dependencies, including the impact of technical specifications, equipment compatibility, and long-lead components on site readiness.
• Strong analytical skills in demand and supply planning, inventory reconciliation, lead-time analysis, and scenario modeling; ability to validate and communicate underlying assumptions.
• Experience coordinating supplier commitments, engineering changes, logistics, and recovery plans while maintaining clear ownership and visibility of critical risks.
• Clear communication and stakeholder management skills, including presenting options and tradeoffs to engineering, procurement, finance, suppliers, and executive leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with transformers, switchgear, power distribution, cooling equipment, racks, network equipment, or other infrastructure used in mission-critical facilities.
• Experience with AI or high-performance computing infrastructure, contract manufacturers, rack integrators, or international data center deployments.
• Familiarity with enterprise resource planning and materials planning systems, supplier performance dashboards, and commercial procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Translate approved site and capacity plans into time-phased equipment requirements, working with engineering to confirm specifications, bills of materials, quantities, and need-by dates.
• Build and maintain integrated supply plans for critical electrical and cooling equipment, racks, networking, and supporting infrastructure, aligning supplier schedules with site milestones.
• Partner with procurement and suppliers to validate lead times, production capacity, order status, factory readiness, and delivery commitments, and surface gaps before they affect deployment.
• Lead recurring demand and supply reviews; reconcile changes in site schedules, engineering configurations, inventory, and purchase commitments with program and finance partners.
• Drive mitigation of shortages, quality issues, and supplier delays through recovery plans, allocation recommendations, alternate sourcing, and engineering-approved substitutions.
• Coordinate logistics and delivery readiness with suppliers, integrators, construction, and site teams, including shipping, receiving, storage, installation sequencing, and international dependencies.
• Establish program reporting for equipment readiness, on-time delivery, shortages, forecast changes, inventory exposure, and cost impacts; present decisions and escalations to leadership.
• Improve supply chain execution through common readiness checkpoints, supplier reviews, change control, and lessons learned, balancing delivery speed with quality, cost, and inventory risk.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed