Staff Technical Program Manager, Data Center New Product Introduction

Cerebras Systems • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

Cerebras Systems is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead Data Center New Product Introduction (NPI), preparing new AI systems and infrastructure designs for reliable deployment at scale. The role connects hardware and systems engineering with facility design, supply chain, networking, commissioning, and operations to turn new technical requirements into a repeatable deployment approach.

The position owns the integrated readiness program from early requirements and initial deployments through operational acceptance and broader rollout. The goal is to identify integration risks early, close readiness gaps, and ensure each new introduction can be deployed and supported consistently across sites.

Requirements

• Experience leading complex NPI, systems integration, hardware infrastructure, or deployment programs from early requirements through production or operational readiness.
• Track record of Staff-level program ownership across engineering and operations teams, including resolving ambiguous requirements and driving decisions across organizational boundaries.
• Technical understanding of data center systems and the relationships among compute, networking, power, cooling, rack integration, and facility readiness.
• Experience defining readiness gates, validation plans, acceptance criteria, and issue resolution processes for new technology introductions.
• Ability to manage configuration dependencies, engineering changes, critical paths, and technical risks across several concurrent workstreams.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, including explaining technical tradeoffs, presenting launch risks, and securing clear decisions from senior stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience deploying AI accelerators, high-performance computing systems, high-density racks, or liquid-cooled infrastructure.
• Experience with initial site deployments, rack integrators, commissioning teams, and transitions from engineering validation to repeatable field execution.
• Familiarity with hardware product lifecycles, manufacturing readiness, reliability validation, and service operations; ability to coordinate dependencies with those teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the cross-functional NPI plan for new system generations, rack configurations, and supporting infrastructure, including milestones, owners, dependencies, and readiness criteria.
• Translate engineering specifications into deployment requirements for power, cooling, space, rack layout, networking, cabling, installation, serviceability, and site interfaces.
• Drive design and readiness reviews with engineering and deployment teams, identifying gaps between product design, facility capabilities, and operational requirements.
• Coordinate initial deployment and validation plans, including site readiness, equipment availability, installation sequencing, test coverage, issue triage, and acceptance evidence.
• Maintain the integrated risk and issue register, and drive resolution of compatibility, quality, configuration, and schedule blockers with accountable engineering owners.
• Lead change control across specifications, bills of materials, firmware and software dependencies, deployment procedures, and site requirements; assess downstream impacts before rollout.
• Define repeatable deployment packages with technical teams, including approved configurations, acceptance checklists, runbooks, training, spares requirements, and operational handoff.
• Drive readiness recommendations and executive escalations, incorporate lessons from initial deployments into subsequent rollouts, and track improvements in deployment cycle time and issue recurrence.

Benefits

• Job stability with startup vitality.
• A simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.
• A work environment that supports continuous learning, growth, and support from others.

What This Job Offers

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