Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Platform

NVIDIA

Senior Technical Program Manager leading internal data platform strategy at NVIDIA for scalable engineering solutions. Collaborating across hardware engineering and data teams for high-impact initiatives.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $322,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowDistributed SystemsETLKafkaSpark

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and drive end-to-end delivery of large-scale data infrastructure programs (ex: data lake, data platforms, pipelines, etc)
Partner with Hardware engineering and data engineering teams to define roadmaps, scope, and technical requirements
Translate ambiguous business needs into structured plans with clear milestones, risks, and dependencies
Manage cross-team coordination, program governance, status tracking, reporting, and stakeholder communication
Identify and mitigate risks, resolve blockers, and drive timely decisions across all initiatives
Improve operational efficiency by introducing scalable processes, tools, and best practices
Ensure reliability, scalability, performance, data quality, observability, and governance standards are embedded in all initiatives
Drive post-launch evaluations, retrospectives, and continuous improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need

B.S. (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science or a related technical field
12+ years of technical program management experience, including ownership in data infrastructure, distributed systems, or on-prem platforms at large scale (multi-TB/day)
Familiarity with data ecosystems (ex: ETL/ELT pipelines, data lakes/warehouses, etc) and technologies like Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, or similar ecosystems
Strong understanding of system design concepts such as scalability, reliability, and performance
Demonstrated experience partnering with highly technical engineering teams and driving products from concept through delivery
Analytical approach, including defining success measures, tracking adoption, and finding opportunities to improve workflow efficiency
Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority across multiple teams
Experience working in environments with geo-distributed teams and complex collaboration requirements

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salaries
Comprehensive benefits package
Equity opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

data infrastructuredistributed systemsETLELTdata lakesdata warehousessystem designscalabilityreliabilityperformance

Soft Skills

cross-functional leadershipcommunicationanalytical approachinfluence without authoritystakeholder communicationrisk managementproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementoperational efficiencyteam coordination