Senior Technical Program Manager, Software Compute Platform

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $168,000–$258,750 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 57 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Technical Program Manager, Software Compute Platform

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The Senior Technical Program Manager, Software Compute Platform joins the Technical Program Management team for Compute Platform Software. This role involves overseeing the end-to-end release management process for software enabling new enterprise systems for AI applications. You will coordinate release activities across multiple teams, managing software branching strategies, version control, and deployment procedures from design through production. Responsibilities include collecting requirements, defining priorities, developing program schedules and KPIs, and performing retrospective analyses. You will utilize coding skills to build automation scripts, dashboards, and tools to improve delivery efficiency. Required competencies include software engineering life cycle principles, experience with boards and servers in the datacenter space, and familiarity with modern programming languages, OSS profiling, and vulnerability resolution tools like Black Duck or Palamida.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn in California?

Median $200000 from 105 postings across 25 companies.

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Skills

Release Management Version Control Automation QA Test Plans KPIs Dashboards OSS Profiling Black Duck Palamida Enterprise System Architecture

What you'll do

Oversee the end-to-end release management process from initial design through full production deployment at scale.
Coordinate release activities across multiple teams to align incremental breakthroughs with larger production cycles.
Collect requirements, define release priorities, and maintain detailed release calendars for parallel efforts.
Develop and improve release processes including scheduling, version control, deployment procedures, and post-release validation.
Manage software branching strategies for feature, release, and hotfix branches to ensure smooth integration.
Develop program schedules and KPIs to measure release health and communicate status to senior leadership.
Build or enhance automation scripts, dashboards, and tools to streamline release management and delivery efficiency.
Lead retrospective analyses to identify failures and develop improvement action plans.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar field or equivalent experience.
10+ years of hands-on experience with software program or release management in tech or related fields.
Thorough knowledge of software engineering and life cycle principles.
Ability to think strategically and tactically while building consensus to make programs successful.
Experience influencing decisions and leading teams in a dynamic environment.
Excellent communication and technical presentation skills with the ability to multitask.
Experience on boards and servers in the datacenter space or with productizing enterprise server systems (preferred).
Skilled in modern programming languages and practical familiarity with efficiency tools and process automation (preferred).

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