Senior Technical Program Manager – Lab & Hardware

About the Role

The Technical Program Manager for Lab & Hardware Tracking serves as the R&D-side point of coordination for DDN's lab consolidation initiative and hardware build support across engineering programs. This role ensures the consolidation moves forward without disrupting active R&D work while guaranteeing that engineering teams have the necessary builds, systems, and lab capacity when required.

Responsibilities

• Lab Consolidation Coordination
  • Coordinate the lab consolidation initiative end-to-end, including sequencing site moves, equipment migration, and decommissioning across teams.
  • Partner with facilities, IT, and hardware engineering on the consolidated lab layout (power, rack space, network) and migration timeline.
  • Track milestones, dependencies, and risks; escalate blockers that threaten program timelines or R&D continuity.
• R&D Build Support
  • Serve as the R&D-side point of coordination for hardware build requests, ensuring engineering has the systems, prototypes, and test equipment it needs.
  • Track build status and dependencies, proactively flagging risks to program milestones.
  • Prioritize and sequence competing build and lab requests against program urgency and lab capacity.

Requirements

• 8–12 years of experience in technical program management, hardware program management, or lab/data center operations — including a lab move, consolidation, or facility transition.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating hardware build schedules and dependencies with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
• Strong cross-functional coordination skills; comfortable running a multi-workstream plan with competing priorities and hard deadlines.
• Experience tracking physical hardware assets/inventory at scale, including through relocation or reconciliation efforts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to synthesize status for engineering leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience leading or supporting a lab consolidation, relocation, or data center/facility migration.
• Background in enterprise storage, networking, servers, or HPC/AI infrastructure hardware.
• PMP or equivalent program/project management certification.