Technical Program Manager, Design & Engineering

About the role

The Data Center Design Team at Fluidstack is responsible for leading the design, development, and execution of 50GW+ of data centers over the next decade. Key responsibilities include driving the next generation of liquid cooling and electrical distribution systems, developing and scaling first-of-a-kind modular data centers, and influencing behind-the-meter designs and planning for multi-GW campuses.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project management of concurrent data center design and solution-delivery programs from initiation through construction-ready handoff.
• Build and maintain integrated master schedules across architectural, structural, MEP, civil, technology, and specialty design disciplines.
• Establish program governance: milestone gates, design review cadences, change control, and decision logs that create accountability without overhead.
• Build playbooks, templates, and systems that let technical teams move faster.
• Identify risks, interdependencies, and blockers ahead of time so nothing is unforeseen.

Requirements

• You've run technical program management for complex design or construction programs, ideally data center or large capital projects.
• You build integrated master schedules across many design disciplines and hold them.
• You establish program governance (gates, change control, decision logs) that adds accountability, not bureaucracy.
• You build playbooks, templates, and systems that let technical teams move faster.
• You see risks and dependencies before they bite and drive them to resolution.

Qualifications

• Bonus: Experience in data center or mission-critical design programs.
• PMP or PgMP certification.
• Experience with Primavera P6 or MS Project.
• Owner-side design and engineering PM experience.

Skills

• Strong project management skills.
• Experience with integrated master schedules.
• Program governance expertise.
• Template and system-building capabilities.
• Risk identification and mitigation experience.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

Schedule

Fluidstack is committed to pay equity and transparency. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.