Sr. Technical Program Manager

This role will be based in Mountain View CA.

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team.

LinkedIn is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to work within LinkedIns Physical Infrastructure Program Management team. The right candidate will have demonstrated solid leadership and technical acumen in leading teams and programs to deliver successful outcomes. You will be involved in strategy inception and execution of our infrastructure projects as well as initiating planning and executing intermediate-to-large scale cross-functional programs. The ideal candidate has an excellent balance of people organizational and technical skills and can execute successfully in situations where authority is not a given. Interaction and leadership across functional lines is essential.

Our Physical Infrastructure Engineering team powers LinkedIn by driving the full lifecycle of our data centers from inception to delivery while overseeing the critical systems and operations that form the backbone of LinkedIns services development ecosystems and the website you know today. As LinkedIn expands its global network and data center footprint over the coming decade this team ensures our infrastructure continues to lead the industry in scalability reliability efficiency and future readiness. We are the foundation that enables LinkedIns growth and innovation. Heres what we focus on:

• Major Infrastructure Buildouts: Designing expanding retrofitting and decommissioning data center capabilities at scale.
• Data Center Operations & Engineering: Driving forecasting budget alignment and resource optimization to maximize impact across infrastructure financial and product priorities.
• Operational Efficiency: Continuously improving processes and systems to deliver reliable cost-effective and sustainable infrastructure.
• AI Readiness: Leading GPU deployments and infrastructure modernization to power advanced AI and machine learning workloads.
• Modernization for Capacity and Network Optimization: Analyze network capacity requirements and coordinate with circuit providers to provision and scale network resources as needed.

Supply and Procurement: Powering LinkedIns growth by managing a global portfolio of infrastructure procurement and supply chain networks that keep projects running seamlessly and reliably. From location strategy to portfolio management this function determines why and how much infrastructure LinkedIn needs ensuring the right resources are in place to scale for billions of users worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Drive Communication and Insights: Effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders that span from VP to Individual contributor translating complex technical concepts into clear business terms and actionable insights and business impact. Leverage data analysis expertise to define metrics and tell a data-driven story that guides key infrastructure scaling decisions.
• Lead Large-Scale Programs: Oversee and coordinate large data center and networking projects to ensure alignment with business goals and strategic objectives delivering on schedule and within scope. Manage project interdependencies and technical aspects of project success while enabling broad stakeholder alignment.
• Ensure Clarity and Alignment: Provide clarity on program objectives (e.g. data center build-outs) ensuring roles and responsibilities are well defined. Proactively address conflicts or ambiguities with minimal supervision keeping teams aligned and on track.
• Manage Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with executive sponsors and change agents to define project scope and requirements and guide programs through their entire lifecycle. Set appropriate stakeholder expectations with timely communication and escalations to maintain executive alignment on critical initiatives.
• Apply Change & Risk Management: Apply formal change management practices to baseline programs at kickoff and evaluate all scope changes for justification and impact obtaining necessary approvals. Anticipate program risks and issues; develop mitigation plans and solutions that ensure stakeholders remain informed and expectations are met.
• Facilitate Decisions in Complexity: Simplify complex situations to facilitate clear swift decision-making that keeps projects moving forward. Rapidly acquire domain knowledge and maintain sufficient technical understanding to actively participate in discussions with engineers and technical leaders allowing you to guide decisions even in new or ambiguous areas.
• Align with Strategic Vision: Ensure project deliverables align with LinkedIns strategic vision and translate project progress into the context of broader strategic goals. Use strong business acumen to identify optimization opportunities and drive effective decision-making in line with company strategy.
• Deliver Results at Scale: Own the successful execution of critical cross-functional programs from inception through completion. This includes managing executive expectations (communications escalations and updates) on high-impact projects and designing processes that ensure high-quality outcomes. You will be responsible for consistently delivering complex projects on schedule and meeting their defined objectives.
• Optimize Processes and Efficiency: Establish end-to-end program processes with stakeholders for gathering and fulfilling requirements. Continuously streamline workflows tools and processes to drive greater efficiency reliability and effectiveness in project delivery.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

• B.S./B.A. in Engineering Computer Science or a related technical field
• 5 years of experience in technical program management pertaining to data centers or closely associated fields (such as roadmap development data center engineering).

Preferred Qualifications:

• AI/ML Infrastructure Specialization: Hands-on experience designing and deploying cutting-edge AI acceleration infrastructure including GPU clusters high-bandwidth interconnects and specialized cooling solutions for next-generation machine learning workloads.
• Brownfield Retrofits & Live Environment Operations: Complex infrastructure upgrades including power system modernization (480V to 415V conversions) and cooling retrofits while maintaining 99.99% uptime SLAs.
• Capacity Expansion & Scaling: Coordinating procurement construction and commissioning to deliver 10MW of new capacity within 12-month cycles while managing supply chain constraints.
• Greenfield Construction/Build Management: End-to-end construction program management for ground-up data center builds including contractor selection construction document management (submittals RFIs change orders) MEP constructability reviews and multi-trade coordination while managing construction budgets and critical path schedules.
• High-Density Power & Cooling Systems: Advanced power distribution architectures (2N 2N1 redundancy) PUE optimization achieving sub-1.15 efficiency ratios and next-generation cooling for AI/GPU workloads exceeding 40kW per rack.
• Enterprise Network Infrastructure: Hyperscale network design including spine-leaf architectures 400G/800G optics deployment complete life cycle of Circuit planning and provisioning and structured cabling supporting multi-tenant environments with strict isolation requirements.
• Physical Security & Compliance: Enterprise security frameworks (SOC 2 Type II ISO 27001 FISMA) and multi-layered security systems including biometric access controls and threat detection.
• Decommissioning & Sustainable Asset Management: End-of-life planning including secure data destruction environmental remediation and sustainable hardware disposition strategies.
• Site Selection & Greenfield Construction: Complete greenfield development including geotechnical assessments environmental studies and utility negotiations for facilities ranging from 10MW to 200MW capacity with 24-36 month delivery cycles.

Core Program & Portfolio Management

• Hyperscale Portfolio Leadership: Managing multi-billion dollar data center portfolios with 15 concurrent projects across multiple regions coordinating interdependent timelines and enterprise-scale infrastructure deployments.
• Executive-Level Program Governance: Presenting to C-suite executives on infrastructure investment strategies managing program budgets exceeding $500M annually and delivering quantifiable ROI on large-scale capital expenditures.
• Cross-Functional Matrix Management: Influencing teams of 100 stakeholders across engineering construction procurement legal and finance without direct authority while resolving complex multi-party conflicts.
• Advanced Risk & Change Management: Implementing enterprise-grade program management methodologies with sophisticated risk modeling for programs with potential business impact exceeding $1B in revenue dependencies.
• Strategic Innovation Leadership: Experience driving industry-first initiatives and pioneering next-generation data center technologies with a track record of delivering breakthrough solutions that set new industry standards and competitive advantages.

Business Acumen & Strategic Leadership

• Supply Chain & Vendor Management: Managing global supply chains with 18 month lead times strategic relationships with Tier 1 construction partners (Turner DPR AECOM) and major OEMs (Schneider Electric Eaton Vertiv).
• Financial Modeling & Business Cases: Infrastructure financial modeling including TCO analysis and ROI projections building business cases for capital expenditures ranging from $100M to $2B.
• Strategic Road mapping: Developing 5-10 year infrastructure roadmaps aligned with business growth emerging technology trends (edge computing AI/ML acceleration) and sustainability commitments.
• Regulatory & Environmental Leadership: Navigating data center regulatory landscape including energy efficiency mandates carbon reporting and complex permitting processes while driving measurable environmental impact reductions.

Required Skills

• Program Management
• Data Center Infrastructure & Operations
• AI/ML Infrastructure & GPU Deployment
• Infrastructure Automation & Tooling
• Network Engineering
• Procurement Operations and Supplychain 
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Strategic Roadmapping
• Executive Stakeholder Management

Additional Information :

You will Benefit from our Culture:

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The pay range for this role is $114000 to $187000 . Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

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