Staff Technical Program Manager - Product Management

Digital Ocean
Seattle
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 175,000 - 217,000 annuallyFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Experience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Servant leadership","Cross-functional leadership","Risk management","Process improvement","Communication"]

Drive end-to-end delivery for major infrastructure and capacity programs that bring cloud and Agentic AI capabilities to life. Partner with Product, Engineering, and infrastructure leaders to plan, prioritize, manage risks, and measure outcomes across data center build-outs, hardware deployment, and global fleet capacity. Serve as the hub connecting supply chain, facilities, hardware teams, and outside vendors while building repeatable processes and evangelizing program best practices.

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Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean
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Staff Technical Program Manager - Product Management

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end delivery for major infrastructure and capacity programs that bring cloud and Agentic AI capabilities to life. Partner with Product, Engineering, and infrastructure leaders to plan, prioritize, manage risks, and measure outcomes across data center build-outs, hardware deployment, and global fleet capacity. Serve as the hub connecting supply chain, facilities, hardware teams, and outside vendors while building repeatable processes and evangelizing program best practices.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive value delivery for major infrastructure programs, including prioritization, planning, risk management, execution, and success measurement.
  • •Partner with Product, Engineering, and infrastructure leaders across the program lifecycle to deliver value and improve processes and practices.
  • •Coordinate communication across supply chain, facilities, hardware engineering, and outside vendors to keep schedules on track.
  • •Manage end-to-end steps from early site and capacity planning through final deployment, partnering with colocation providers, remote hands, and internal networking teams.
  • •Proactively manage scope and priority changes, recognize risks early, build mitigation plans, and create repeatable processes to improve reliability and speed of deployment.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 175,000 - 217,000 annually
Perks:EquityFlexible TimeEmployee Assistance

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years delivering cross-functional technical programs in fast-paced environments, with preference for infrastructure, hardware, facilities, or data center projects.
  • •Proven ability to plan and deliver complex programs, resolve blocking issues, and drive change management.
  • •Familiarity with data center and hardware fundamentals (rack space, power, cooling, deployment workflows) and procurement lifecycle/long-lead planning.
  • •Basic understanding of AI/ML hardware concepts, including GPUs and differences between training and inference workloads.
  • •Experience coordinating external vendors (e.g., colocation facilities and remote hands) and strong early risk detection with mitigation planning.
Experience:10+ yearsData centersInfrastructureHardwareAI/ML
Skills:Servant leadershipCross-functional leadershipRisk managementProcess improvementCommunication
Tech Stack:JiraConfluence

Company Brief

Digital Ocean
Provides cloud infrastructure and developer-focused cloud services including scalable droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage, and networking to simplify deploying and managing applications for developers and small-to-medium businesses.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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