Technical Program Manager Lead, R&D

Fluidstack

$130K — $180K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in TPM or program management for hardware or infrastructure projects.
  • Strong background in managing interdependent workstreams with overlapping engineers and deadlines.
  • Proven ability to identify and mitigate scheduling risks early in the process.
  • Experience in creating and maintaining program documentation as a primary source of truth.
  • Demonstrated history of hiring and mentoring TPMs.
  • Bonus: Experience in data center operations, energy-related programs, or modular hardware development.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and oversee the TPM function for R&D programs.
  • Manage program portfolios, ensuring coordinated dependencies and timely decision-making.
  • Provide transparent updates to executives with concise status reports.
  • Develop and establish a solid TPM team and operational framework.
  • Ensure all engineering workstreams (mechanical, electrical, controls, modeling) are effectively managed.

Benefits

  • Commitment to pay equity and transparency in the workplace.
Full Job Description
Role Scope
  • Lead the TPM function for R&D: the programs turning modular and behind-the-meter designs into buildable, ordered, scheduled reality.
  • Run the portfolio: dependencies, decisions, and dates across mechanical, electrical, controls, and modelling workstreams.
  • Own executive visibility: the honest one-pager on where every R&D program stands.
  • Build the TPM team and the operating system it runs on.
What We're Looking For
  • The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've led TPM or program teams for hardware, infrastructure, or capital programs.
  • You've run portfolios where workstreams shared engineers and deadlines.
  • You surface the slip weeks early with the recovery options attached.
  • Your program artifacts are the source of truth, not shelf-ware.
  • You've hired and grown TPMs.
  • Bonus: Data center or energy programs. NPI frameworks. Modular or productized hardware. Schedule risk analysis.


We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

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