Director, Software Technical Program Management

NVIDIA Networking is looking for an experienced technical program leader to join our Software Networking TPM organization. You will drive complex software and firmware programs powering NVIDIA’s next-generation AI data centers, from early technology initiation and pathfinding through Plan of Record (POR), detailed planning, and execution. This role combines technical depth, cross-functional leadership, and program ownership. You will partner with Product, Architecture, and R&D leaders and coordinate across TPMs to facilitate decisions, establish executable plans and commitments, and drive delivery. The role may expand to include direct or matrix leadership of a small TPM team. What you’ll be doing: • Drive large, complex software and firmware programs from technology initiation and pathfinding through POR, planning, and delivery. • Engage with Product, Architecture, and R&D on requirements, technical tradeoffs, and dependencies, driving clarity on scope, priorities, and decisions. • Translate evolving technical inputs into executable plans with clear ownership, milestones, resource commitments, and success criteria. • Drive alignment and execution across teams, anticipate risks, resolve gaps, and hold stakeholders accountable for commitments. • Communicate program status, risks, tradeoffs, and required decisions clearly to technical teams and executives. What we need to see: • B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. • 15+ years of relevant experience in software technical program management, software engineering, or technical leadership with at least 5 years of direct management experience • Strong software engineering understanding, with the ability to effectively engage in technical discussions about architecture, development, integration, and system dependencies. • A proven record of driving large, complex, multidisciplinary software programs from early definition through execution and delivery. • Demonstrated ability to bring focus and clarity to ambiguous problems, exercise sound judgment, manage risks, and secure commitments across organizational boundaries. • Clear, concise verbal and written communication in English, with the ability to align engineers, architects, and executives around decisions and actions. Ways to stand out from the crowd: • People management experience, particularly leading and developing TPMs or technical teams. • Expertise in storage or networking technologies. • Experience coordinating strategic programs across global engineering organizations and multiple product generations.   If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.