You will own the cross-functional equipment readiness plan, uncover shortages and long-lead risks, and drive recovery actions that protect delivery milestones. The role requires technical judgment, strong analytical skills, and the ability to coordinate suppliers and internal teams across multiple concurrent deployments.
Responsibilities
Translate approved site and capacity plans into time-phased equipment requirements, working with engineering to confirm specifications, bills of materials, quantities, and need-by dates.
Build and maintain integrated supply plans across critical electrical and cooling equipment, racks, networking, and supporting infrastructure; align supplier schedules with site milestones.
Partner with procurement and suppliers to validate lead times, production capacity, order status, factory readiness, and delivery commitments; surface gaps before they affect deployment.
Lead recurring demand and supply reviews; reconcile changes in site schedules, engineering configurations, inventory, and purchase commitments with program and finance partners.
Drive mitigation of shortages, quality issues, and supplier delays through recovery plans, allocation recommendations, alternate sourcing, and engineering-approved substitutions.
Coordinate logistics and delivery readiness with suppliers, integrators, construction, and site teams, including shipping, receiving, storage, installation sequencing, and international dependencies.
Establish program reporting for equipment readiness, on-time delivery, shortages, forecast changes, inventory exposure, and cost impacts; present decisions and escalations to leadership.
Improve supply chain execution through common readiness checkpoints, supplier reviews, change control, and lessons learned, balancing delivery speed with quality, cost, and inventory risk.
Staff Technical Program Manager, Data Center Supply Chain
Required Qualifications
Experience leading technical supply chain, infrastructure procurement, materials readiness, or hardware delivery programs with significant supplier and cross-functional dependencies.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex programs across multiple sites or product lines, resolve competing priorities, and deliver measurable schedule or supply improvements.
Working knowledge of data center equipment and deployment dependencies, including the impact of technical specifications, equipment compatibility, and long-lead components on site readiness.
Strong analytical skills in demand and supply planning, inventory reconciliation, lead-time analysis, and scenario modeling; ability to validate and communicate the underlying assumptions.
Experience coordinating supplier commitments, engineering changes, logistics, and recovery plans while maintaining clear ownership and visibility of critical risks.
Clear communication and stakeholder management skills, including presenting options and tradeoffs to engineering, procurement, finance, suppliers, and executive leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with transformers, switchgear, power distribution, cooling equipment, racks, network equipment, or other infrastructure used in mission-critical facilities.
Experience with AI or high-performance computing infrastructure, contract manufacturers, rack integrators, or international data center deployments.
Familiarity with enterprise resource planning and materials planning systems, supplier performance dashboards, and commercial procurement processes.
Why Join Cerebras
People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras, we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:
1. Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
2. Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.
3. Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
4. Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.
5. Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.
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