Nvidia Senior Program Manager - Product Operations 

United States, California 

9035433

What You'll Be Doing:

• Develop and implement solutions to address operational blind spots, ensuring products can holistically ship and operate at scale

• Build frameworks that surface critical dependencies, risks, and opportunities across the product lifecycle, proactively identifying gaps in product delivery pipelines, processes, and cross-team coordination

• Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Product Marketing, QA and other teams to ensure horizontal alignment across all product initiatives

• Act as the connective tissue between Product, Engineering, and Operations teams, translating strategic objectives into operational realities

• Drive productive friction where needed to surface and resolve conflicts, dependencies, and competing priorities

• Coordinate sophisticated, multi-team programs ensuring all components work in harmony toward successful product delivery and operations

• Establish and maintain operational cadences, governance structures, and communication protocols that keep teams aligned and advised, and provide insight into product health, status, and operational metrics

• Connect signals across the organization to identify emerging patterns and potential operational challenges

• Transform problems into clear, actionable plans with measurable outcomes

What We Need To See:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• 8+ years of program management experience with a focus on product operations, preferably in SaaS/PaaS environments

• Consistent track record of successfully leading sophisticated, cross-functional programs that span product development and operations in fast-paced, highly matrixed organizations with multiple competing priorities

• Deep understanding of product lifecycle management, from conception through delivery and ongoing operations

• Systems Thinking: Ability to see the big picture while running intricate details, understanding how changes in one area impact the entire ecosystem

• Communication Mastery: Outstanding ability to translate technical complexities into clear narratives for diverse collaborators

• Operational Intuition: Natural ability to spot patterns, anticipate problems, and design preventive solutions

• Influence Without Authority: Proven track record to drive alignment and action across teams through influence, relationship building, and essential communication

• Understanding of modern software development practices, CI/CD pipelines, and operational best practices and experience with agile methodologies and ability to work effectively with engineering teams

• Familiarity with product analytics, monitoring tools, and operational metrics

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd:

• Experience building operational frameworks from scratch in scaling organizations

• Implementing early warning systems and operational dashboards that prevented major incidents

• Experience with go-to-market operations and understanding of the full product commercialization cycle

• Certifications in program management (PMP), agile methodologies, or operational excellence frameworks

• Previous experience in a product operations, technical operations, or platform operations role with exposure to infrastructure and platform operations