Senior Manager, Technical Program Management — Planning

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in an inclusive, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. Are you ready to lead the way in enterprise planning transformation at NVIDIA? We're seeking an outstanding Senior Manager of Technical Program Management to drive our global supply chain initiatives. This role is uniquely positioned to build the future of our planning capabilities, translating complex demand, material, and capacity signals into reliable supply plans and customer commitments. Join us in Santa Clara, CA, and be part of a team that thrives on innovation and collaboration! What you’ll be doing: Lead and develop the Planning TPM team. Hire, coach, and grow program leaders; establish clear ownership and accountability; and build a collaborative environment where people raise concerns early, challenge assumptions, and learn together. Own integrated program execution. Translate business priorities into roadmaps, resource plans, milestones, and delivery commitments. Manage dependencies across planning platforms and adjacent enterprise transformation programs, including SAP S/4HANA. Connect business processes and technology. Partners with planners, architects, and engineering teams to translate requirements into capabilities spanning demand prioritization, constrained supply planning, inventory, material and capacity constraints, allocation, and scenario analysis. Drive delivery through business adoption. Lead requirements alignment, design reviews, development, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, cutover, training, and post-launch stabilization. Establish explicit criteria for technical readiness, business activation, and transition to ongoing support. Improve planning speed and reliability. Coordinate improvements in data availability, integration quality, workload sequencing, system performance, and monitoring to shorten the planning cycle and reduce manual validation and workarounds. Make decisions and risks visible. Provide clear, accurate executive communication that distinguishes completed development, validated functionality, business approval, and realized outcomes. Surface tradeoffs with recommendations, accountable owners, and resolution dates. Deliver measurable business value. Partners with business owners to define and track planning cycle time, plan quality, commitment reliability, planner productivity, adoption, and production stability. Advance automation and AI-enabled planning. Identify practical opportunities to improve scenario evaluation, exception management, issue triage, and root-cause analysis, with clear measures of accuracy, usability, and business impact. Manage delivery capacity and partners. Align staffing, budgets, and implementation partners to priorities while maintaining quality, documentation, and governance throughout the program lifecycle. What we need to see: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience. 10+ overall years of relevant experience in technical program management, enterprise systems, or supply chain transformation, including 5+ years leading and developing teams. Demonstrated success delivering complex, multi-release planning or enterprise transformation programs across global business and technology organizations. Strong understanding of integrated demand and supply planning, constrained planning, materials, capacity, inventory, and fulfillment processes. Experience delivering SAP IBP or comparable enterprise planning platforms, including integrations with ERP systems and data platforms. Technical judgment to evaluate solution dependencies, data flows, performance risks, testing coverage, and operational readiness with engineering and architecture teams. Ability to influence across organizational boundaries, resolve competing priorities, and communicate decisions clearly to executives and delivery teams. A record of turning ambiguous problems into executable plans and sustaining ownership through adoption and business results. Ways to stand out from the crowd: Experience with semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, boards and systems, networking, or other complex, capacity-constrained supply networks. Experience coordinating planning transformation with SAP IBP, SAP S/4HANA and major changes to enterprise processes and data. Success improving planning cycle time, reducing manual effort, and increasing confidence in system-generated plans. Practical experience applying AI, analytics, or automation to planning workflows and operational support. A track record of building strong TPM teams and simplifying how large organizations make decisions and deliver. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary range for this position is 200,000 USD – 322,000 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits . Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 17, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and 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.