Technical Program Manager

About Centific

Centific is a frontier AI data foundry that curates diverse, high-quality data, using our purpose-built technology platforms to empower the Magnificent Seven and our enterprise clients with safe, scalable AI deployment. Our team includes more than 150 PhDs and data scientists, along with more than 4,000 AI practitioners and engineers. We harness the power of an integrated solution ecosystem—comprising industry-leading partnerships and 1.8 million vertical domain experts in more than 230 markets—to create contextual, multilingual, pre-trained datasets; fine-tuned, industry-specific LLMs; and RAG pipelines supported by vector databases. Our zero-distance innovation™ solutions for GenAI can reduce GenAI costs by up to 80% and bring solutions to market 50% faster.

Our mission is to bridge the gap between AI creators and industry leaders by bringing best practices in GenAI to unicorn innovators and enterprise customers. We aim to help these organizations unlock significant business value by deploying GenAI at scale, helping to ensure they stay at the forefront of technological advancement and maintain a competitive edge in their respective markets.

About Job

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead planning, execution, and delivery activities for Meta's Hardware Validation programs. This role will partner closely with hardware, firmware, software, test, and operations teams to ensure validation milestones are achieved on schedule and with high quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end program execution for hardware validation initiatives.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.

• Track validation schedules, test readiness, defect resolution, and reporting.

• Facilitate program reviews, stakeholder communications, and status updates.

• Identify and mitigate technical and operational risks impacting project timelines.

• Ensure alignment between engineering, lab operations, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Technical Program Management experience in hardware, systems, or validation environments.

• Experience managing complex engineering programs with multiple stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of hardware development and validation lifecycles.

• Excellent communication, organizational, and risk management skills.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

Work Environment

• Full-time onsite position in Seattle, WA (5 days per week).

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, highly collaborative engineering environment.

Salary: $80,200/Annum

Centific is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.