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Staff Technical Program Manager, Storage

Crusoe - San Francisco, CA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-09-17

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Salary: USD 200,000 - 240,000 / annual

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company building the energy and compute layer that powers the world's most demanding AI workloads. The company owns and operates the full stack from electrons to tokens, addressing the critical bottleneck of power availability for AI compute. The Cloud Storage team is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to serve as the primary execution driver for high-impact, cross-functional programs. This role is responsible for translating Product and Engineering strategy into executable plans, building scalable processes, and enabling predictable team execution at scale. Key responsibilities include: - End-to-end program delivery for Storage Engineering, spanning multi-quarter release planning, dependency governance, and executive communication - Ownership of complex, high-risk programs including feature rollouts, new storage deployments, and platform resiliency initiatives - Cross-functional alignment across Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Cloud Foundations, Data Center Operations, and external storage providers - Proactive risk identification and mitigation across programs and vendor timelines - Development of lightweight, scalable TPM frameworks suited to Crusoe's execution pace, including real-time dashboards and data-driven executive updates The role requires deep technical credibility in cloud infrastructure. You will engage directly with engineering teams on storage architecture, protocols, and tradeoffs. You'll define, scope, and document ambiguous cross-functional initiatives with minimal guidance, using data to inform decision-making throughout. This is a Staff-level individual contributor role focused on program execution excellence and organizational leverage, not people management. Requirements: - 7+ years as a Technical Program Manager in fast-paced technical environments, with a proven track record of owning complex programs end-to-end across engineering and product organizations - In-depth understanding of cloud technologies, platforms, and services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) - Direct experience building and launching storage products such as block volumes, file systems, or object storage - Direct technical experience working with storage hardware, protocols, or file systems - Ability to drive alignment across engineering, product, and infrastructure leadership without direct authority - Experience building execution models in low-structure environments where processes did not yet exist - Exceptional written and verbal communication for delivering clear, data-driven updates to executive stakeholders - Active, daily use of AI tools to improve program execution, risk detection, and communication - Analytical mindset with ability to use data to inform decision-making Bonus qualifications: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field - 5+ years experience working with execution teams building storage platforms/services - Experience coaching or mentoring junior TPMs in a high-growth technical environment - Exposure to multi-site or globally distributed engineering teams - Background at a Series D to Series F company or high-performing team within a hyperscaler focused on AI infrastructure

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