Technical Program Manager - IP Backbone

Job Description

The IP Backbone TPM coordinates the planning and delivery of Nebius’s global IP backbone and Internet edge.

Responsibilities

Site and PoP Readiness

• Coordinate IP connectivity due diligence for new data center and PoP locations.
• Confirm the planned site role in the backbone and the required connectivity to regional and Super PoPs.
• Track site dependencies such as rack space, power, security, cross-connects, cabling, hardware delivery, and carrier access.
• Coordinate PoP build plans with IP Engineering, Layer 1 Planning, Data Center Operations, Security, and Procurement.
• Identify the boundary between IP and Layer 1 work early, including transport handoffs, demarcation points, and ownership of cross-connects.
• Confirm that IP equipment and provider services are ready for installation, testing, and operational handover.

IP Connectivity Planning

• Coordinate plans for IP transit, peering, private interconnects, and backbone connectivity in line with the global network strategy.
• Track provider requirements, site availability, port capacity, cross-connects, delivery dates, commercial terms, and technical acceptance criteria.
• Work with Procurement and network architects to gather and review ISP information using the provider qualification checklist.
• Plan connectivity for new data center launches, including the required paths from the front-end fabric to the Nebius backbone, transit providers, cloud on-ramps, and peering locations as applicable.
• Maintain an integrated view of circuit, port, router, optics, and cross-connect dependencies so that a delivered service can be activated end to end.
• Coordinate capacity growth and diverse connectivity plans before demand or a new launch creates a service constraint.

Internet Routing Resources and Security

• Coordinate the lifecycle and accurate records for Nebius IPv4 and IPv6 address allocations, assignments, and utilization.
• Maintain an operational view of ASN use and dependencies across regions, PoPs, transit providers, peers, and customer-facing services.
• Coordinate the creation, review, and maintenance of AS-SETs, route objects, and ROAs with the responsible technical owners and relevant registries.
• Track RPKI and IRR readiness as part of provider onboarding, routing changes, and new-site launches.
• Coordinate remediation of resource or routing-security issues with Network Engineering and external providers.

Backbone Hardware and Supply

• Maintain a forward-looking view of IP backbone hardware demand based on PoP builds, data center launches, capacity plans, and approved architecture.
• Coordinate hardware planning and delivery for routers, line cards, optics, spares, software entitlements, and related components.
• Standard platforms are Juniper MX304 routers for peering borders, Juniper PTX10002 routers for data center borders, and Cisco 8000 Series routers for Cloud Interconnect (CIC) and cloud on-ramps.
• Work with IP Engineering to translate approved designs into complete, validated bills of materials and deployment requirements.
• Track forecasts, purchase requests, supplier commitments, lead times, delivery allocations, and regional logistics with Network Supply and Procurement.
• Coordinate supply for PoP out-of-band equipment, console access, and PoP management networks.
• Identify supply risks early and coordinate mitigation options with technical owners, procurement, and project stakeholders.
• Keep project schedules aligned with hardware readiness, site readiness, and service activation milestones.

Delivery and Launch Coordination

• Build and maintain integrated delivery plans for IP backbone projects, PoP builds, provider services, and data center launches.
• Coordinate work across IP Architecture, IP Engineering, Layer 1 Planning, Data Center Operations, Construction, Security, Procurement, and providers.
• Define milestones, prerequisites, owners, acceptance criteria, and handover requirements for each workstream.
• Drive resolution of blockers and escalate risks that could affect site launch, customer commitments, capacity, or network resilience.
• Coordinate testing, service activation, routing turn-up, documentation, and operational handover with the engineering and operations teams.
• Maintain clear status reporting for project scope, schedule, dependencies, decisions, risks, and actions.

Operations and Capacity Management

• Track IP backbone and Internet edge capacity against forecast demand, data center growth, customer requirements, and platform launches.
• Coordinate port, router, transit, peering, address-resource, and hardware expansion before capacity constraints affect service readiness.
• Maintain accurate records of PoPs, providers, circuits, ports, ASNs, address allocations, AS-SETs, ROAs, and deployment status in the agreed systems of record.
• Support incident follow-up and provider escalations when delivery or service issues affect backbone availability.
• Review completed projects with technical and operations teams, capture lessons learned, and improve planning and handover processes.
• Support ongoing improvements to resiliency, routing security, provider diversity, and operational readiness.

Working Boundaries with Layer 1 Planning

IP and Layer 1 TPMs share delivery responsibility for PoP and data center connectivity projects.

Internal Operating Context

The IP backbone TPM works with product and infrastructure stakeholders to translate Nebius Cloud launches and requirements into deliverable connectivity plans.

Security Project Coordination

The TPM may coordinate IP security and DDoS-related projects that affect the backbone or Internet edge.

Key Collaborators

• IP / Backbone Architecture
• IP Engineering
• Front End Fabric Deploy Team
• Layer 1 Planning / DWDM Engineering
• Network Supply and Procurement
• Data Center Operations and Construction
• Product and customer teams
• Security Architects
• ISPs, peers, exchanges, and cloud providers

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth and learning opportunities
• Flexibility and ownership
• Collaborative and innovative culture
• Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
• International environment and talented teams

Pay Transparency

• Base Compensation Range: $180,000-$230,000 USD