# Data Center - IT Infrastructure Technical Project Manager

**Company**: Nebius
**Location**: Hyderabad, India
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to own IT infrastructure in Nebius data centers from the moment it is accepted into operations. You will work with modern GPU clusters , GPU servers, high-speed networking, compute and storage , acting as the link between the Project team, DC engineers, vendors and IT Operations.

**Responsibilities**

- Acceptance & operational readiness of new sites and clusters

- Represent IT Operations in new site and cluster projects from the planning stage: define acceptance criteria and operational readiness requirements upfront, before build starts.

- Own the acceptance process: readiness assessments, acceptance testing against agreed criteria, punch lists, operational sign-off.

- Prepare operations for takeover: operational procedures, tooling, documentation, on-site processes, spares and vendor support in place before sign-off.

- Manage the transition period from Project team to IT Operations, including defect follow-up and closure of open items after handover.

- Operations projects & change management in live DCs

- Manage and deliver IT infrastructure projects and change requests in production data centers: hardware deployments and replacements, capacity changes in accepted clusters, network and cabling changes, decommissioning.

- Own the change lifecycle for DC IT infrastructure: change requests, risk and impact assessment, MOPs, maintenance windows, rollback plans, post-implementation review.

- Manage risks and dependencies in live environments; proactively identify technical, operational and process issues and drive them to resolution.

- Stakeholders, communication & documentation

- Lead communication with all stakeholders: transparent progress reporting, expectation management, escalation of critical blockers, timely decision-making.

- Lead project meetings, technical reviews and operational readiness discussions with a focus on clear ownership, actionable outcomes and execution.

- Maintain project and operational documentation: acceptance criteria and reports, risk registers, issue logs, operational procedures, handover documentation, deployment reports.

- Cross-functional coordination & operational excellence

- Coordinate engineering, infrastructure, network, security, procurement, hardware lifecycle and operations teams across acceptance and operational phases.

- Work directly with data center engineers, vendors, contractors and operations teams.

- Lead operational reviews and planning with internal teams; improve reliability, response times and workflows.

- Contribute to automation, process improvements and design support as needed.

**Requirements**

- Proven experience in data center IT infrastructure operations, preferably in high-performance or AI-oriented environments.

- Experience accepting IT infrastructure into operations: defining acceptance criteria, running readiness assessments, taking handover from project teams.

- Experience running changes in live production environments: change requests, MOPs, maintenance windows, rollback planning.

- Solid understanding of data center design and operations: racking, cabling, power planning, cooling considerations.

- Hands-on experience with IT hardware in data centers; comfortable on site during live operations.

- Experience in project delivery, team coordination and cross-team collaboration.

- Strong problem-solving skills; ability to troubleshoot technical and workflow issues across the IT stack.

- Ability to document processes, maintain tracking systems and produce clear acceptance, deployment and handover reports.

- Strong stakeholder management; clear communication between technical and business teams.

- Ownership, drive and follow-through , including the ability to refuse sign-off when criteria are not met.

- Ready for regular business trips, including on-site presence during acceptance of new sites and clusters.

**Nice to Have**

- Structured project management or delivery frameworks (PRINCE2, PMI, Agile).

- ITIL / formal change management experience.

- Relevant technical certifications.

- Familiarity with GPU clusters / AI workloads.

**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

## Skills

### Required
- data center IT infrastructure operations
- high-performance environments
- AI-oriented environments
- accepting IT infrastructure into operations
- defining acceptance criteria
- running readiness assessments
- change requests
- MOPs
- maintenance windows
- rollback planning
- data center design and operations
- racking
- cabling
- power planning
- cooling considerations
- IT hardware
- project delivery
- team coordination
- cross-team collaboration
- problem-solving
- troubleshooting
- documentation
- stakeholder management
- communication

### Nice to have
- structured project management
- delivery frameworks
- PRINCE2
- PMI
- Agile
- ITIL
- formal change management
- technical certifications
- GPU clusters
- AI workloads

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