Hamilton Barnes 🌳
Director of Technical Programme Management
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Director of Technical Programme Management
Director, Technical Programme Management
Location: UK Remote Salary: Up to £160K Base + Bonus & Equity
We are seeking a highly technical and strategic leader to spearhead the founding UK team of our NVIDIA-partnered AI infrastructure platform. This role is central to our growth and one of the most critical hires in establishing our operational tempo and market positioning—a standout opportunity for candidates at the forefront of enterprise AI infrastructure.
The Opportunity
You will sit at the intersection of technical architecture and customer execution, driving:
- Cutting-edge Kubernetes & GPU-based AI platform deployments for globally demanding enterprises
- Implementation of the platform in scenarios including multi-cloud, sovereign, and hybrid environments
- Shape-and-scale leadership as a founding member, defining:
- Delivery governance and methodology
- Customer adoption strategies
- UK team structure, tech strategy, and hiring roadmap
Unlike a traditional Technical Programme Manager (TPM), this role focuses on execution impact, balancing hands-on technical IPs with C-level stakeholder management.
Responsibilities
- Technical & Delivery Leadership:
- Lead complex end-to-end deployments for enterprise Kubernetes, GPU orchestration, AI/ML workloads, and multi-cloud infrastructure modernisation.
- Own the delivery outcomes of deployments spanning Kubernetes at scale, AI infrastructure, and cloud modernisation programmes.
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration:
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success Teams, and executive stakeholders to align technical delivery with commercial strategy.
- Facilitate architecture workshops involving DevOps, engineering, and DevOps leadership to assess technical constraints and programme risks.
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Stakeholder & Risk Management:
- Hold Customer Engineering Teams and C-level stakeholders accountable for adoption outcomes.
- Coordinate risks/dependencies, define escalation protocols, and ensure programme cohesion.
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Organisation & Process Development:
- Contribute to establishing the UK delivery function’s methodology and governance framework.
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Hands-On Technical Expertise:
- Maintain active knowledge across high-performance workloads in Kubernetes, AI/ML, and distributed GPU environments.
Technical Environment
- Core: Kubernetes (Multi-cluster production environments, GitOps workflows, CI/CD).
- Compute: GPU orchestration (CPU-to-cluster allocation, AI training/inference optimisation).
- Cloud: Cloud-native across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including sovereign/hybrid architectures.
- Observability: Infrastructure monitoring, security, and reliability engineering for AI platforms.
Requirements
This role demands a blend of technical depth and interpersonal mastery. Candidates should demonstrate:
- 10+ years in Technical Programme Management, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise delivery leadership.
- Hands-on Kubernetes expertise: A role where theory meets production—expect deep integration into the ecosystem.
- Prior exposure to GPU/AI infrastructure or equivalent high-performance compute transactions.
- Proven track record leading large-scale, customer-facing technical programmes, including stakeholders from vendor relationship to executive partnership.
- Practised executive communications: Ability to articulate complex frameworks to non-technical leaders.
- Scale-up agility: Thriving in high-growth, remote-first environments with cross-regional collaboration demands.
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Why This Role?
- Founding member in a high-growth, globally deployed AI platform within the UK/EMEA ecosystem.
- Work at the intersection of Kubernetes, GPUs, AI orchestration, and cloud modernisation—a sentinel position at the technology frontier.
- High visibility in customer-facing programmes, amplifying organisational impact and innovation signals.
- Remote-first culture, balancing UK/EMEA collaboration with total flexibility.
If your career has clustered around technical leadership and building organisations, this is the role to shape and accelerate an AI infrastructure pioneer. Apply today via your preferred portal, and we’ll schedule a conversation to explore the catalyst for your journey.
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