Principal Network Program Manager, AI Infrastructure

📋 Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Network Program Manager to lead cross-functional programs focused on next-generation AI networking infrastructure, optical connectivity, and hyperscale datacenter technologies.

🏢 About Graphcore

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.

🎯 The Role

This role combines technical depth in networking and optical interconnect technologies with strong program leadership across engineering, operations, suppliers, manufacturing, and deployment organizations. The ideal candidate will drive alignment between network architecture, hardware development, optical connectivity suppliers, and operational readiness to ensure scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure delivery.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional network infrastructure programs from concept through deployment and operational readiness
• Coordinate engineering execution across networking, optical connectivity, systems hardware, operations, manufacturing, and supplier teams
• Drive program schedules, technical milestones, dependency tracking, risk management, and executive reporting
• Partner with network architecture and hardware engineering teams on development and deployment of high-speed network solutions
• Manage supplier engagement and roadmap alignment for optical connectivity and networking infrastructure components
• Coordinate qualification, validation, and production readiness activities for networking and optical technologies
• Support deployment and scaling of AI datacenter networking infrastructure including high-bandwidth optical interconnect solutions
• Align networking technology roadmaps with operational scalability, supply chain resilience, quality, and cost objectives
• Interface with hyperscale datacenter customers, ecosystem partners, and industry standards organizations where required
• Facilitate collaboration across geographically distributed engineering and operations teams
• Drive issue escalation and cross-functional resolution for complex technical and operational challenges
• Support continuous improvement initiatives for networking deployment processes and infrastructure program execution

📌 Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline
• 12+ years of experience in technical program management, product management, or engineering leadership within networking, optical connectivity, or datacenter infrastructure environments
• Strong understanding of AI and hyperscale datacenter networking technologies
• Experience with high-speed optical interconnect technologies
• Experience leading cross-functional programs involving hardware, software, networking, operations, and supplier organizations
• Proven ability to manage external supplier relationships and drive technical roadmap alignment
• Experience coordinating product lifecycle activities from architecture and development through qualification and deployment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across executive, engineering, and external partner organizations
• Experience operating within fast-paced, highly technical infrastructure environments

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of networking protocols and infrastructure technologies including Ethernet, PCIe, UCIe, RDMA, RoCEv2, or related high-performance interconnect technologies
• Experience with silicon photonics, optical compute interconnects, or co-packaged optics technologies
• Familiarity with AI networking architectures and large-scale GPU/accelerator cluster infrastructure
• Knowledge of hyperscale datacenter operations and network fabric deployment
• Experience collaborating with industry standards organizations such as IEEE, OIF, PCI-SIG, or related consortiums
• Background in supplier sourcing strategy, manufacturing ramp, or operational scaling
• Experience supporting networking infrastructure for AI or HPC platforms
• Understanding of advanced networking telemetry, optical diagnostics, or infrastructure resiliency strategies

🎁 Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing and financial future. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), disability and life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, commuter benefits, wellness services and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

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