Technical Program Manager - IP Backbone

Details

The IP Backbone Technical Program Manager coordinates the planning and delivery of Nebius's global IP backbone and Internet edge. The role connects data center launches, customer and platform demand, IP architecture, network engineering, procurement, and external providers to ensure sites have the routing, transit, peering, hardware, and address resources required for service readiness and growth.

Network Architecture and Engineering own technical standards and design decisions, while engineers lead implementation. The TPM is responsible for keeping workstreams aligned and ensuring end-to-end delivery.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate IP connectivity due diligence for new data centers and points of presence (PoPs).
• Confirm site roles in the backbone and connectivity requirements to regional and Super PoPs.
• Track dependencies including 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.
• Coordinate plans for IP transit, peering, private interconnects, backbone connectivity, cloud on-ramps, and data center launches.
• Track provider requirements, site availability, port capacity, cross-connects, delivery dates, commercial terms, and technical acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate provider technical due diligence and selection with Procurement, Backbone Architecture, and Engineering using the provider qualification checklist.
• Maintain integrated dependencies for circuits, ports, routers, optics, and cross-connects so services can be activated end to end.
• Coordinate IPv4 and IPv6 address allocations, assignments, utilization, ASN usage, AS-SETs, route objects, and ROAs.
• Track RPKI and IRR readiness and coordinate remediation of routing-security issues.
• Maintain forward-looking hardware demand and coordinate routers, line cards, optics, spares, software entitlements, console access, and PoP out-of-band equipment.
• Coordinate hardware planning and delivery for Juniper MX304 routers, Juniper PTX10002 routers, Cisco 8000 Series routers, and MikroTik out-of-band equipment.
• Translate approved designs into validated bills of materials and deployment requirements.
• Track forecasts, purchase requests, supplier commitments, lead times, delivery allocations, and regional logistics.
• Build and maintain integrated delivery plans for IP backbone projects, PoP builds, provider services, and data center launches.
• Define milestones, prerequisites, owners, acceptance criteria, and handover requirements.
• Drive blocker resolution and escalate risks affecting launches, customer commitments, capacity, or resilience.
• Coordinate testing, service activation, routing turn-up, documentation, and operational handover.
• Track backbone and Internet edge capacity against demand, data center growth, customer requirements, and platform launches.
• Maintain records of PoPs, providers, circuits, ports, ASNs, address allocations, AS-SETs, ROAs, and deployment status.
• Support incident follow-up, provider escalations, lessons learned, and improvements to resiliency, routing security, provider diversity, and operational readiness.
• Coordinate with the Layer 1 TPM on shared PoP and data center connectivity projects, including integrated milestone plans, service demarcation, handoff points, and dependency ownership.
• Coordinate IP security and DDoS-related projects while Security Architects retain ownership of security architecture and technical decisions.

Requirements

• Experience coordinating complex network infrastructure, backbone, Internet edge, data center, or connectivity programs.
• Ability to coordinate architecture, engineering, Layer 1 planning, data center operations, construction, security, procurement, and external providers.
• Understanding of IP transit, peering, private interconnects, cloud interconnects, routing, ASN management, IPv4 and IPv6 resources, AS-SETs, route objects, ROAs, RPKI, and IRR.
• Experience coordinating hardware supply and deployment dependencies for routers, line cards, optics, cross-connects, and related network infrastructure.
• Strong project planning, dependency management, risk tracking, stakeholder communication, decision-making, and delivery handover skills.
• Ability to work with technical owners while leaving architecture, design, configuration, and implementation decisions to the relevant engineering teams.

About Nebius

Nebius is an AI cloud platform supporting data and model training through production deployment. The company operates globally, with headquarters in Amsterdam and R&D hubs across Europe, the United Kingdom, North America, and Israel. Its infrastructure includes large-scale GPU orchestration, compute, storage, networking, and applied AI capabilities.

Benefits

• 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

Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply and must provide proof of employment eligibility. Nebius is an equal opportunity employer and provides accommodations during the application process.