Program Manager

Hammerspace obliterates data access delays for AI and high-performance computing. Its Data Platform delivers a high-throughput, low-latency parallel global file system unifying data from edge to core to multi-cloud, accessible via pNFS, NFSv3, SMB and S3 standards. Instant, agentless deployment with native Linux support combined with migration-free data assimilation radically accelerates pipelines. This approach keeps GPUs saturated, speeds time-to-insight, and boosts researcher and developer productivity.

As a Program Manager at Hammerspace, you will play a pivotal role in driving execution and alignment across Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Support, and Operations. You’ll manage complex programs that bring new products and features from concept to launch, ensuring that cross-functional teams are informed, aligned, and delivering against clear milestones. This is a hands-on, high visibility role ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, startup-like environment and loves turning ambiguity into structured action.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination, and execution for new product introduction (NPI) process. The process will require coordination and execution with multiple teams in a cross-functional approach.
• Define clear program objectives, success metrics, and timelines in collaboration with Product Management and Engineering.
• Facilitate communication and alignment across multiple stakeholders, ensuring everyone understands priorities, dependencies, and risks.
• Track program milestones, deliverables, and risks.
• Partner with Customer Success, Engineering, Marketing, Product, Support, and Sales Enablement to ensure product readiness, documentation, and training are in place for launches.
• Drive continuous improvement in program management processes and tools to enhance overall effectiveness.
• Report program status and outcomes to executive leadership with clear, data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in program or project management, preferably within a software or data infrastructure environment
• Proven success managing cross-functional product launches or complex engineering programs
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority
• Experience working with Agile or hybrid development environments
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives in parallel in a fast paced, high growth company
• Excellent problem solving and risk management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience working with primarily remote teams via zoom and slack.
• Familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, or equivalent program tracking systems
• Familiar with Hardware and Appliance product launches

To the extent required by state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $170,000-210,000.  Actual compensation will be determined by several factors including, but not limited to, level of professional/education experience, skills/abilities, internal equity, and budgetary considerations. In addition, Hammerspace offers a broad range of health plans for medical, dental, vision, life and disability. We also offer 401k plans and flexible time off. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Hammerspace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies:

Agencies are hereby specifically directed not to contact Hammerspace employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. To protect the interests of all parties, Hammerspace will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Hammerspace will be considered Hammerspace property. Hammerspace will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Hammerspace will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.  Agency must obtain advance written approval from Hammerspace’s recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Hammerspace will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.