Technical Services Director, Global Data Center & Lab Infrastructure
Graphcore · Austin, Texas, United States
Posted 14 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days Graphcore's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Graphcore's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Graphcore
- low 0 stale, 5 reposted of 192 open
- Hiring momentum
- 288 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Graphcore's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Graphcore.
About this role
As the Technical Services Director at Graphcore, you will oversee the operation and evolution of engineering labs and high-performance computing platforms globally. Your responsibilities include leading teams, ensuring infrastructure reliability and efficiency, managing procurement and budgets, and collaborating with various departments to meet engineering and customer needs. The role requires onsite presence in Austin and involves international travel to various facilities and suppliers.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Graphcore as an employer.
What you need
- Significant leadership experience in global technical infrastructure, engineering labs, systems engineering, HPC, Information Technology operations, or data center services.
- Proven success leading and developing geographically distributed technical teams, including managers and senior individual contributors.
- Deep knowledge of HPC and data center environments, including server architecture, Linux-based systems, accelerators, high-speed interconnects, parallel storage, cluster management, workload scheduling, and monitoring.
- Experience supporting semiconductor development, silicon bring-up, hardware validation, systems engineering, or similarly complex engineering environments.
- A record of developing and executing multi-site infrastructure strategy, capacity plans, lifecycle programs, and operating models aligned with engineering and business priorities.
- Experience operating business-critical compute and lab infrastructure with clear expectations for availability, performance, security, safety, and support.
Nice to have
- Experience designing, deploying, or operating large-scale HPC clusters or supercomputing platforms.
- Knowledge of GPU-accelerated computing, AI infrastructure, and NVIDIA reference architectures.
- Experience with cluster schedulers, high-performance storage, high-speed networking, and infrastructure automation technologies.
- Experience developing a global lab strategy or managing lab and data center operations across multiple countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, or India.
- Experience operating colocation facilities and managing third-party data center providers.
What you get
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, together with mental health and well-being support.
- A 401(k) retirement plan with company matching, plus company-provided life and disability coverage.
- Flexible paid time off, paid company holidays, flexible working hours, and parental leave.
- Learning and career development support, including development plans, training allowances, and online learning resources.
- Office amenities and team-led social, community, and well-being activities.
Worth weighing
- Onsite presence in Austin is required, which may limit remote work flexibility.
- The role involves significant international travel, which may impact work-life balance.
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Listed by Graphcore on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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