Manager Network Engineering

Nebius is seeking a Technical Network Project Manager to drive end-to-end delivery of large-scale, mission-critical network initiatives across their AI-focused infrastructure. The role involves owning execution across planning, coordination, and rollout phases, ensuring network stack deployments are delivered on time and aligned with production reliability and scalability requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Own full lifecycle delivery of network infrastructure projects, from planning and design alignment to production rollout and post-deployment validation
• Drive structured execution across defined delivery stages, ensuring clear milestones, risk mitigation, and dependency management
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including network engineering, systems, data center operations, and hardware stakeholders
• Translate network architecture and stack requirements into actionable project plans with measurable outcomes
• Identify and proactively resolve delivery risks, technical blockers, and resource constraints
• Ensure network deployments meet scalability, reliability, and performance standards required for AI and GPU-dense environments
• Track progress, report status to leadership, and maintain transparency across technical and executive stakeholders
• Leverage automation and AI-driven tools to improve planning accuracy, operational visibility, and execution efficiency
• Influence cross-team priorities to maintain alignment with infrastructure roadmap and production needs

Requirements:

• Proven experience in technical project or program management within network infrastructure environments
• Strong understanding of network organization, architecture, and stack components (routing, switching, transport, data center networking)
• Demonstrated ability to manage structured delivery stages across complex technical initiatives
• Experience working in infrastructure-heavy or production environments with high reliability requirements
• Strong leadership and influence skills across technical and cross-functional teams
• Proactive execution mindset with ownership-driven approach to delivery
• Ability to identify risks early and drive resolution through structured coordination
• Experience managing network projects in large-scale data center or AI infrastructure environments
• Familiarity with automation frameworks and AI-driven operational tools
• Exposure to bare-metal provisioning workflows or close-to-the-metal infrastructure environments
• Experience working with GPU-dense clusters or high-performance networking technologies