Global Technical Program Manager, Product Operations

Vantage Data Centers UK Management Company Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantage is building a platform-led Product organisation to enable repeatable, predictable data-centre delivery. The Technical Program Manager (TPM) leads cross-functional programs, ensuring clear scope, owners, decision paths, and evidence for rapid execution with minimal disruption.

The role reports to the Principal TPM and focuses on governance, readiness gates, dependency management, and structured retrospectives to turn learnings into platform improvements.

Qualifications

• 6-10+ years in technical program management or equivalent technical delivery leadership in complex, scaled environments.
• Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional programs with real technical depth and operational consequences.
• Strong technical fluency in data centre systems and lifecycle realities.
• Strong written and verbal communication; capable of producing concise decision memos and driving alignment.
• Preferred experience building or operating readiness gates and go/no-go processes.
• Experience with lessons-learned systems and closed-loop feedback in deployment contexts.

Responsibilities

• Own one or more cross-cutting Product programs end-to-end (definition, planning, execution, rollout, retrospective).
• Build and maintain clear execution plans with milestones, interlocks, risks, and measurable outcomes; ensure owners and decision deadlines are explicit.
• Operate readiness checklists and go/no-go gates for releases or rollouts within your program scope; ensure artefacts are produced, reviewed, and stored.
• Identify cross-team dependencies early; create clarity on interfaces, owners, and acceptance criteria, and maintain an active risk register with structured escalations.
• Run structured retrospectives and lessons-learned capture; ensure outputs become actionable inputs to Product Managers and platform governance.
• Use and improve standard templates and dashboards to increase visibility and decision hygiene.
• Operate as a high-trust partner to Product Managers and engineering leaders to accelerate outcomes without overstepping ownership.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional leadership

Data centre experience

Technical fluency

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Vantage is building a platform-led Product organisation to enable repeatable, predictable data-centre delivery. The Technical Program Manager (TPM) leads cross-functional programs, ensuring clear scope, owners, decision paths, and evidence for rapid execution with minimal disruption.

The role reports to the Principal TPM and focuses on governance, readiness gates, dependency management, and structured retrospectives to turn learnings into platform improvements.