Senior Technical Program Manager - Data Center Deployment

Job Description

Alibaba Cloud Data Center team is looking for a passionate, results-oriented candidate to drive the implementation of data center projects. S/he should thrive in collaborative, cross-functional environments to manage both internal and external stakeholders to tackle the challenges in designing and building Alibaba data center facilities. The program manager is responsible for project oversight and review in architectural, electrical, mechanical, and IT equipment deployment by providing direction, coordination, and control to the team to ensure consistency with global technical standards and business goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the deployment of Alibaba overseas data center.
• Partner with several stakeholders such as capacity planning, engineering, operation, procurement, and finance teams to ensure successful delivery of infrastructure.
• Manage multiple vendors to track progress, identify risks, and solve problems throughout the project. Responsible for project delivery in targeted schedule, cost, and quality.
• Own initiatives to standardize global processes of project management and improve deployment methodologies to optimize the schedule.
• Identify defects or waste in our deployment processes, driving new processes and software automation to eliminate defects and prevent recurrence without posing risk to availability.

Position Requirement

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years experience managing projects in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure.
• 5+ years experience in Construction or Project Management.
• 5+ years experience in Vendor Management.
• Excellent written composition and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to think and react in a high energy, fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Expertise in large colocation deals, site selection for industrial-scale projects, real estate evaluation, acquisition, development, construction, negotiating or managing utility agreements, financial modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs, evaluate new ideas with a variety of stakeholders.
• Proven track record for being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow-through on projects.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Experience presenting to senior executives.
• Significant experience successfully delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Able to speak Mandarin.