Data Center Planning Program Manager

Insight Global; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead technology and infrastructure projects, using Jira as the primary PM tool. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage roadmaps, risks, and release milestones while communicating clearly with stakeholders at all levels.

The role requires hands-on project leadership, strong communication, and the ability to drive multiple initiatives with distributed teams in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management/technical program manager experience in technology, infrastructure, or engineering environments.
• 3+ years hands-on experience managing projects in Jira and Smartsheet.
• Ability to create and manage projects, boards, filters, dashboards, and reports.
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with Agile and Kanban methodologies.
• Proficient in Confluence, Visio, Drawio, MS Teams, and MS Office Suite.
• Nice to have: PMP or similar project management certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology/infrastructure projects using Jira as the primary PM tool.
• Communicate roadmaps, progress, risks, mitigation plans and impacts to senior management.
• Steer cross-functional and remote project teams, aligning resources to objectives.
• Facilitate regular status meetings, manage risks and issues, and escalate as needed.
• Oversee release schedules and milestones in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate with leadership and stakeholders across IT and engineering.

Skills

PM/TPM exp

Jira

Smartsheet

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile

Kanban

Confluence

Visio

Draw.io

MS Teams

MS Office

Education

PMP certification

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

Confluence

Visio

Draw.io

MS Teams

MS Office

Job description

• -5+ years of project management/technical program manager experience in technology, infrastructure, or engineering environments
• -3+ years of hands-on experience managing projects in Jira and Smartsheet
• -Ability to create and manage projects, boards, filters, dashboards, and reports
• -Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills
• -Familiarity with Agile and Kanban methodologies
• -Proficient in Confluence, Visio, Drawio, MS Teams, and MS Office Suite

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• -Background in Network Engineering, IT Infrastructure, or Data Center operations
• -Experience working in Agile environments with distributed teams
• -PMP or similar project management certification or equivalent experience is desirable

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Technical Program Manager with proven experience leading technology or infrastructure projects using Jira as the primary project management tool. The ideal candidate will be structured, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders at all levels.The Technical Program Manager will clearly communicate roadmaps, progress, risks, mitigation plans and impacts to senior management and internal cross-functional and remote project teams. Steer teams based on business objectives constantly align resources to those objectives, in the face of ambiguity and aggressive deadlines. Additional responsibilities include;

• -Engage and provide critical information to leadership, cross-functional teams and stakeholders (Network Engineering, Optical Engineering, Carrier Management, Deployment, Transport Engineering)
• -Directing cross-functional teams and management
• -Leading global, multi-disciplinary teams in fast-paced, change-intensive environments.
• -Facilitate regular status meetings, manage risks and issues, and escal…
• -Take responsibility for release schedules and milestones, keeping up a high velocity in a fast-paced environment.
• -Strong business acumen and technical background, with the ability to quickly understand and communicate technical concepts and challenges across a wide range of audiences.
• -Confidence and credibility to effectively engage and interact with senior and executive management.
• -Hosting senior level leaders and providing status/program updates.
• -Craft a compelling messages and tailor it for a given audience.
• -Comfortable talking about technical matters with businesspeople and business matters with technical people.