Data Center Program Manager

TEKsystems; United States; Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Health Spending Account

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

PTO / Vacation

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a seasoned Agile Coach/Delivery Lead to optimize progress across one or more teams supporting Network AI and transformation. You will facilitate ceremonies, manage dependencies, and ensure health of backlogs and epics to drive predictable delivery.

You will coordinate with workstream leads and stakeholders, promote structured backlog readiness, and providevisibility into plans and risks while guiding teams toward improved performance and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Program Management experience
• PM experience (7+ years of true PM work)
• Data Center experience
• Network infrastructure (understand refreshes, firewall management and proxies, load balancing, routers, switches, etc)
• Cloud migration
• Jira
• agile / scrum
• ServiceNow exposure
• AI automation
• DMZ familiarity
• Financial services experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Guide and coach one or more teams on Scrum practices and delivery discipline.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives.
• Maintain a healthy backlog of deliverables, epics, and stories with stakeholders.
• Promote backlog readiness with defined, sequenced, and understood work.
• Facilitate dependency and risk management and remove impediments.
• Promote communication within and across teams for transformation deliverables.
• Provide visibility into delivery plans, progress, blockers, and risks to stakeholders.
• Help teams define working agreements, definitions of ready/done, and execution expectations.
• Enable continuous improvement through retrospectives and measurable outcomes.
• Track delivery maturity and performance metrics to identify risks and opportunities.

Skills

Data center

Program management

Agile

Jira

Automation

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Description

This role is responsible for optimizing the flow of work and the value delivered by one or more Agile teams supporting the Network AI and Agentic Transformation and is focused on serving the needs of the team to drive performance, predictability, and continuous improvement. Key responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating Agile ceremonies, managing dependencies and impediments, maintaining visibility into delivery plans and progress, and helping ensure deliverables, epics, and stories are advanced in a structured and effective manner. This role supports transformation execution by helping teams maintain healthy backlogs, improve delivery discipline, and align work to agreed priorities and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Guide and coach one or more teams on Scrum practices and help strengthen their understanding of Agile principles and delivery discipline.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and other delivery routines as needed.
• Help teams maintain a healthy backlog of deliverables, epics, and stories in collaboration with workstream leads and relevant stakeholders.
• Promote structured backlog readiness by helping ensure work is sufficiently defined, sequenced, and understood before team commitment.
• Facilitate dependency management, risk management, and impediment removal to support delivery timelines and team effectiveness.
• Promote communication and collaboration within and across teams to support completion of transformation deliverables and sprint commitments.
• Provide visibility into delivery plans, team progress, blockers, and risks to stakeholders, delivery leads, and transformation leadership.
• Help the team define and reinforce working agreements, including definitions of ready and done, team norms, and execution expectations.
• Enable teams to improve performance through continuous improvement practices, retrospectives, and a focus on measurable execution outcomes.
• Track delivery, maturity, and performance metrics and review them with the team to identify improvement opportunities and execution risks.

Skills

Data center, program management, agile, jira, automation

Top Skills Details

Data center,program management,agile,jira,automation

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Program Management experience
• PM experience (7+ years of true PM work)
• Data Center experience
• Network infrastructure (understand refreshes, firewall management and proxies, load balancing, routers, switches, etc)
• Cloud migration
• Jira
• agile / scrum
• ServiceNow (doesn’t need a ton of exp with this, any exposure is good)
• AI automation
• DMZ (familiarity would be helpful)
• Financial services experience is not a dealbreaker but is preferred

Experience Level

Expert Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Chandler, AZ.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $73.00 - $80.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your jobclassification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may besubject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.

If eligible, the benefitsavailable for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Chandler,AZ.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 30, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands‑on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.