Network Program Manager

Diamond Technology, Inc.; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 192,864 - 234,192; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accumulated Sick Time Off

Job summary

Diamond Technology, Inc. is seeking an experienced Network Program Manager/Consultant for a multi-year on-site engagement in the San Francisco/Burlingame area to lead planning, vendor coordination, risk management, and execution of a major airport network modernization program.

The role requires hands-on leadership of large-scale backbone upgrades, 400G deployment, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, operations, and vendors, with four on-site days per week and security

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical program/project management experience leading large-scale, complex enterprise technology programs.
• Direct experience overseeing high-capacity network upgrades in mission-critical environments.
• Proven leadership of cross-functional teams (engineering, operations, architecture, vendor partners).
• Active PMP certification — must be verifiable.
• Demonstrated experience with risk/issue management and mitigation strategy development.
• Testing, validation, and readiness activities (lab validation, pilot deployments, field rollouts, operational acceptance).
• Vendor relationship, SLA, and contract deliverable management.
• Available on-site a minimum of 4 business days per week for the duration of the engagement.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain required security clearances, badges, and access credentials for a secure facility environment

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain master project plans, WBS, schedules, and program roadmaps for a multi-phase network modernization program.
• Coordinate design reviews and maintain requirements traceability across technical and business teams.
• Oversee deployment sequencing, lab validation, field rollouts, and production readiness checks.
• Maintain risk, issue, and dependency registers with mitigation and escalation paths.
• Coordinate vendor delivery schedules and cross-team alignment.
• Lead operational readiness reviews, including runbook/SOP updates and monitoring integration.
• Support hardware lifecycle planning and end-of-service analysis

Skills

Program management

Network infrastructure

Vendor coordination

Risk management

Leadership

Education

PMP certification

Job description

Benefits

Accumulated Sick Time Off

About the Role

Network Program Manager / Consultant — Large-Scale Network Infrastructure Modernization

JOB TITLE: Network Program Manager / Consultant (Temp Contract - On Site in San Francisco / Burlingame)

NUMBER OF OPENINGS: 1

DESIRED START DATE: Oct 2026

LOCATION: San Francisco / Burlingame CA: 4 days On Site

DURATION: 2+ years 40 hours a week.

HOURLY RATE: $140ph

About the Role

Diamond Technology is a Technical Services company. We have client who is a large local public organization with an opening for the following position: n experienced Network Program Manager / Consultant to lead planning, vendor coordination, risk management, and execution of a major airport network infrastructure modernization program — including a 400G backbone deployment supporting mission-critical operations. This is a highly technical program management role requiring hands-on experience with large-scale carrier-grade or enterprise backbone network transformations, not general IT project management.

This role requires candidates to have led at least one project involving one or more of the following. Applicants without this specific experience will not be considered:

400G network deployment or upgrades

Backbone, optical transport, or core network modernization

MPLS transport modernization

Comparable large-scale network infrastructure transformation efforts

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of technical program/project management experience leading large-scale, complex enterprise technology programs

Direct experience overseeing high-capacity network infrastructure upgrades, data center expansion programs, or MPLS transport modernization in mission-critical environments

Proven leadership of cross-functional teams (engineering, operations, architecture, vendor partners, executive stakeholders)

Active PMP certification (Project Management Institute) required at time of application — must be verifiable

Demonstrated experience with:

Risk/issue management and mitigation strategy development

Testing, validation, and readiness activities (lab validation, pilot deployments, field rollouts, operational acceptance)

Vendor relationship, SLA, and contract deliverable management

Design reviews, status reporting, and cross-functional stakeholder communication

Available on-site a minimum of 4 business days per week for the duration of the engagement

Must be eligible to obtain and maintain required security clearances, badges, and access credentials for a secure facility environment

What You\'ll Do

Develop and maintain master project plans, WBS, schedules, and program roadmaps for a multi-phase network modernization program

Coordinate design reviews and maintain requirements traceability across technical and business teams

Oversee deployment sequencing, lab validation, field rollouts, and production readiness checks

Maintain risk, issue, and dependency registers with mitigation and escalation paths

Coordinate vendor delivery schedules and cross-team alignment

Lead operational readiness reviews, including runbook/SOP updates and monitoring integration

Support hardware lifecycle planning and end-of-service analysis