Program Manager II

Astreya; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Astreya in California seeks a Project & Program Management II to plan and coordinate large-scale data center projects from initiation to delivery. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage timelines, budgets, and risk, ensuring on-time delivery within constraints.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and 2–5 years of PM experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate with executives across North America.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2–5 years of project management experience in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.
• Experience with data centers or network hardware is preferred.
• Strong ability to build internal and external relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, timelines and risks.

Responsibilities

• Manages multiple, cross-functional and technical network deployment projects.
• Partners with stakeholders during initiation, plan, design, procurement, deployment and post deployment phases.
• Tracks milestones, timelines, and overall deliverables.
• Manages asset and material management.
• Creates and maintains project documentation including schedules, risk analyses, and reviews.
• Drives project scope, objectives, and change management with stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Data center knowledge

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

The Project & Program Management II role is responsible for planning and coordinating all aspects of large scale Data Center related projects from initiation to delivery. The role coordinates work performed by network engineers, data center technicians, and internal customers/partners by defining project requirements, performing feasibility and needs/impact assessments. The role develops detailed project plans and manages all implementation processes including asset management, resource allocation, progress tracking, monitoring change control process, documentation, training and on-time delivery within budget constraints. Projects may vary in number, size and complexity.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manages multiple, cross-functional and technical network deployment projects.
• Partner with functional teams during initiation, plan, design, procurement, deployment, and post deployment phases.
• Responsible for managing/tracking program milestones, timeline, and overall deliverables.
• Responsible for asset and material management
• Engage in creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation including schedules, reviews, process documents, risk analysis, etc.
• Participate in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Participate in driving project lifecycle milestones from concept commit through project closure and advocate change management.
• Use metrics and KPIs to measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques, and provide regular status updates.
• Participate in internal process improvements; remove gaps across multiple teams and functions.
• Identify and track risks, execute risk analysis and risk management techniques, and provide risk mitigation strategies.
• Be a point of contact for vendor partners and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate and drive regularly scheduled meetings with core teams.
• Take an active role in evaluation of post project results against metrics; recommend or implement changes to improve delivery practices/processes.
• Other duties as required. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities assigned to this position.

Required Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S/B.A) from four-college or university and 2 to 5 years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2 to 5 years of project management experience in a high-pressure, and fast-paced environment, preferably supporting data centers or network hardware
• 2+ years of experience with data center lifecycles and/or large-scale networks
• Builds productive internal and external working relationships
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
• Understanding of project management teams, resolving conflict, and meeting schedule timelines
• Ability to work on multiple projects and assignments concurrently
• Self-starter who is able to quickly learn new tools and gain familiarity with new processes and technologies with minimal assistance
• Experience creating spreadsheets, presentation material, and project/process documentation
• Strong observational and analytical skills, including: ability to collect, organize, analyze and disseminate significant amounts of information, strong attention to detail and accuracy, ability to track and report metrics, and manage risks
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and communicate project updates to client executives
• Willingness to work across multiple North American timezones (remotely or from the local client office)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of the OSI model
• Familiarity with various project management methodologies