Program Manager III, Engineering (Hybrid)

Socket.dev; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Program Manager III, Engineering to lead cross-functional infrastructure initiatives, including cloud migrations, platform modernization, reliability improvements, and cost optimization.

The role emphasizes ownership, strategic thinking, and executive communication; hybrid work with 2-3 days on-site at a U.S. location.

Job description

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role:

Infrastructure Foundations provides the essential infrastructure that powers CrowdStrike. As a Program Manager III, Engineering, you'll be responsible for leading complex, cross-functional programs and partnering with engineering teams to deliver critical infrastructure initiatives. Your primary focus will entail driving the scheduling, scoping, and execution of large-scale infrastructure programs including cloud migrations, platform modernization, reliability improvements, and cost optimization. You'll work closely across functional teams and geo-locations to collaborate and ensure dependencies are well known, critical issues are identified and driven to resolution. This high-visibility role demands strong ownership, technical depth, strategic thinking, and executive communication.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at one of the posted locations.

What You’ll Do:

Drive Strategic Infrastructure Programs

• Lead end-to-end execution of large-scale infrastructure initiatives, working directly with Engineering teams, SRE, Product Managers, and Engineering Managers to ensure timely delivery against the roadmap
• Translate business and engineering priorities into clear roadmaps, milestones, and measurable outcomes
• Create and drive project schedules, working with engineering management on task assignments and managing schedule progress; from large phases through to detailed tasks, including understanding and managing dependencies within and across Product and Platform Groups
• Establish and monitor key success metrics including delivery timelines, reliability improvements, cost savings, and team velocity
• Proactively identify and communicate risks, dependencies, trade-offs, and opportunities that impact infrastructure strategy

Orchestrate Cross-Functional Execution

• Collaborate with staff and management of multiple worldwide business units (including subject matter experts, product management, SRE teams, and platform engineering) to clearly identify, explain, and communicate their project involvement, project goals, expectations, and tasks
• Proactively track the status of project activities and ensure that schedules and priorities are being met
• Identify, track, and manage dependencies within and across teams; elevate critical blockers and drive resolution with urgency
• Ensure critical issues are identified, tracked through resolution, and escalated if necessary