Project Manager (Data Center)

coherentsolutions; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Remote and hybrid work options

Training opportunities

Mentorship and conferences

Job summary

coherentsolutions is seeking a Technical Project Manager to drive end-to-end delivery of platform engineering and infrastructure initiatives. You will translate complex initiatives into structured delivery plans, coordinate cross-functional teams, and keep work aligned with portfolio priorities and engineering goals across multi-phase programs.

The role requires strong Agile experience, Jira expertise, and excellent communication with technical teams and senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical project or program management, ideally with infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering teams.
• Strong practical experience with Agile delivery, including running ceremonies and managing team workflows.
• Hands-on proficiency with Jira, including Epics, Sprints, story points, and dashboards.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain work breakdown structures for complex, multi-phase technical programs.
• Comfort reading technical designs related to network, systems, or cloud infrastructure and assessing scope, dependencies, and sequencing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical teams and senior leadership.
• Ability to start the workday between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM CET/CEST.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of platform engineering and infrastructure initiatives, including planning, sequencing, risk management, and status reporting.
• Build and maintain milestone schedules and work breakdown structures that span design, procurement, delivery, installation, testing, and handover.
• Collaborate with vendors, architects, and infrastructure teams to gather site requirements, review technical designs, close gaps, and validate timelines.
• Coordinate contractors and external partners across structured cabling, systems integration, and ISP circuit delivery activities.
• Decompose initiatives into epics, work packages, and sprint-sized tasks, and keep project tracking accurate inside Jira.
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, blockers, and scope or design changes, including their impact on schedule, cost, and standards compliance.
• Run Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, and support continuous improvement of delivery processes.
• Own site acceptance and handover to Operations, including required documentation and as-built materials, and report status to engineering leadership and PPMO stakeholders.

Skills

Agile delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Project/Program management

Tools

Jira

BigPicture

Advanced Roadmaps

Job description

Role overview

A global data center operator is hiring a Technical Project Manager to lead delivery of complex infrastructure and platform initiatives within its Platform Engineering organization. The role centers on turning ambiguous technical initiatives into structured delivery plans, coordinating cross-functional teams and stakeholders, and keeping work aligned with portfolio priorities, timelines, and engineering goals across distributed, multi-phase programs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of platform engineering and infrastructure initiatives, including planning, sequencing, risk management, and status reporting.
• Build and maintain milestone schedules and work breakdown structures that span design, procurement, delivery, installation, testing, and handover.
• Collaborate with vendors, architects, and infrastructure teams to gather site requirements, review technical designs, close gaps, and validate timelines.
• Coordinate contractors and external partners across structured cabling, systems integration, and ISP circuit delivery activities.
• Decompose initiatives into epics, work packages, and sprint-sized tasks, and keep project tracking accurate inside Jira.
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, blockers, and scope or design changes, including their impact on schedule, cost, and standards compliance.
• Run Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, and support continuous improvement of delivery processes.
• Own site acceptance and handover to Operations, including required documentation and as-built materials, and report status to engineering leadership and PPMO stakeholders.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in technical project or program management, ideally with infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering teams.
• Strong practical experience with Agile delivery, including running ceremonies and managing team workflows.
• Hands-on proficiency with Jira, including epics, sprints, story points, and dashboards.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain work breakdown structures for complex, multi-phase technical programs.
• Comfort reading technical designs related to network, systems, or cloud infrastructure and assessing scope, dependencies, and sequencing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical teams and senior leadership.
• Ability to start the workday between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM CET/CEST.

Nice to have

• Experience in construction and ability to read blueprints.
• Familiarity with portfolio or roadmap tools such as BigPicture or Advanced Roadmaps.
• Background in data center, network infrastructure, hyperscale, or edge computing environments.
• Familiarity with governance and intake processes within PMO or PPMO structures.
• PMP, CSM, or equivalent certification.

Benefits and work setup

• Technical and non-technical training opportunities for professional and personal growth.
• Internal conferences and meetups for learning from industry practitioners.
• Mentorship from an experienced colleague to support professional development.
• Health insurance and access to sports or wellness activities.
• Flexible work options, including remote and hybrid arrangements.
• Referral program and a work anniversary program with additional vacation days.