Project & Program Management III

Astreya China; Iowa; Remote; USD 81,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Flexible spending account

Commuter benefit

Continuing education

Wellness program

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Job summary

Astreya is seeking a Project & Program Management III to plan and coordinate large-scale data center builds and AI implementations. You’ll lead cross-functional teams, manage milestones, and ensure on-time delivery within budget while driving process improvements.

This role requires strong communication, risk management, and the ability to work across multiple North American time zones, with duties spanning initiation to project closure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 2–5 years PM experience in data centers or network hardware.
• 2–5 years PM experience in high-pressure, fast-paced environments.
• 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 to determine action.
• Understanding of PM teams, resolving conflict, and meeting schedules.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, documentation).
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Self-starter who can quickly learn new tools and processes.
• Experience creating spreadsheets, presentations, and project documentation.
• Strong observational/analytical skills; ability to collect, organize, analyze data and report metrics.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and report to client executives.
• Willingness to work across multiple North American time zones (remote or local).

Responsibilities

• Manages multiple cross-functional network deployment projects.
• Partner with functional teams during initiation, planning, design, procurement, deployment, and post deployment.
• Manage milestones, timelines, and overall deliverables.
• Asset and material management across data centers and warehouses.
• Create and maintain project documentation including schedules and risk analyses.
• Define project scope with stakeholders and ensure technical feasibility.
• Drive project lifecycle milestones from concept to close and advocate change management.
• Use metrics and KPIs to measure performance and provide status updates.
• Identify and mitigate risks; coordinate core-team meetings.
• Evaluate post-project results and implement process improvements.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Excellent communication

Multi-project management

Risk management

Documentation & reporting

Process documentation

Stakeholder collaboration

Time zone coordination

Self-starter

Judgment under procedures

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

What this Job Entails:

The Project & Program Management III role is responsible for planning and coordinating all aspects of large scale Data Center builds and retrofits from initiation to delivery including multiple unprecedented/pioneering Ai implementations in terms of both scale and design. 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 across data centers and warehouses
• 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
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, documentation)
• 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 time zones (remotely or from the local client office)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Various certifications (PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PPM, CPD, CPMP, etc.)
• Understanding of the OSI model
• Familiarity with various project management methodologies

Salary Range

• $80,640.00 - $134,400.00 USD (Salary)
• - Please note that the salary information provided herein is base pay only (gross); it does not include other forms of compensation which may or may not apply to this specific position, namely, performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives - none of which are guaranteed, may be subject to specific eligibility requirements, and are wholly within the discretion of Astreya to remit.
• - Further, the salary information noted above is a range that consists of a minimum and maximum rate of pay for this specific position. Where an applicant or employee is placed on this range will depend and be contingent on objective, documented work-related considerations like education, experience, certifications, licenses, preferred qualifications, among other factors.

Astreya offers comprehensive b enefits to all Regular, Full-Time Employees, including:

• Medical provided throughUHC(PPO, HSA,Surestoptions) / Medical provided through Kaiser (HMO option only) for California employees only
• Dental provided throughUHC
• Nationwide Vision provided byUHC
• Flexible Spending Account for Health & Dependent Care
• Pre-Tax Account for Commuter Benefit/Parking & Transit (location-specific)
• Continuing Education and Professional Development via various integrated platforms, e.g.Udemy and Coursera
• Corporate Wellness Programprovided by Goomi Group
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Days

401k Plan

• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Critical Hospital, and Voluntary Accident Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement (available 6 months after start date, capped)
• Paid Time Off (accrued and prorated, maximum of 120 hours annually)
• Paid Holidays
• Any other statutory leaves, paid time, or otherancillarybenefits required under state and federal law