Senior Infrastructure Program Lead: Endpoint & Cloud

Cengage Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group in the United States is seeking a senior Infrastructure Program Manager to lead complex infrastructure initiatives from planning to operations. You will coordinate engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, networking, and vendors to deliver modernization and endpoint migration efforts.

The role requires 8+ years in technology program management and proven ability to manage scope, schedule, budget and executive reporting. Strong governance and delivery dashboards are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technology program management with infrastructure delivery experience.
• Proven track record leading complex enterprise infrastructure implementations, migrations, or modernization initiatives.
• Strong project planning, RAID management, governance, and executive communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple technical workstreams and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Experience managing vendors, systems integrators, or managed service providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure projects across planning, design, implementation, migration, stabilization, and closure.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, milestones, critical paths, resources, and dependencies.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions.
• Coordinate cross-functional technical teams and vendors to drive delivery and resolve blockers.
• Lead infrastructure modernization and migration initiatives across endpoint, cloud, networking, identity, cybersecurity, and enterprise platforms.
• Manage endpoint migration activities including pilots, rollout waves, application readiness, security dependencies, user readiness, and support transition.
• Establish governance, project cadence, escalation paths, and go/no-go criteria.
• Maintain concise executive reporting, Red/Amber/Green (RAG) status, and delivery dashboards.
• Ensure operational readiness through support models, documentation, knowledge transfer, and transition to steady-state operations.

Skills

Technology program management

Infrastructure delivery

Executive communication

Vendor management

Education

PMP/Agile certification

Tools

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Cengage Group in the United States is seeking a senior Infrastructure Program Manager to lead complex infrastructure initiatives from planning to operations. You will coordinate engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, networking, and vendors to deliver modernization and endpoint migration efforts.

The role requires 8+ years in technology program management and proven ability to manage scope, schedule, budget and executive reporting. Strong governance and delivery dashboards are essential.