Senior Program Manager, Network Infrastructure

United States Digital Space LLC; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid holidays and wellness days

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

the company in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Network Infrastructure to scale our global network. You will lead end-to-end build and deployment plans, drive large cross‑functional projects, and coordinate with Acquisition, Network Operations, Supply Chain, Finance and Legal to ensure delivery.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and data‑driven optimization of deployment workflows across a global edge network.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years driving large-scale infrastructure programs in cloud/services, CDN, OTT, data center or telecom environments.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with process analysis, standardization, and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Drive end‑to‑end development and execution of build and deployment plans.
• Lead complex, large‑scale infrastructure projects including new site builds, site augments, and decommissioning.
• Coordinate across Infrastructure Acquisition, Network Operations, Supply Chain, Data Center Engineering, Finance and Legal.
• Establish reporting frameworks to provide visibility on timelines, risks and health.
• Identify bottlenecks and escalates issues with data‑driven mitigation strategies.
• Analyze workflows to standardize and automate processes for faster delivery.
• Manage vendor and partner relationships to ensure timely hardware and services delivery.
• Collaborate as core member of a team building the world’s most performant edge computing network.

Job description

the company helps people stay better connected with the things they love. the company’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. the company’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.

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Senior Program Manager, Network Infrastructure

The Senior Program Manager, Network Infrastructure will play a critical role in scaling the the company global network by leading the execution of our most impactful Network Infrastructure projects. Acting as a strategic bridge across Network Operations, Supply Chain, Data Center Provisioning, Data Center Infrastructure, Finance, and Legal, you won’t just track deliverables; you’ll drive complex, large-scale deployment plans to completion. You will join our high-impact Program Management Infrastructure team, reporting to the Senior Manager, and have a direct, tangible influence on the growth and success of the company’s global infrastructure.

What You'll Do:

• Drive the end-to-end development and execution of build and deployment plans.
• Lead complex, large-scale infrastructure projects, including new site builds, site augments, and decommissioning efforts.
• Orchestrate cross-functional collaboration between Infrastructure Acquisition Managers, Network Operations, Supply Chain, Data Center Engineering, Finance, Legal, and other partners, ensuring clear accountability and successful delivery.
• Establish and maintain reporting frameworks to provide transparent visibility on deployment timelines, risks, and project health to stakeholders across the organization.
• Proactively identify critical path bottlenecks, risks, and blockers, escalating issues with data-driven mitigation strategies.
• Analyze project workflows to identify and implement opportunities for standardizing and automating processes, ensuring faster and more reliable infrastructure delivery.
• Manage vendor and partner relationships to ensure the timely procurement and delivery of critical hardware and services.
• Collaborate as a core member of a high-impact team dedicated to building and scaling the world’s most performant edge computing network.

What We're Looking For:

• Proven track record of at least 5-7+ years driving large-scale infrastructure programs within cloud services, CDN, OTT, data center, or telecommunications environments.
• Technical fluency in data center and network infrastructure architecture, including power specifications, hardware deployment, and physical layer components.
• Experience working in a Production Engineering environment with a focus on Network Engineering, Acquisition, or Delivery.
• Proficiency in advanced project management tools (Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet) and data visualization to track milestones and capacity.
• Experience in process analysis and improvement to drive operational efficiency and standardization.
• Experience with global capacity planning, supply chain logistics, and managing hardware deployment lifecycles.
• Strong stakeholder management, ability to navigate ambiguity, and the leadership to drive consensus across diverse engineering teams.
• Experience in incident management or post-mortem analysis to improve long-term system reliability.
• Ability to translate complex technical requirements into actionable project roadmaps for non-technical stakeholders.

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• PMP or other project management certification
• Experience with Dell and Hyve hardware
• Experience with Arista and Ciena networking hardware

Work Hours:

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager. There is a preference for candidates to be located near one of our offices below, but it is not required.

• San Francisco, CA
• Denver, CO
• New York, NY

SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $142,630.00 to $195,000.00.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in the company’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. the company works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with the company. Curious about our offerings?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.

Why the company?

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We have a huge impact.

the company is a small company with a big reach. Not only doour customershave a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number ofopen source projects and initiatives.Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

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We value diversity.

Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

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We are passionate.

the company is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. the company employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.