Technical Project Manager

catonetworks; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

catonetworks is seeking a Technical Project Manager to guide enterprise customers through multi-phase transformation to a converged, cloud-delivered networking and security platform. You will act as delivery lead, coordinating multiple work streams across distributed internal teams and external partners to ensure smooth, on-time implementations.

You will blend hands-on planning with stakeholder communication, financial oversight, and cross-team coordination for technically complex global

Qualifications

• Five+ years of managing complex, cross-functional, global technical deployment projects.
• Strong grasp of project management processes, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to translate technical details for mixed audiences.
• Proven time management and organizational abilities with team guidelines.
• Experience tracking budget consumption and burn-rate forecasts.
• Foundational knowledge of IT infrastructure technologies (routing, switching, firewalls).
• Strong accountability and ability to collaborate across global time zones.
• Fluency in English and German (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Lead concurrent, cross-functional deployment programs across geographies with multiple streams.
• Create and maintain schedules, milestone plans, dependency maps, logs, and status updates.
• Monitor burn-rate and forecast consumption; report financial status to customers.
• Define roles and responsibilities for technical staff during enterprise rollouts.
• Collaborate with Sales Engineering and Professional Services to scope and deliver milestones.
• Partner with Customer Success to refine delivery practices and improve satisfaction.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Budget management

Written & verbal communication

Time management

Global collaboration

Job description

Role overview

This position guides enterprise customers through a multi-phase transformation to a converged, cloud-delivered networking and security platform. The Technical Project Manager acts as a trusted advisor and delivery lead, coordinating multiple work streams across distributed internal teams and external partners to ensure smooth, on-time implementations. The role blends hands-on planning with stakeholder communication, financial oversight, and cross-team coordination for technically complex global deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead several concurrent, cross-functional deployment projects across multiple geographies, with each program containing parallel work streams such as service provisioning, ISP circuit activation, and partner-managed field deployment
• Build and maintain project artifacts including schedules, milestone plans, dependency maps, action item logs, risk and issue registers, and written status updates for varied stakeholders
• Track time-and-materials burn rate and forecast consumption, and communicate financial status transparently to customers throughout the engagement lifecycle
• Define and assign roles and responsibilities for the technical staff required during enterprise rollouts
• Partner closely with sales engineering and professional services engineering teams to scope, plan, and execute deployments, including running technical review sessions and ensuring timely delivery of milestones
• Work with customer success leadership to refine delivery practices and drive measurable improvements in customer satisfaction

Requirements

• At least five years managing complex, cross-functional, global technical deployment projects
• Solid grasp of project management processes, frameworks, and methodologies, applied in practice
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to translate technical detail for mixed technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated time management and organizational abilities, including setting guidelines that other team members follow
• Track record managing and reporting on budget consumption and burn-rate forecasts
• Foundational knowledge of IT infrastructure technologies such as routing, switching, and firewalls
• Strong personal accountability for decisions and team outcomes, plus the ability to collaborate effectively across global time zones
• Fluency in English and German, both written and verbal

Nice to have

• Background in SaaS or subscription-based business models
• Experience in telecommunications, internet service procurement, or service provider deployment processes
• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle
• Comfort working in a highly collaborative environment with a teamwork-first mentality
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with a knack for spotting obstacles early and mitigating proactively
• PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or comparable professional project management certification
• Willingness to travel up to 25%