Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SPECTRAFORCE is seeking an IT Program Manager (Networking) to lead the execution of a global network modernization program. This role involves strategic and operational leadership for a team of Project Managers, overseeing delivery across various facilities while ensuring program governance and financial management.
Responsibilities
- Lead the global execution of the project, ensuring delivery of all strategic milestones across SD-WAN, LAN, Wireless, and network modernization initiatives
- Own the integrated program plan, dependencies, milestones, and delivery roadmap across all workstreams
- Establish and maintain program governance, executive reporting, Steering Committee materials, dashboards, and status communications
- Present program health, milestone progress, financial performance, risks, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership and executive stakeholders
- Lead planning and execution of global migration and cutover activities while minimizing operational disruption and ensuring business continuity
- Serve as the primary program relationship manager for Client's strategic network delivery partner
- Govern vendor performance, Statements of Work (SOWs), resource planning, commercial commitments, and delivery performance
- Ensure vendor activities remain aligned with program objectives, quality standards, and delivery timelines
- Own program financial management across both OpEx and CapEx investments
- Manage forecasting, budget tracking, vendor invoicing, financial variance analysis, and resource planning against MRP/MYC commitments
- Identify financial risks and opportunities while ensuring effective cost management
- Lead program risk management, proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating delivery risks
- Ensure successful execution within Client's governance framework, including GxP, validation, change control, and other regulatory requirements
- Accountable for successful delivery of a global, multi-year enterprise transformation program
- Leads multiple concurrent workstreams across geographically distributed teams and vendors
- Drives integrated planning, governance, financial management, and execution across the program lifecycle
- Establishes governance processes, delivery standards, and continuous improvement practices across the program
- Monitors program performance through KPIs, financial metrics, schedule adherence, and risk indicators
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline
- Equivalent combination of education and significant relevant experience may be considered
- 10+ years of progressive IT program and project management experience
- Demonstrated success leading complex global infrastructure or network transformation programs
- Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple business functions, regions, and vendors
- Experience delivering projects within regulated environments, preferably pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences
- Conceptual understanding of enterprise network concepts including campus network design, Wi-Fi network design, security standards and wan concepts is a plus
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