Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vultr is seeking a Manager, Technical Program Management to lead program managers and personally deliver its strategic data center builds. The role oversees team development and program processes while coordinating engineering, construction partners, and global suppliers to execute infrastructure projects and communicate progress to executives.
Responsibilities
- Direct Management: Formally manage, mentor, and develop a team of 2–3 Program/Project Managers, overseeing their performance, career growth, and daily execution
- Portfolio & Capacity Orchestration: Balance workload distribution and project assignments across your team to optimize build velocity and prevent single points of failure
- Process Standardization: Establish best practices, templates, and execution frameworks across your pod to elevate delivery consistency and program governance
- Flagship Program Delivery: Serve as the primary player and point of accountability for the end-to-end execution of Vultr’s high-priority, strategic data center builds
- High-Stakes Facilitation: Lead and facilitate critical technical workshops, cross-functional architecture reviews, and executive decision-making sessions in high-pressure environments
- Stakeholder & Vendor Orchestration: Act as the central integration point between internal engineering, external vendors, construction partners, and global suppliers
- Program Health & Visibility: Maintain absolute portfolio health across all Smartsheet and Jira Plans instances, ensuring schedules, dependencies, and risk registries reflect real-time operational truth
- Executive Communication: Translate high-density technical jargon and global infrastructure milestones into concise executive dashboards and strategic updates for business leadership
- Ambiguity Navigation: Lead through uncertainty by establishing operational structure, identifying bottleneck dependencies early, and driving fast cross-functional resolution
Skills
- 12+ years of Program Management experience within a technical or infrastructure-focused organization, with demonstrated progression into technical team leadership
- 2+ years of formal people management experience leading direct reports (Program Managers, TPMs, or Project Managers)
- Expert-level proficiency in Smartsheet and Jira Plans; specifically in architecting multi-program portfolios, master schedules, and cross-project dependency tracking
- Ability to seamlessly pivot between executive-level people management and tactical, hands-on program execution
- Strong foundational understanding of global data center deployments, network topology, power/cooling dependencies, and critical-path requirements for modern AI/Cloud infrastructure rollouts
- Proven ability to influence executive leadership without direct authority, mentor junior-to-mid level managers, and translate complex technical topics for non-technical stakeholders
- Deep experience establishing program governance, driving operational process adoption, and maintaining delivery health through rapid growth phases
Benefits
- 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans.
- 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting
- Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year
- 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan
- Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary
- 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years
- Anniversary Bonus each year
- $500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year
- Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
- Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
- Company paid Wellable subscription
- Remote work arrangement in the United States
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