Principal Technical Program Manager
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Job Location:
Mercer Island, WA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 160000 - 200000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Overview:
The Principal Technical Program Manager owns the delivery roadmap for Fleets behind-the-meter (BTM) power solutions. These solutions can range from gas-powered assets such as gas engines turbines and fuel cells to batteries and renewable technologies. This role leads cross-functional roadmap planning productization and execution across solution design construction commissioning (CX) operations and fuel strategy to scale repeatable deployments and deliver predictable customer outcomes.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will have experience and practical expertise in the following:
- Own and maintain the BTM solutions product roadmap: scope sequencing and feature priorities that enable scalable deployment across campuses.
- Translate customer requirements into clear success metrics (availability readiness cost schedule compliance).
- Lead cross-functional execution across engineering construction commissioning (CX) operations procurement legal finance and fuel strategy.
- Define product and program governance milestones and decision gates to ensure disciplined delivery and risk management.
- Partner with engineering teams to standardize architectures BODs and acceptance criteria; ensure lessons learned are captured and institutionalized.
- Drive vendor strategy inputs with Procurement and Engineering: performance expectations SLAs/KPIs scorecards and continuous improvement mechanisms.
- Support customer-facing communications and executive reporting for program status risks and outcomes.
- Establish and track portfolio-level KPIs (deployment velocity readiness reliability cost drivers) and drive improvements over time.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 10 years in technical product management program management or systems engineering in mission-critical infrastructure energy or data centers.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP or equivalent Project Management Certification
- MBA
- Experience scaling a hardware services product (standardization supplier management deployment playbooks).
- Strong understanding of power generation / electrical infrastructure concepts and commissioning processes.
- Experience with risk management change control and incident response practices in critical environments.
- Certifications such as PMP or Agile product certifications are a plus.
Required Traits Expertise and Skills:
- Integrity and Ethical Standards: Build trust ensure fairness and foster long-term transparent relationships with suppliers.
- Effective Communication: The ability to clearly convey expectations and requirements to suppliers and negotiation parties while understanding their needs and concerns. Comfortable delivering written and verbal presentations to internal leadership teams.
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Ability to understand the emotions cultural nuances and motivations of others while effectively managing ones own emotions during high-pressure negotiations.
- Strategic Thinking: Recognize how supplier relationships and negotiations align with the broader organizational goals while aiming for outcomes that benefit both parties.
- Critical Thinking Skills: Finding innovative solutions and being flexible in addressing unexpected challenges.
- Analytical Ability: Make data-driven decisions assess cost structures and identify potential risks ensuring informed and strategic outcomes.
- Influence and Persuasion: Able to effectively advocate for their position build consensus and secure favorable agreements without compromising relationships.
- Operational Paranoia: Anticipate risks identify vulnerabilities and proactively implement mechanisms to prevent and minimize disruptions and safeguard safety security availability and scale.
- Relationship Management: Cultivate trust collaboration and long-term partnerships while building a broad network that provides valuable benchmarking industry insights and alternative sourcing options.
Location and Travel:
- Work location is flexible to Seattle WA Denver CO or Alexandria VA.
- Regular travel as needed to Fleet offices as well as to meet with Vendors.
Expected Salary Range: $160000- 200000 Salary Bonus
Fleet Data Centers Employment
Fleet Data Center employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including 100% employer-covered medical dental and vision insurance a 401K program standard paid holidays and unlimited PTO.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the organizations ongoing needs. Fleet Data Centers is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or veteran status. If you need assistance applying for any of our open positions please contact us at
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Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Program Management
- Management Experience
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- Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- DoD Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Contracts
About Company
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