Senior Technical Program Manager

Position Summary

The Senior Technical Program Manager is responsible for the planning execution financial management tracking and reporting of Engineering and Network projects across the organization. This role will own the overall Engineering project portfolio including CAPEX non-CAPEX strategic initiatives and Business-as-Usual (BAU) projects that arise throughout the year. The individual will partner closely with Network Engineering leadership and other stakeholders to develop the annual project plan establish realistic schedules and budgets drive projects through completion identify risks and dependencies and provide consistent visibility into project and portfolio performance. This is a hands-on role requiring strong project-management discipline financial awareness technical aptitude attention to detail and the ability to hold teams and vendors accountable for commitments.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Project Portfolio

Own and maintain the complete Engineering and Network project portfolio.

Manage CAPEX non-CAPEX strategic operational and BAU projects.

Drive projects from initial planning through implementation and formal closeout.

Maintain clear project scope schedules milestones owners dependencies risks budgets and completion criteria.

Ensure projects remain aligned with company priorities and approved budgets.

Provide a single accurate source of truth for Engineering project status.

Annual Planning

Partner with Engineering leadership to develop the annual Engineering project and capital plan.

Identify and document planned initiatives for the upcoming year.

Establish preliminary scope budgets schedules resource requirements dependencies and priorities.

Maintain visibility into both planned and unplanned projects throughout the year.

Incorporate newly identified projects into the portfolio and clearly communicate their impact on budgets resources and existing commitments.

Budget & Financial Management

Track project budgets commitments actual expenditures and forecasts.

Monitor CAPEX performance against approved annual budgets.

Identify budget variances and potential overruns early.

Work with Engineering Finance Procurement and vendors to maintain accurate project financial information.

Provide regular budget-versus-actual and forecast reporting.

Ensure scope or budget changes are documented and appropriately approved.

Project Execution & Accountability

Develop and maintain detailed project plans and schedules.

Conduct regular project reviews with Engineering teams and project owners.

Track deliverables and commitments.

Identify stalled or at-risk projects and drive corrective actions.

Challenge unrealistic schedules or incomplete project plans.

Escalate risks resource constraints budget issues and missed commitments when appropriate.

Coordinate dependencies across Engineering Operations Finance Procurement/Warehouse Sales IT and other departments.

Manage vendor deliverables and external dependencies when applicable.

Reporting & Executive Communication

Produce clear weekly Engineering portfolio reporting.

Provide visibility into project status milestones accomplishments upcoming activities

budgets forecasts risks dependencies and corrective actions.

Identify trends across the portfolio and highlight areas requiring leadership attention.

Develop the Engineering/Network project content for quarterly Board of Directors presentations.

Produce executive-level reporting that clearly communicates:

o Portfolio health

o Major accomplishments

o Major upcoming milestones

o CAPEX performance

o Budget vs. actual

o Forecasted spend

o Project risks

o Schedule risks

o Corrective actions

o Changes to the annual project plan

Documentation & Process

Establish and maintain consistent project-management standards.

Maintain project charters schedules budgets meeting notes action items decision logs risk registers change records and completion documentation.

Ensure documentation remains current throughout the project lifecycle.

Maintain historical project information to support future planning and forecasting.

Continuously improve Engineering project-management processes and reporting.

Qualifications

7 years of project or program management experience.

Demonstrated experience managing multiple complex technical projects simultaneously.

Experience managing project portfolios and annual planning processes.

Strong experience with budgets forecasting variance analysis and CAPEX tracking.

Experience producing executive-level project and financial reporting.

Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.

Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

Ability to independently drive projects and hold stakeholders accountable.

Strong Excel/Google Sheets and project-management software skills.

Comfortable working directly with senior technical staff and executive leadership.

Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment where priorities and projects may change throughout the year.

Preferred Experience

Experience in one or more of the following is highly desirable:

Telecommunications / ISP

Network Engineering

Fiber networks

Data centers

Network infrastructure

Circuit deployments and migrations

Infrastructure/Hardware/equipment deployments

Vendor and procurement management

PMP PgMP Agile or similar certifications are beneficial but are not a substitute for demonstrated project ownership and execution experience.

Work Schedule

Regular availability during U.S. Pacific and Central business hours is required.

What Success Looks Like

Engineering leadership has immediate and accurate visibility into:

What projects are underway

What is on schedule and what is not

What has been completed

What is coming next

Who owns each deliverable

Where risks and dependencies exist

How much has been spent

How much remains committed

Where each project is forecast to finish

Whether the annual Engineering plan will be completed within the approved budget

The successful candidate will create project-management discipline and accountability while allowing

Engineering leaders to focus on technical strategy architecture and execution.