Program-Manager, Project-Manager, Technical-Program-Manager Jobs

About the role

The Program Manager (PM) is the main touch point and first escalation path for large customer engagements. The role is focused on overall account management including responsibility for all activities and resources on specific named Enterprise Services accounts. The PM is responsible for managing the Enterprise Services Project Manager(s), Project Engineer(s) and Project Coordinator(s); providing operational oversight between the Engineering and Sales teams during project planning, technology staging, installation and closure; facilitating the sale of Professional Services by properly managing client expectations; providing direction to the organization on continuous improvement to increase customer satisfaction and quality of service; and holding the organization accountable to agree upon processes. The PM must have exceptional communication skills and business acumen.

Annual compensation: $145K - $155K USD + bonus

75% travel required

What you'll be doing

• Partners with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
• Focus the team on the tasks at hand or the internal and external customer requirements
• Coordinates with internal and external customers, as necessary.
• Acts as primary touch point for customer.
• Familiarizes the team with the customer needs, specifications, design targets, the development process, design standards, techniques and tools to support task performance.
• Assures that the team addresses all relevant issues within the specifications/various standards.
• Provides necessary business information.
• Serves as meeting manager or chairman.
• Initiates sub-groups or sub-teams as appropriate to resolve issues and perform tasks in parallel.
• Ensures deliverables are prepared to satisfy the project requirements, cost and schedule.
• Helps keep the team focused and on track.
• Coordinate team logistics
• Works with functional managers and the team sponsor to obtain necessary resources to support the team's requirements.
• Obtains/coordinates space, furniture, equipment, and communication lines for team members.
• Establishes meeting times, places and agendas.
• Coordinates the review, presentation and release of project documentation.
• Coordinates meetings with the account team, customer team, project manager and functional management to discuss project impediments, needed resources or issues/delays in completing project tasks.
• Communicate team status, task accomplishment, and direction
• Provides status reporting of team activities against the program plan or schedule.
• Keeps the practice managers informed of task accomplishment, issues and status.
• Serves as a focal point to communicate and resolve interface and integration issues with other teams. Escalates issues which cannot be resolved by the team.
• Provides guidance to the team based on management direction.
• Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values.

What you have

• Supervises, directs and controls the activities of assigned staff.
• Interviews, schedules, trains and assigns work.
• Establishes performance expectations and monitors results.
• Develop and nurture a team to highlight strengths and raise the bar for talent.
• Ensures a trained, motivated and professional staff capable of providing efficient and effective operations and exceptional member service.
• Recommends the discipline and/or discharge of staff, while maintaining required personnel documentation.
• Coaches and counsels staff, as necessary.
• 5-10 years experience managing teams in the delivery of engineering services within the IT, datacenter or networking industry or similar experience.
• Large Professional Services firm experience preferred
• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• Must provide strong leadership including vision and promoting/leading change.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Professional self-starter, with ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Ability to collaborate with technical Engineers and sales Account Executives effortlessly.
• Ability to work with a cross-functional team that includes all levels of the organization.
• Project a professional image and strong business acumen during customer interactions.
• Familiarity with the technical concepts, terms and practices used in the assessment and implementation of Practice products and services.
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office. Familiarity with Microsoft Project and other Project Management tools preferred.
• Ability to create and maintain processes and ensure they are followed.
• Some travel required (up to 75%).

What you can expect

There’s so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. We help our world-renowned customers to source, transform, and manage their IT infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling users and their business. We’re a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 (CCC.L) and employ over 21,000 people worldwide. In the US, we support some of the country’s best-known businesses with regional hubs in San Francisco and Irvine, CA; Norcross, GA; Plano, TX; and New York City; and Integration Centers in Silicon Valley and Atlanta.

Originally posted on Himalayas

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Program/Project Management Senior, you will facilitate and drive the planning, execution, and delivery of moderately complex non-IT work efforts intended to accomplish business goals and objectives within prescribed timeframes and budgets. You will demonstrate an advanced understanding of how activities contribute to the achievement of strategic business goals and operational objectives. You will collaborate with key stakeholders, vendors and project/program teams to identify mutually beneficial outcomes for competing priorities and negotiate timelines to ensure objectives are met.

What you will do:

• Drives implementation of low to moderately complex work efforts, including AI/ML-driven initiatives; works closely with cross-functional teams, including Data Scientists and AI/ML Engineers, to bridge the gap between experimental model development and robust production deployment.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities for complex work efforts—with a focus on the end-to-end AI/ML lifecycle—ensuring project plans account for both model development milestones and the engineering requirements for scalable deployment.
• Facilitates collaboration on creative alternatives to work efforts challenges with subject matter experts, leveraging familiarity with common AI application patterns (e.g., RAG, predictive modeling, LLM orchestration) and the architectural constraints involved in operationalizing AI models.
• Removes obstacles and impediments to ensure business and operational objectives are met, specifically addressing technical hurdles such as data pipeline integration, feature store management, model monitoring, and the transition from model prototyping to engineering production.
• Assists in defining the control and the overall delivery of work efforts, ensuring that Data Science and AI/ML Engineering teams have the necessary infrastructure, compute resources, and governance frameworks to meet project goals and success criteria.
• Identifies and applies best practices and needed process improvements; drives adoption of MLOps standards and CI/CD pipelines for machine learning, challenging existing processes to improve the velocity and quality of model delivery.
• Ensures effective coordination between Data Scientists and AI/ML Engineers, managing the technical dependencies and handoffs required to maintain model performance, scalability, and security in production environments.

What you have:

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $103,450 - $197,730

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Originally posted on Himalayas

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace develops autonomous unmanned aircraft systems that provide persistent aerial intelligence and communications for defense, public safety, and commercial missions.

The Senior Program Manager owns delivery of assigned customer programs, from proposal planning and contract award through development, production, fielding, sustainment, and closeout. This hands-on leader is accountable for scope, schedule, cost, risk, and customer commitments, translating mission needs into executable plans and coordinating teams across Engineering, Production, Operations, Finance, and Client Success.

Work Location & Travel

This is a remote position requiring up to 25% travel to support customer engagements, program execution, and company operations.

Key responsibilities

• PMO Development & Governance: Establish, implement, and mature the company’s Program Management Office (PMO) while concurrently managing assigned programs; develop standardized program management processes, governance, reporting, and tools to drive accountability, cross-functional alignment, predictable execution, and on-time delivery across the organization.

• Project Manager Development & Mentorship: Train, mentor, and develop junior Project Managers by providing hands-on coaching, establishing standardized project management practices, and reinforcing best practices in planning, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder communication, and execution. Build organizational project management competency through structured training, performance feedback, and progressive delegation of responsibilities to develop a capable, accountable, and self-sufficient project management team aligned with PMO standards.

• Lead one or more complex programs, establishing integrated schedules, budgets, milestones, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and clear ownership across functional teams.

• Manage, train, and mentor individual Project Managers. Set clear priorities and performance expectations, provide regular coaching and feedback, and develop their skills in planning, financial management, risk mitigation, and customer communication.

• Partner with Business Development and Solutions Engineering on proposals, rough-order-of-magnitude estimates, execution assumptions, and achievable customer commitments; lead the transition from award into execution.

• Translate contract requirements into coordinated engineering, production, test, and delivery plans. Align technical configurations, dependencies, and readiness criteria with Engineering and Operations leaders.

• Own program financial performance with Finance, including budgets, actual costs, resource forecasts, estimates at completion, and margin risks. Develop recovery plans when performance deviates.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for program execution. Lead customer reviews, communicate progress and risks candidly, and drive resolution of delivery issues.

• Control scope and changes with Contracts and Finance. Assess cost, schedule, resource, and technical impacts and obtain required approvals before changing commitments.

• Coordinate deployment readiness with Operations, including staffing, training, aircraft and equipment availability, subcontractor support, logistics, and sustainment requirements.

• Manage supplier and subcontractor deliverables with functional owners, tracking dependencies, quality, schedule, and corrective actions that affect customer commitments.

• Maintain program risks, issues, decisions, and action plans. Escalate material concerns early with clear options, recommendations, and resource tradeoffs for leadership.

• Track contractual reporting, customer acceptance, and billing milestones. Coordinate applicable security, export, quality, and operational requirements with accountable specialists.

• Build practical program management processes and capture lessons learned. Coordinate handoffs to Client Success and support through the warranty period.

Required qualifications

• Eight or more years of relevant program or project management experience, including at least three years leading complex technical programs across multiple functions.

• Demonstrated delivery of aerospace, defense, unmanned systems, robotics, or comparable hardware and software programs from planning through customer acceptance.

• Experience managing program budgets, forecasts, integrated schedules, contractual deliverables, risks, and changes; able to connect execution decisions to financial outcomes.

• Ability to lead through influence, resolve competing priorities, and secure commitments from functional teams in a growing organization.

• Strong customer-facing communication and executive briefing skills, including the ability to explain technical tradeoffs and escalate issues with actionable recommendations.

• Working knowledge of engineering development, systems integration, verification and validation, manufacturing, and field operations.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, program management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional or military experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with unmanned aircraft, autonomy, intelligence and surveillance systems, payload integration, or airborne communications.

• Experience supporting U.S. government or international defense customers, including product deliveries and contractor-operated services.

• Familiarity with government contracting, subcontract management, and applicable export or security requirements.

• PMP certification or equivalent training; experience introducing practical program controls and reporting in a scaling company.

What success looks like

• Customer commitments are met against approved scope, schedule, cost, and acceptance criteria.

• Leadership receives accurate forecasts, timely risk escalation, and clear decisions needed to keep programs on track.

• Engineering, Production, and Operations work from coordinated plans with realistic resource requirements and accountable owners.

• Customers receive operationally ready capabilities, responsive issue resolution, and a clear transition into ongoing support.

Originally posted on Himalayas

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace develops autonomous unmanned aircraft systems that provide persistent aerial intelligence and communications for defense, public safety, and commercial missions.

The Senior Program Manager owns delivery of assigned customer programs, from proposal planning and contract award through development, production, fielding, sustainment, and closeout. This hands-on leader is accountable for scope, schedule, cost, risk, and customer commitments, translating mission needs into executable plans and coordinating teams across Engineering, Production, Operations, Finance, and Client Success.

Work Location & Travel

This is a remote position requiring up to 25% travel to support customer engagements, program execution, and company operations.

Key responsibilities

• PMO Development & Governance: Establish, implement, and mature the company’s Program Management Office (PMO) while concurrently managing assigned programs; develop standardized program management processes, governance, reporting, and tools to drive accountability, cross-functional alignment, predictable execution, and on-time delivery across the organization.

• Project Manager Development & Mentorship: Train, mentor, and develop junior Project Managers by providing hands-on coaching, establishing standardized project management practices, and reinforcing best practices in planning, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder communication, and execution. Build organizational project management competency through structured training, performance feedback, and progressive delegation of responsibilities to develop a capable, accountable, and self-sufficient project management team aligned with PMO standards.

• Lead one or more complex programs, establishing integrated schedules, budgets, milestones, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and clear ownership across functional teams.

• Manage, train, and mentor individual Project Managers. Set clear priorities and performance expectations, provide regular coaching and feedback, and develop their skills in planning, financial management, risk mitigation, and customer communication.

• Partner with Business Development and Solutions Engineering on proposals, rough-order-of-magnitude estimates, execution assumptions, and achievable customer commitments; lead the transition from award into execution.

• Translate contract requirements into coordinated engineering, production, test, and delivery plans. Align technical configurations, dependencies, and readiness criteria with Engineering and Operations leaders.

• Own program financial performance with Finance, including budgets, actual costs, resource forecasts, estimates at completion, and margin risks. Develop recovery plans when performance deviates.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for program execution. Lead customer reviews, communicate progress and risks candidly, and drive resolution of delivery issues.

• Control scope and changes with Contracts and Finance. Assess cost, schedule, resource, and technical impacts and obtain required approvals before changing commitments.

• Coordinate deployment readiness with Operations, including staffing, training, aircraft and equipment availability, subcontractor support, logistics, and sustainment requirements.

• Manage supplier and subcontractor deliverables with functional owners, tracking dependencies, quality, schedule, and corrective actions that affect customer commitments.

• Maintain program risks, issues, decisions, and action plans. Escalate material concerns early with clear options, recommendations, and resource tradeoffs for leadership.

• Track contractual reporting, customer acceptance, and billing milestones. Coordinate applicable security, export, quality, and operational requirements with accountable specialists.

• Build practical program management processes and capture lessons learned. Coordinate handoffs to Client Success and support through the warranty period.

Required qualifications

• Eight or more years of relevant program or project management experience, including at least three years leading complex technical programs across multiple functions.

• Demonstrated delivery of aerospace, defense, unmanned systems, robotics, or comparable hardware and software programs from planning through customer acceptance.

• Experience managing program budgets, forecasts, integrated schedules, contractual deliverables, risks, and changes; able to connect execution decisions to financial outcomes.

• Ability to lead through influence, resolve competing priorities, and secure commitments from functional teams in a growing organization.

• Strong customer-facing communication and executive briefing skills, including the ability to explain technical tradeoffs and escalate issues with actionable recommendations.

• Working knowledge of engineering development, systems integration, verification and validation, manufacturing, and field operations.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, program management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional or military experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with unmanned aircraft, autonomy, intelligence and surveillance systems, payload integration, or airborne communications.

• Experience supporting U.S. government or international defense customers, including product deliveries and contractor-operated services.

• Familiarity with government contracting, subcontract management, and applicable export or security requirements.

• PMP certification or equivalent training; experience introducing practical program controls and reporting in a scaling company.

What success looks like

• Customer commitments are met against approved scope, schedule, cost, and acceptance criteria.

• Leadership receives accurate forecasts, timely risk escalation, and clear decisions needed to keep programs on track.

• Engineering, Production, and Operations work from coordinated plans with realistic resource requirements and accountable owners.

• Customers receive operationally ready capabilities, responsive issue resolution, and a clear transition into ongoing support.

Originally posted on Himalayas

What this Job Entails:

The Project & Program Management III role is responsible for planning and coordinating all aspects of large scale Data Center builds and retrofits from initiation to delivery including multiple unprecedented/pioneering Ai implementations in terms of both scale and design. The role coordinates work performed by network engineers, data center technicians, and internal customers/partners by defining project requirements, performing feasibility and needs/impact assessments. The role develops detailed project plans and manages all implementation processes including asset management, resource allocation, progress tracking, monitoring change control process, documentation, training and on-time delivery within budget constraints. Projects may vary in number, size and complexity.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manages multiple, cross-functional and technical network deployment projects.
• Partner with functional teams during initiation, plan, design, procurement, deployment, and post deployment phases.
• Responsible for managing/tracking program milestones, timeline, and overall deliverables.
• Responsible for asset and material management across data centers and warehouses
• Engage in creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation including schedules, reviews, process documents, risk analysis, etc.
• Participate in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Participate in driving project lifecycle milestones from concept commit through project closure and advocate change management.
• Use metrics and KPIs to measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques, and provide regular status updates.
• Participate in internal process improvements; remove gaps across multiple teams and functions.
• Identify and track risks, execute risk analysis and risk management techniques, and provide risk mitigation strategies.
• Be a point of contact for vendor partners and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate and drive regularly scheduled meetings with core teams.
• Take an active role in evaluation of post project results against metrics; recommend or implement changes to improve delivery practices/processes.
• Other duties as required. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities assigned to this position.

Required Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S/B.A) from four-college or university and 2 to 5 years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2 to 5 years of project management experience in a high-pressure, and fast-paced environment, preferably supporting data centers or network hardware
• 2+ years of experience with data center lifecycles and/or large-scale networks
• Builds productive internal and external working relationships
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
• Understanding of project management teams, resolving conflict, and meeting schedule timelines
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, documentation)
• Ability to work on multiple projects and assignments concurrently
• Self-starter who is able to quickly learn new tools and gain familiarity with new processes and technologies with minimal assistance
• Experience creating spreadsheets, presentation material, and project/process documentation
• Strong observational and analytical skills, including: ability to collect, organize, analyze and disseminate significant amounts of information, strong attention to detail and accuracy, ability to track and report metrics, and manage risks
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and communicate project updates to client executives
• Willingness to work across multiple North American timezones (remotely or from the local client office)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Various certifications (PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PPM, CPD, CPMP, etc.)
• Understanding of the OSI model
• Familiarity with various project management methodologies

Salary Range

• Please note that the salary information provided herein is base pay only (gross); it does not include other forms of compensation which may or may not apply to this specific position, namely, performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives - none of which are guaranteed, may be subject to specific eligibility requirements, and are wholly within the discretion of Astreya to remit.
• Further, the salary information noted above is a range that consists of a minimum and maximum rate of pay for this specific position. Where an applicant or employee is placed on this range will depend and be contingent on objective, documented work-related considerations like education, experience, certifications, licenses, preferred qualifications, among other factors.

Astreya offers comprehensive benefits to all Regular, Full-Time Employees,including:

• Medical provided through UHC (PPO, HSA, Surest options) / Medical provided through Kaiser (HMO option only) for California employees only

• Dental provided through UHC

• Nationwide Vision provided by UHC

• Flexible Spending Account for Health & Dependent Care

• Pre-Tax Account for Commuter Benefit/Parking & Transit (location-specific)

• Continuing Education and Professional Development via various integrated platforms, e.g. Udemy and Coursera

• Corporate Wellness Program provided by Goomi Group

• Employee Assistance Program

• Wellness Days

  401k Plan

• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance

• Short Term & Long Term Disability

• Critical Illness, Critical Hospital, and Voluntary Accident Insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement (available 6 months after start date, capped)

• Paid Time Off (accrued and prorated, maximum of 120 hours annually)

• Paid Holidays

• Any other statutory leaves, paid time, or other ancillary benefits required under state and federal law

Originally posted on Himalayas