Program Manager Tech [AQ-15138]

About the role

This position offers a unique opportunity to lead the physical build-out of advanced network systems across various locations, contributing to the company's continued growth and technological advancement.

Responsibilities

• Drive building-by-building execution of infrastructure network transitions, utilizing a leading development platform for execution planning, milestone tracking, dependency management, and maintaining the deployment tracker as the single source of truth.
• Maintain and update an integrated deployment tracker, meticulously monitoring building status, cabling progress, hardware readiness, contractor status, engineering preparedness, validation progress, risks, blockers, and migration handoff status.
• Translate complex survey data, building inventories, port-density information, rack layouts, and cabling requirements into clear, actionable per-building deployment plans.
• Cook intricate cross-dependencies between various project phases such as cabling, rack/stack, switch installation, power readiness, patching, and engineering configuration.
• Lead or contribute to comprehensive readiness reviews to confirm that sites are fully installed, patched, powered, configured, and prepared for validation.
• Collaborate closely with internal engineering teams on switch configuration, validation requirements, and site-specific technical questions.
• Coordinate with Building Managers and other internal stakeholders to schedule critical cable-room work and align on readiness and migration timing.
• Proactively escalate risks and blockers, preparing weekly status summaries that detail completed buildings, active work, upcoming tasks, critical blockers, decisions needed, and potential schedule risks.
• Continuously refine and optimize the repeatable deployment playbook to facilitate scalable infrastructure expansion beyond initial deployments.
• Create and review multiple functional specifications to guide decision-making for product or service implementation.
• Organize cross-functional activities to ensure projects are completed on schedule and within budget constraints.

Requirements

• 3+ years of proven experience in infrastructure or network deployment project management, with hands-on experience using a leading development platform for execution planning, milestone tracking, dependency management, and maintaining the deployment tracker as the single source of truth.
• 3+ years of in-depth knowledge of structured cabling and physical infrastructure, including industry standards (e.g., TIA/EIA-568, ISO/IEC 11801, BICSI Standards for ICT) and data center cabling environments.
• Familiarity with data center components and layouts, such as racks, rows, patch panels, cable management, and power management.
• Familiarity with cabling inventory management, including fiber/copper tracking, patch panel documentation, and labeling standards.
• Familiarity with various fiber types (single-mode, multi-mode), connectors (LC, SC, MPO), and copper media (Cat5e/Cat6/Cat6A).
• 3+ years of strong vendor and contractor coordination experience for physical build-out projects, specifically involving low-voltage cabling quoting, scheduling, access coordination, installation tracking, and completion/readiness review within structured change processes (e.g., ITIL).
• Demonstrated ability to interpret physical network audits and as-built documentation to reconcile discrepancies and identify risks.
• Experience maintaining physical/logical topology maps and port-level documentation, and working with CMDB / inventory systems to track devices, cabling, and configurations.
• Strong attention to detail in reconciling physical inventory against logical configuration data.
• Excellent written communication skills for status reporting, readiness checklists, and handoff packages.
• Proven ability to coordinate effectively across engineering teams, internal stakeholders, Building Managers, and cabling vendors.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of proven experience in infrastructure or network deployment project management, with hands-on experience using a leading development platform for execution planning, milestone tracking, dependency management, and maintaining the deployment tracker as the single source of truth.
• 3+ years of in-depth knowledge of structured cabling and physical infrastructure, including industry standards (e.g., TIA/EIA-568, ISO/IEC 11801, BICSI Standards for ICT) and data center cabling environments.
• Familiarity with data center components and layouts, such as racks, rows, patch panels, cable management, and power management.
• Familiarity with cabling inventory management, including fiber/copper tracking, patch panel documentation, and labeling standards.
• Familiarity with various fiber types (single-mode, multi-mode), connectors (LC, SC, MPO), and copper media (Cat5e/Cat6/Cat6A).
• 3+ years of strong vendor and contractor coordination experience for physical build-out projects, specifically involving low-voltage cabling quoting, scheduling, access coordination, installation tracking, and completion/readiness review within structured change processes (e.g., ITIL).
• Demonstrated ability to interpret physical network audits and as-built documentation to reconcile discrepancies and identify risks.
• Experience maintaining physical/logical topology maps and port-level documentation, and working with CMDB / inventory systems to track devices, cabling, and configurations.
• Strong attention to detail in reconciling physical inventory against logical configuration data.
• Excellent written communication skills for status reporting, readiness checklists, and handoff packages.
• Proven ability to coordinate effectively across engineering teams, internal stakeholders, Building Managers, and cabling vendors.

Skills

• Hands-on experience using a leading development platform for execution planning, milestone tracking, dependency management, and maintaining the deployment tracker as the single source of truth.
• In-depth knowledge of structured cabling and physical infrastructure, including industry standards and data center cabling environments.
• Familiarity with data center components and layouts, such as racks, rows, patch panels, cable management, and power management.
• Familiarity with cabling inventory management, including fiber/copper tracking, patch panel documentation, and labeling standards.
• Familiarity with various fiber types (single-mode, multi-mode), connectors (LC, SC, MPO), and copper media (Cat5e/Cat6/Cat6A).
• Strong vendor and contractor coordination experience for physical build-out projects, specifically involving low-voltage cabling quoting, scheduling, access coordination, installation tracking, and completion/readiness review within structured change processes (e.g., ITIL).
• Ability to interpret physical network audits and as-built documentation to reconcile discrepancies and identify risks.
• Experience maintaining physical/logical topology maps and port-level documentation, and working with CMDB / inventory systems to track devices, cabling, and configurations.
• Strong attention to detail in reconciling physical inventory against logical configuration data.
• Excellent written communication skills for status reporting, readiness checklists, and handoff packages.
• Proven ability to coordinate effectively across engineering teams, internal stakeholders, Building Managers, and cabling vendors.

Benefits

Aquent Talent offers a range of benefits including subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. Additionally, we provide free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. For more information on our awesome benefits, visit our website.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $70,000 - $90,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time position with flexible work arrangements available.

Contact

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter to [email protected].