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Vantage is building a platform-led Product organisation to enable repeatable, predictable, faster delivery of data centres through disciplined standardisation, governed variants, and closed-loop learning.
The Technical Program Manager (TPM) is an execution and enablement leader within Product Operations, responsible for running cross-functional programs that strengthen how the Product organisation ships and scales. Reporting to the Principal TPM, this role helps build and operate the mechanisms that allow teams to execute at speed without chaos: readiness gates, dependency management, decision hygiene, and closed-loop learning.
This is not a construction project manager role and does not replace Delivery or regional execution. It enables the platform Product organisation by ensuring programs have clear scope, owners, decision paths, evidence expectations, and measurable outcomes., * Own one or more cross-cutting Product programs end-to-end (definition, planning, execution, rollout, retrospective), coordinating across Product Management, Industrialised Delivery, Engineering, Deployment, Delivery, Operations, Procurement, Finance, and vendors.
- Build and maintain clear execution plans with milestones, interlocks, risks, and measurable outcomes; ensure owners and decision deadlines are explicit.
- Operate readiness checklists and go/no-go gates for releases or rollouts within your program scope; ensure required artefacts and evidence are produced, reviewed, and stored.
- Identify cross-team dependencies early; create clarity on interfaces, owners, and acceptance criteria, and maintain an active risk register with structured escalations.
- Run structured retrospectives and lessons-learned capture; ensure outputs become actionable inputs to Product Managers and platform governance, with traceability from issue/deviation to decision and update.
- Use and improve standard templates (program one-pagers, decision memos, readiness checklists, release notes, risk registers) and partner on tooling and dashboards to increase visibility and decision hygiene.
- Operate as a high-trust partner to Product Managers and engineering leaders: bring structure, not bureaucracy; accelerate outcomes without taking ownership away from empowered teams., * Readiness and go/no-go discipline is consistently applied, with required artefacts and evidence produced as a default part of delivery.
- Dependencies and risks are identified early; issues are resolved through defined paths rather than late escalations.
- Field signals from deployment, commissioning, and operations are captured with structure and converted into actionable platform inputs with owners, priorities, and decision trail.
- Stakeholders trust the mechanisms: forums are effective, artefacts are lightweight and decision-ready, and the system continues to run well after launch.
Requirements
- 6-10+ years in technical program management or equivalent technical delivery leadership in complex, scaled environments (data centres, mission-critical infrastructure, industrial automation, cloud infrastructure, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, or similar).
- Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional programs with real technical depth and operational consequences (schedule, quality, reliability, safety).
- Strong technical fluency in data centre systems and lifecycle realities (power, cooling, controls/telemetry, commissioning, handover, supplier ecosystem).
- Strong written and verbal communication; capable of producing crisp decision memos and driving alignment without consensus.
Preferred
- Experience building or operating readiness gates and go/no-go processes for complex system rollouts.
- Experience with lessons-learned systems and closed-loop feedback in deployment, commissioning, or operations contexts.
Benefits & conditions
We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other's strengths and respecting each other's weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.