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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Program Manager Critical Infrastructure & Strategic Delivery - **Company:** Simple Solutions - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA, Data Centers, Automation of Marketing, Scrum Methodology - **Published:** June 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/301ee0a6-8936-414d-aa8a-0c1b4e3bb1b4 ## About the Role * Proven experience leading large-scale infrastructure, data center, network, cloud, or enterprise technology programs. * Exceptional executive presence with the ability to communicate effectively from engineer to C-suite. * Advanced expertise in Jira, Agile delivery methodologies, roadmap management, and program governance. * Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and high visibility. * Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence without authority, drive accountability, and deliver results in fast-paced environments. ## Description * Serve as the primary interface between program teams and executive leadership, delivering clear, concise, and actionable updates on program health, milestones, risks, dependencies, financials, and strategic outcomes. * Build executive-ready presentations, dashboards, and briefing materials that translate complex technical and operational details into business-focused insights and decision points. * Lead steering committee meetings, executive reviews, and governance forums, driving alignment, accountability, and timely decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups. Jira Governance & Agile Delivery Leadership * Act as the program authority for Jira management, ensuring epics, features, stories, dependencies, risks, and milestones are accurately maintained and aligned to program objectives. * Lead backlog grooming, prioritization, sprint planning, and roadmap management activities across cross-functional teams to ensure work is clearly defined, sequenced appropriately, and aligned to business priorities. * Establish and enforce delivery best practices, reporting standards, and workflow discipline that provide leadership with real-time visibility into program execution. Program & Project Planning * Develop and maintain comprehensive program plans that incorporate scope, schedules, resource requirements, milestones, dependencies, risk mitigation strategies, and critical path activities. * Build integrated project roadmaps that align multiple workstreams, vendors, engineering teams, and business stakeholders toward a common set of outcomes. * Proactively identify schedule risks, resource constraints, and delivery obstacles, implementing mitigation strategies before they impact program commitments. Program Execution & Delivery Leadership * Drive end-to-end execution of large-scale, business-critical infrastructure and technology initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to organizational objectives. * Establish clear ownership, accountability, and performance expectations across project teams while fostering a culture of execution, transparency, and continuous improvement. * Coordinate efforts across engineering, architecture, operations, security, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery and successful program outcomes. Risk, Dependency & Issue Management * Identify, track, and manage program risks, issues, assumptions, and interdependencies across multiple initiatives and teams. * Facilitate rapid escalation and resolution of critical delivery challenges while maintaining stakeholder confidence and minimizing business impact. * Implement governance mechanisms that ensure risks are surfaced early and addressed proactively. Driving Programmatic Success * Create operational rigor through metrics, KPIs, and reporting that provide measurable insight into program performance and delivery effectiveness. * Continuously evaluate delivery processes and identify opportunities to improve execution, efficiency, predictability, and stakeholder satisfaction. * Champion a results-oriented culture focused on achieving strategic business outcomes, operational excellence, and successful delivery of critical infrastructure initiatives. ## Related Videos - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [The Sustainability Race: AI's Promises, Pitfalls and Potential](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100155-the-sustainability-race-ai-s-promises-pitfalls-and-potential) - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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