Project & Program Management II

What this Job Entails: 

The Project & Program Management role is responsible for planning and coordinating all aspects of lab operations projects from initiation to delivery. Prior experience with datacenter, enterprise, servers, storage, and networking equipment is preferred. 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. Projects may vary in number, size and complexity. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• BOM review and validation 
• Update and maintain lab inventory databases
• Responsible for asset and material management across data centers and warehouses
• Maintain various ticketing systems with current project status
• 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
• 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 
• Solid understanding of layer 2 and Layer 3 networking concepts
• Hands-on experience with configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining IP networks 
• Experience working in a live network environment with the ability to monitor, manage, and troubleshoot complex networks
• Understanding of fiber optics and optical networking and related components 
• Familiarity with key optical technologies
• 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
• 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 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 time zones (remotely or from the local client office)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Various certifications (PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PPM, CPD, CPMP, etc.)
• Understanding of the OSI model

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