What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Program Manager position at Simple Solutions?
***NOTE: Need someone with more hands-on experience in infrastructure projects, datacenter operations, and large-scale routing implementation.***
Role Summary The Contract Program Manager will provide hands-on delivery support for a multi-year global WAN and DMZ modernization initiative. This role is execution-focused and designed to augment the core program execution team during critical planning, build, and deployment phases.
The contractor will be responsible for day-to-day program coordination, dependency tracking, and governance support across assigned workstreams, working under the direction of senior program leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Program Delivery & Execution Support
- Drive execution of assigned workstreams, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and dependencies are actively tracked and managed.
- Maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and execution trackers in Jira, Excel, and SharePoint.
- Support planning and execution for phased global deployments, including early DMZ refresh and WAN migration activities.
Governance, Reporting & Cadence
- Produce weekly and monthly status reports, RAID logs, and executive-ready summaries.
- Support program governance routines including working group meetings, deployment readiness reviews, and risk discussions.
- Ensure program data is accurate, current, and consistently reflected across reporting artifacts.
Cross-Team Coordination
- Coordinate closely with Network Engineering, Data Center Operations, Security, Procurement, and regional delivery teams to ensure alignment.
- Track vendor deliverables and dependencies across hardware, logistics, colocation readiness, and implementation partners.
- Facilitate working sessions and follow-ups to drive closure on open actions and decisions.
Risk & Dependency Management
- Identify execution risks, site readiness constraints, and schedule conflicts early.
- Document mitigation plans and escalate issues with clear impact statements and options.
- Prepare change control records that correspond to key migration periods.
- Support lessons-learned capture to improve subsequent deployment waves.
Required Experience & Skills
- 6–10 years of experience supporting large-scale technology or infrastructure programs as a program or senior project manager.
- Strong hands-on experience with program execution disciplines: scheduling, dependency management, RAID, and status reporting.
- Proven ability to operate in complex, matrixed environments with multiple stakeholders and vendors.
- Comfortable translating technical delivery updates into clear, concise program-level reporting.
- Strong proficiency with Jira, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
Preferred Experience
- Prior experience supporting network, WAN, data center, or infrastructure modernization programs.
- Experience working in financial services or other highly regulated enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with phased global deployments, parallel-run migrations, or hardware refresh programs.
What This Role Is / Is Not
This role is:
- Execution-heavy and delivery-oriented
- Focused on program mechanics, coordination, and visibility
- Embedded with the program team to accelerate delivery
This role is not:
- A people-management or line-management role
- Responsible for setting overall program strategy or funding decisions
- A purely PMO or reporting-only position
Salary : $70 - $80