Program Manager II, Engineering - Sensor Foundation (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike•Sunnyvale, CA

3d•$100,000 - $145,000•Hybrid

About The Position

CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting organizations with an advanced AI-native platform. This role is for an Operations Program Manager supporting the Sensor Foundations Platform Group, which builds robust sensor infrastructure, platform engineering capabilities, and cloud services for CrowdStrike's endpoint security platform. The position involves transforming program management through AI-enhanced workflows and traditional leadership, supporting platform engineering, cloud engineering, and sensor core teams. The role combines hands-on program leadership for large platform and cloud engineering teams across geo-locations with the development of AI-powered solutions to automate tasks, surface insights, and enhance decision-making. Collaboration with teams in Europe and the United States is essential to manage dependencies and resolve issues. This is a hybrid role based in Sunnyvale, requiring 2-3 days per week in the office.

Requirements

5+ years managing complex platform engineering and infrastructure programs with 100+ engineers.
Jira proficiency and Agile/Scrum methodology experience.
Proven track record owning programs/portfolios of products/features, scoping requirements, and planning milestones.
Solid organizational awareness with ability to navigate complex organizational structures, manage cross-functional stakeholders in dispersed portfolios, and understand how Sensor Foundations work connects to enterprise strategy.
Ability to extrapolate context from complex technical conversations and provide teams with valuable summations around action items and next steps.
Attention to detail with ability to make logical, timely decisions in fast-paced environments.
Excel at proactively driving results while serving as an active resource for technical teams.
Hands-on experience with agentic AI tools (Claude Code, GitHub, Copilot) as daily workflow accelerators.
Ability to build Claude skills, AI workflows, and prompt engineering solutions.
Experience integrating AI into existing enterprise workflows and infrastructure tools.
Comfort with light development in Python or Go for AI automation scripts.
Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
Experience managing distributed platform and cloud engineering teams across timezones.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to traverse seamlessly between strategic direction and tactical execution.
Exceptional relationship-building skills that create impact beyond individual contributions, fostering collaboration across organizational boundaries.
Must work effectively with cross-functional groups across divisions worldwide as part of a collaborative team.
Experience supporting platform engineering portfolios that drive infrastructure, build systems, cloud architecture, and system reliability.
Deep familiarity with build systems, deployment automation, infrastructure monitoring, and platform scaling.
Knowledge of sensor core technologies, endpoint platforms, and system performance optimization.

Nice To Haves

Background building platform engineering tools or infrastructure automation.
Experience with AI-enhanced infrastructure management platforms.
Familiarity with enterprise AI deployment and change management in cloud environments.
Experience with sensor technologies, endpoint security platforms, or distributed systems reliability engineering.
Knowledge of cost optimization strategies for cloud infrastructure and platform engineering operations.

Responsibilities

Partner and facilitate directly with platform engineering, cloud engineering, and sensor core teams at all levels, from debugging deployment issues to providing executive updates.
Demonstrate technical fluency in architecture, cloud infrastructure, build systems, and platform engineering practices to align with business objectives and drive project deliverables, resources, and timelines.
Drive operational decision-making processes, facilitating discussions between engineering teams to resolve architectural challenges, infrastructure dependencies, and build system optimizations.
Create and drive operation schedules for sensor foundations activities, working with engineering management on task assignments and managing progress of portfolio phases.
Collaborate with multiple worldwide business units to clearly identify, explain, and communicate process involvement, goals, expectations, and deliverables for sensor infrastructure programs.
Proactively track status of platform engineering activities and ensure schedules and priorities are met for sensor releases, infrastructure scaling, and build system improvements.
Ensure critical infrastructure issues are identified, tracked through resolution, and escalated appropriately.
Manage daily/weekly communication and status reporting for complex sensor platform activities.
Support distributed teams and cross-functional partners on frameworks and shared accountability, synthesizing processes to drive aligned, executable outcomes.
Build AI-powered dashboards and automated reporting systems using Claude skills and agentic workflows for operations monitoring and insights.
Create intelligent integrations between CS business, Jira, GitLab, monitoring tools, and build systems that surface organizational health and procedure risks automatically.
Develop AI agents that proactively identify process and team bottlenecks, lack of resource utilization, team organizational health, and resource scaling opportunities.

Benefits

Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
Paid parental and adoption leaves
Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
Eligibility for bonuses
Equity grants
Comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off