Technical Program Manager – Data Center Modernization

Connection•Charlotte, NC

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department. This is a 6-12 month contract role. Could get extended longer. Hybrid to Charlotte, NC location. We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to support a large-scale data center modernization initiative. This role operates at the intersection of program leadership and deep infrastructure technology expertise, ensuring complex engineering initiatives remain coordinated, risks are surfaced early, and multiple teams move forward in alignment. This is a 6-12 month contract role. Could get extended longer. Hybrid to Charlotte, NC location. The individual will serve as a central coordination point across engineering, infrastructure, and platform teams as the organization transitions from a VMware-centric environment toward a modern three-tier architecture across multiple data centers. This role requires someone who can engage credibly with highly technical engineering teams while maintaining program-level oversight, ensuring workstreams remain synchronized and aligned with overall transformation goals.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in technical program management, infrastructure program leadership, or large-scale IT transformation initiatives
Demonstrated experience leading complex data center or infrastructure modernization programs
Strong understanding of enterprise data center architecture, including compute, storage, networking, and virtualization
Experience coordinating large technical programs across multiple engineering teams
Ability to identify and communicate technical risk within complex engineering environments
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to interact with senior IT leadership and technical teams
Experience delivering work within large enterprise environments
Able to quickly establish credibility with senior engineers and infrastructure architects
Comfortable operating in complex, evolving technical environments
Skilled at translating between technical teams and program leadership
Strong at identifying dependencies, surfacing risks, and maintaining delivery momentum
Capable of stepping into an active program and driving coordination immediately

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with VMware environments and virtualization platforms
Experience supporting migrations toward three-tier infrastructure architectures
Working knowledge of containerization technologies and Kubernetes
Experience with modern platform and infrastructure transformation initiatives
Exposure to hybrid infrastructure environments spanning multiple data centers

Responsibilities

Provide program oversight for a multi-data center modernization initiative involving numerous internal infrastructure and engineering teams
Establish and maintain program structure, timelines, milestones, and cross-team coordination mechanisms
Drive alignment across workstreams to ensure progress remains synchronized across infrastructure, networking, platform, and application teams
Track key dependencies and proactively surface delivery risks to leadership
Serve as the technical liaison between engineering teams, infrastructure architects, and program stakeholders
Translate complex technical workstreams into clear program-level visibility and reporting
Identify and escalate architectural or integration risks that could impact delivery timelines
Support the transition from VMware-based virtualization to a modernized three-tier architecture
Ensure coordination across containerization, orchestration, compute, storage, and networking layers
Facilitate collaboration between platform teams working on containerization and Kubernetes-based environments
Work closely with senior IT leadership to maintain visibility into program progress and key risks
Facilitate program governance meetings and executive updates
Act as the connective layer across teams to ensure communication remains consistent and effective
Monitor progress across workstreams spanning multiple data centers
Ensure key milestones remain on track and that teams are aligned on priorities and dependencies
Help remove blockers and maintain forward momentum across the program