Data Center Program Manager

Description

This role is responsible for optimizing the flow of work and the value delivered by one or more Agile teams supporting the Network AI and Agentic Transformation and is focused on serving the needs of the team to drive performance, predictability, and continuous improvement. Key responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating Agile ceremonies, managing dependencies and impediments, maintaining visibility into delivery plans and progress, and helping ensure deliverables, epics, and stories are advanced in a structured and effective manner. This role supports transformation execution by helping teams maintain healthy backlogs, improve delivery discipline, and align work to agreed priorities and outcomes. They ensure impediments are resolved quickly, the team follows agreed processes, and there is strong collaboration between delivery teams, workstream leads, and stakeholders. They promote and coach the Agile mindset and principles, enabling teams to become increasingly effective, self-managing, and outcome-oriented.

Key Responsibilities:

Guide and coach one or more teams on Scrum practices and help strengthen their understanding of Agile principles and delivery discipline.

Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and other delivery routines as needed.

Help teams maintain a healthy backlog of deliverables, epics, and stories in collaboration with workstream leads and relevant stakeholders.

Promote structured backlog readiness by helping ensure work is sufficiently defined, sequenced, and understood before team commitment.

Facilitate dependency management, risk management, and impediment removal to support delivery timelines and team effectiveness.

Promote communication and collaboration within and across teams to support completion of transformation deliverables and sprint commitments.

Provide visibility into delivery plans, team progress, blockers, and risks to stakeholders, delivery leads, and transformation leadership.

Help the team define and reinforce working agreements, including definitions of ready and done, team norms, and execution expectations.

Enable teams to improve performance through continuous improvement practices, retrospectives, and a focus on measurable execution outcomes.

Track delivery, maturity, and performance metrics and review them with the team to identify improvement opportunities and execution risks.

Coordinate with adjacent teams and stakeholders to manage cross-team dependencies and support integrated delivery across the broader transformation.

Support the orderly advancement of work from planning through execution by helping teams stay aligned to priorities, commitments, and target outcomes.

Escalate material delivery risks, blockers, or misalignment issues in a timely manner and help drive resolution.

Mentor more junior Scrum Masters or delivery participants where appropriate and help promote stronger Agile practices across the organization.

Strong knowledge of Scrum and Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and dependency management.

Experience facilitating Agile delivery for technology programs, products, or transformation initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and evolving priorities.

Ability to coordinate the flow of work across deliverables, epics, and stories to support incremental and predictable delivery.

Strong facilitation skills with the ability to run effective team ceremonies, working sessions, and cross-team alignment meetings.

Experience managing team dependencies, delivery risks, impediments, and escalation paths in a structured and timely manner.

Ability to maintain a healthy and prioritized backlog in partnership with delivery leads, workstream leads, or sponsoring stakeholders.

Strong communication skills with the ability to provide clear visibility into plans, progress, blockers, and delivery risks.

Experience using delivery metrics to assess team performance, delivery health, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

Strong collaboration skills and ability to promote effective communication across business, technology, and transformation stakeholders.

Ability to coach teams on Agile ways of working and reinforce agreed norms, definitions, and team practices.

Experience working in a fast-paced and complex environment with evolving priorities and cross-functional dependencies.

Working knowledge of Agile tooling and workflow tracking practices used to manage stories, sprint commitments, and delivery progress.

Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through in support of execution discipline.

Ability to support delivery of transformation initiatives without requiring deep specialization in the underlying technical domain.

Strong problem-solving skills and judgment in helping teams navigate delivery friction and competing priorities.

Skills

Data center, program management, agile, jira, automation

Top Skills Details

Data center,program management,agile,jira,automation

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Program Management experience

Data Center experience

Network infrastructure (understand refreshes, firewall management and proxies, load balancing, routers, switches, etc)

Cloud migration

Jira

agile / scrum

AI automation

DMZ (familiarity would be helpful)

Financial services experience is not a dealbreaker but is preferred

Experience Level

Expert Level

This is a Contract position based out of Chandler, AZ.

The pay range for this position is $73.00 - $80.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a hybrid position in Chandler,AZ.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 13, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

Were a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. Were a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. Were strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Were building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.