Job Title: Technical Project Manager III Location: US remote - PST Preferred Duration: 4+ Months (Potential to extend)
About the Role: Job Description: Summary:
The main function of a technical project manager is to plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
Job Responsibilities:
Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.
Manage user help system, creating process documentation / knowledge bases to improve self-service.
Proactively identify methods to automate the help system and drive automation / tooling requirements.
Provide users with technical front-line support for infrastructure capacity issues.
Must-Have Skills:
5+ years TPM experience in infrastructure / data center environments
Cross-organizational project execution (driving work across multiple teams/orgs)
Strong communication + conflict resolution with engineering stakeholders
Nice-to-Have Skills:
Public cloud experience (hyperscaler compute/capacity)
Supply chain / capacity planning exposure
Frontline escalation support for engineering or product teams
Minimum Years of Experience: 5+ Degrees/Certifications:
Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
PMI or PMP certification preferred.
Skills:
Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, attention to detail and interpersonal skills.
Basic ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
Basic knowledge of computer hardware and software.
Basic knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning and resource allocation.
Basic knowledge of computer software, such as Visual Basic, Java, SQL, etc.
Experience in owning a front-line technical customer support system strongly preferred.
Experience in driving execution of complex x-organization infrastructure supply chain projects.
About the Team:
Technical program team focused on ads hardware capacity and efficiency; fast-moving, highly cross-functional, infra/data-center oriented
Education/Experience:
Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
PMI or PMP certification preferred.
Key Projects/Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
Frontline support for engineering escalations
Project execution across the central ads capacity program and internal infrastructure teams
Supply chain coordination between hardware program and infra partners
Certain project that team is working on / what products are they supporting Program:
The Ads Capacity Efficiency Hardware Program (central ads capacity program)
Products/areas supported:
Hardware capacity and efficiency for Ads — frontline support for product/engineering teams, plus supply chain coordination between the central ads capacity program and the internal infrastructure/data center teams
How will progress be evaluated?
Responsiveness and quality of escalation handling; ability to move cross-org projects to completion independently; stakeholder feedback from engineering partners
Value added or experience gained:
Exposure to large-scale infrastructure and data center capacity programs, hardware supply chain, and cross-org technical program management at scale
Are there any types of candidate profiles or skills that may not be the right fit for this team?
Traditional waterfall project management backgrounds
Pure business/PMO or non-technical coordinators without infra exposure
Candidates needing heavy direction or lacking stakeholder-facing confidence
Are there any immediate disqualifiers or red flags that stand out?
No infrastructure or data center experience
Under 5 years of relevant TPM experience
Waterfall-only methodology experience
Weak communication or inability to handle escalations/conflict
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $80.00/hr - $85.00/hr.
