Technical Program Manager, Physical Infrastructure

Digital Ocean
Seattle
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 98,000 - 122,000 annuallyFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Skills: ["Servant leadership","Risk management","Facilitation","Critical thinking","Stakeholder management"]

Own delivery of technical programs and special projects for physical infrastructure, spanning data center build-outs, hardware deployment, and capacity across a global fleet. Partner with Product, Engineering, and infrastructure teams to drive value, improve processes, and coordinate with vendors and operational partners to keep schedules on track. Manage risks, track commitments, communicate timelines and technical concepts, and implement repeatable ways of working that improve reliability and speed.

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Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean
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Technical Program Manager, Physical Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Own delivery of technical programs and special projects for physical infrastructure, spanning data center build-outs, hardware deployment, and capacity across a global fleet. Partner with Product, Engineering, and infrastructure teams to drive value, improve processes, and coordinate with vendors and operational partners to keep schedules on track. Manage risks, track commitments, communicate timelines and technical concepts, and implement repeatable ways of working that improve reliability and speed.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive value delivery across assigned programs and special projects, including prioritization, planning, risk management, execution, and measurement of success.
  • •Partner with Product, Engineering, and infrastructure leads to improve process/practice and deliver valuable programs across the program lifecycle.
  • •Coordinate schedules and alignment with supply chain, facilities, hardware engineering, colocation providers, remote hands, and internal networking teams from planning through deployment.
  • •Communicate program requirements, timelines, objectives, status, and risks to internal and external stakeholders using clear, structured updates.
  • •Track follow-through across teams and vendors, close loops on open questions, manage scope and priority changes, and resolve impediments.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 98,000 - 122,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Employee AssistanceLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •Experience keeping cross-functional work on track in a fast-paced environment, including planning, spotting slippage, resolving blockers, and driving work to completion.
  • •Ability to identify, capture, and manage risks early, including forming mitigation plans for issues like delayed hardware shipment or facility constraints.
  • •Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to facilitate meetings, manage expectations, and distill complex technical concepts into clear action plans.
  • •Critical thinking to understand the stated need versus underlying cause, gather necessary data, and suggest solutions and process improvements.
  • •Experience using project management tooling (e.g., Atlassian suite/Jira and Confluence) to manage items, dashboards, and roadmaps.
Experience:Data centerHardware deploymentFacilitiesPhysical infrastructureSupply chain
Skills:Servant leadershipRisk managementFacilitationCritical thinkingStakeholder management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Atlassian suiteJiraConfluence

Company Brief

Digital Ocean
Provides cloud infrastructure and developer-focused cloud services including scalable droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage, and networking to simplify deploying and managing applications for developers and small-to-medium businesses.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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