Lead Program Manager: Hyperscale Modular Data Center
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Listed
- 2 days ago
What will you do?
- Own Modular Data Center program execution end-to-end, driving commitments for scope, schedule, budget, quality and customer outcomes
- Lead a global, cross-functional Core Team across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, business and operations
- Serve as the single program integration point, ensuring customer commitments, risks, changes and escalations are managed through a unified program lens
- Develop and maintain the integrated master schedule, identify critical-path constraints, drive recovery plans and challenge functional teams when execution falls behind plan
- Drive execution through the PLCM / Phase Gate process, ensuring required program deliverables, readiness criteria and approvals are completed
- Lead program planning through development, validation and verification, manufacturing readiness, ramp and transition to sustaining production
- Establish disciplined operating cadences including Core Team reviews, executive reviews, build-readiness reviews, priority syncs and escalation forums
- Own the program risk and issue management process, identifying risks early, developing mitigation and contingency plans, and escalating issues before customer commitments are affected
- Manage program NRE/budget performance, including baseline development, actual-versus-plan reviews and financial impact of program changes
- Coordinate change management across engineering and operations, ensuring scope, schedule and cost impacts are understood before commitments are made
- Translate complex cross-functional issues into clear, data-backed executive decisions and recommendations
- Maintain strong customer and senior-stakeholder communication, presenting clear status on program health, milestones, risks, recovery actions and decisions required
- Drive lessons learned and continuous improvement across programs to improve repeatability and scalability.
How will you get here? -
Education
- Bachelor's Degree required
- CAPM/PMP certification preferred
Experience
- 15+ years' experience in Data Center / Rack Integration/Services Project Management
- History of successful Executive/Leadership interaction
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Excellent technical acumen & skills are required
- Key customer interface ability required
- Collaboration across multiple technical teams
- Ability to lead across regional teams
- Ability to travel both US/Int'l locations as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree preferred; Or related knowledge specific to MDC activity
- Degree in Engineering (Design/Mechanical) preferred
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About Jabil
At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
Job Profile Title- Lead Program Manager: Hyperscale Modular Data Center
Location/Division Specific Information: Austin, TX/ P06
How will you make an impact?-
Lead the end-to-end execution of complex Modular Data Center programs, serving as the primary integration point across the customer, engineering, supply chain, business, manufacturing, and factory operations.
This role owns program execution across scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and customer commitments, driving cross-functional teams from program planning and development through validation, manufacturing ramp, and transition to sustaining production.
The Lead Program Manager will lead integration of complex modular data center workstreams across rack integration, power, cooling, network/infrastructure, manufacturing, supply chain, test/validation and site readiness, ensuring dependencies are integrated into one executable program plan.
The successful candidate will operate effectively in a fast-paced hyperscale environment where speed, disciplined execution, proactive risk management, data-driven decision making, and clear customer communication are critical.
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