Senior Lead Program Manager, Client Project Delivery - Managed Services (RapidScale)

Company

Cox Communications, Inc.

Engineering / Product Development

Sr Lead Engineering Project / Program Manager

Sr Manager - Non People LeaderCan work remotely but need to live in the specified city, state, or region

Yes, 15% of the time

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $134,900.00 - $224,900.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. We deliver secure, reliable managed and advisory services across private, public, and hybrid clouds, helping organizations innovate, adapt, and grow. As an Elite Broadcom VMware VCSP Partner and top partner with AWS, Azure, and Google, our solutions focus on business outcomes with embedded cyber resiliency and AI to protect today and enable tomorrow backed by the strength of the Cox family of companies.  

The Senior Lead Engineering Project / Program Manager leads large, complex, enterprise engineering initiatives that span multiple technical teams, business functions, and organizational priorities. This role provides strategic leadership across the full project and program lifecycle while serving as a trusted partner to Engineering leadership, Product, Operations, Architecture, and executive stakeholders. 

As a recognized subject matter expert, the Senior Lead Engineering Project / Program Manager drives execution of highly complex technical initiatives, establishes scalable governance and delivery frameworks, pilots new operating models, and influences engineering strategy through disciplined program management, risk mitigation, and operational excellence. This role owns strategic portfolios of related initiatives, balances competing priorities across multiple stakeholders, and continuously improves how Engineering delivers business value. 

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Lead large, complex engineering projects and strategic programs involving multiple technical teams, cross-functional dependencies, executive stakeholders, and organizational priorities. 

• Provide leadership across the complete project and program lifecycle, including intake, planning, estimation, governance, dependency management, risk assessment, execution, implementation, change management, and post-implementation review. 

• Partner closely with Engineering leaders, architects, Product Management, Operations, and business stakeholders to successfully deliver complex technical initiatives involving cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, networking, security, software delivery, automation, and operational systems. 

• Apply strong technical judgment to understand engineering architecture, delivery dependencies, implementation risks, and operational impacts while facilitating informed decision-making and removing delivery obstacles. 

• Serve as a recognized subject matter expert within Engineering, Sales, and Project Management, providing guidance on delivery strategy, governance, prioritization, issue resolution, and organizational execution. 

• Own strategic portfolios of related initiatives, balancing competing priorities, organizational risk, resource constraints, funding considerations, and executive expectations to maximize customer and business value. 

• Pilot new project / product workflows, delivery methodologies, governance models, and project types; document lessons learned; and operationalize successful practices across the Engineering organization. 

• Define, implement, and continuously improve enterprise project and program management standards, governance frameworks, and delivery best practices that improve consistency, predictability, and execution quality across Engineering. 

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