Fleet Data Centers
Senior Technical Program Manager, Tooling and Automation
Fleet Data Centers, Denver, Colorado, United States, 80285
Senior Technical Program Manager, Tooling and Automation
Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers with flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand. Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers with a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation. Fleet is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA.
The Senior Technical Program Manager, Tooling and Automation owns the strategy and end-to-end program management for the tools, data systems, and workflow automations that enable predictable, scalable delivery of Fleet’s data center campuses and customer deployments in North America.
They are a key member of a multi-disciplined team of engineers, data professionals, and technical program managers that plan, build, and operate the digital backbone for Fleet’s campus planning, construction, commissioning, and customer turn-up processes. They partner closely with data center engineering, construction and commissioning, network and server deployment teams, procurement and supply chain, legal, and finance to design and deliver internal tools that improve schedule fidelity, risk management, financial accuracy, and operational efficiency.
The Sr. TPM is responsible for defining the multi-year tooling and automation roadmap, translating ambiguous business and technical needs into clear requirements, and driving cross-functional programs from concept through launch and adoption. They are accountable for measurable improvements in how Fleet plans, executes, and monitors its data center campus portfolio and customer infrastructure deployments.
The Technical Program Manager, Tooling and Automation reports to the Director of Data Center Planning and Delivery, Fleet Data Centers.
We are considering candidates in Seattle, WA, Denver, CO, Alexandria, VA or Austin, TX
Key Responsibilities
Define and own the tooling and automation roadmap that supports data center campus planning, construction, commissioning, and customer network/server deployment workflows, aligned with Fleet’s growth objectives and customer commitments.
Develop end-to-end, multi-phase program plans and schedules for tooling and automation initiatives, aligning stakeholder needs and delivery dates, upstream data sources, system integrations, and change-management milestones. You are responsible for on-time and on-budget delivery of high-impact internal tools and automation capabilities.
Translate ambiguous operational and business problems into clear technical requirements, including data models, integrations, user journeys, and reporting needs, partnering closely with software engineering, data engineering, product, and operations teams.
Design and implement mechanisms and dashboards that provide single-source-of-truth visibility into campus delivery, capacity, financials, and risk, reliably catching and escalating delays, rework, and other risks to meeting customer commitments.
Establish and champion standards for data quality, telemetry, and observability across tools and workflows, ensuring that program and portfolio decisions are made on high-quality, timely data.
Coordinate, track, and drive execution of cross-functional teams (internal and external) delivering new tools and automations, including requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, and training.
Own change management and user adoption, including communication plans, training materials, stakeholder onboarding, feedback loops, and iterative improvements that drive sustained use and measurable impact.
Drive integration of internal tools with upstream and downstream systems (e.g., ERP, project management, commissioning, procurement, and vendor systems), reducing manual handoffs and eliminating redundant data entry.
Collaborate and innovate on data center delivery tooling and processes, piloting new technologies and approaches that improve delivery reliability, quality, sustainability, and efficiency, and reduce cost.
Develop mechanisms to measure, report, and improve key metrics (e.g., forecast accuracy, schedule variance, cycle time, manual effort elimination, error rates) and regularly communicate status and insights to leadership.
Partner with procurement and vendor management to evaluate, select, and manage external software and services (e.g., SaaS platforms, analytics tools, workflow engines), including RFPs, proposals, and contracts where applicable.
Support capital allocation and business-case development for tooling and automation investments, including ROI analysis, operating model changes, and TCO impacts, in partnership with finance and leadership.
Develop and maintain documentation and runbooks for key tools, data flows, and automations, ensuring continuity, resilience, and scalability as Fleet grows.
Qualifications
10–15 years of increasing scope and responsibility in technical program management, product management, or engineering leadership, including significant ownership of internal tools, data platforms, or workflow automation for large-scale infrastructure, cloud, manufacturing, or similar complex environments.
Demonstrable results delivering large, cross-functional tooling or automation programs on time and within budget, with clear, quantified improvements in schedule reliability, operational efficiency, or risk reduction.
Experience leading programs that span both physical infrastructure and digital systems, ideally including planning, construction, commissioning, and/or operations of critical facilities infrastructure (e.g., data centers, power, industrial facilities).
Proven ability to build, optimize, and scale capacity planning, project planning, budgeting, and tracking tools and processes, including portfolio-level visibility and reporting.
Strong understanding of data models, APIs, integrations, and analytics; able to engage deeply with engineering and data teams and make informed trade-offs between build, buy, and integrate options.
Experience with sourcing, contract negotiation, and supplier relationship management for software, platforms, and consulting services within technology or infrastructure organizations.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to influence senior engineering and business leaders and to drive alignment across organizations with competing priorities.
Demonstrated ability to work backward from customers and internal users, converting qualitative feedback and quantitative data into clear roadmaps and prioritized backlogs.
Experience with enterprise project/portfolio management tools, workflow automation platforms, and analytics/BI tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, ServiceNow, Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc.) is highly preferred.
Understanding of data architecture, security, compliance, and interoperability considerations.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or another technical or quantitative discipline; an advanced degree is a plus. Telecommunications Engineering or Operations experience is a plus
Understanding of ERP, CRM and OSS systems preferred; Salesforce experience is a plus
Required Traits and Skills
Integrity and Ethical Standards:
Build trust, ensure fairness, and foster long-term, transparent relationships with internal stakeholders and external software and services partners.
Effective Communication:
Clearly convey expectations, requirements, risks, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences; comfortable delivering written and verbal presentations to internal leadership teams.
Emotional Intelligence (EQ):
Understand the emotions, cultural nuances, and motivations of others, while effectively managing one’s own emotions during high-pressure situations, escalations, and negotiations.
Strategic Thinking:
Connect tooling and automation initiatives to Fleet’s broader organizational goals, ensuring that investments materially improve the scalability, reliability, and economics of Fleet’s data center campuses.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving:
Break down complex, ambiguous operational problems into solvable components; find innovative, pragmatic solutions and be flexible in addressing unexpected challenges.
Analytical Ability:
Make data-driven decisions, assess cost structures and value realization, and identify potential risks and failure modes, ensuring informed and strategic outcomes.
Influence and Persuasion:
Effectively advocate for roadmap priorities, build consensus across diverse stakeholders, and secure support and resources without compromising relationships.
Operational Paranoia:
Anticipate risks, identify vulnerabilities in data, tools, and processes, and proactively implement mechanisms to prevent and minimize disruptions to safety, security, availability, and scale.
Relationship Management:
Cultivate trust, collaboration, and long-term partnerships across engineering, operations, finance, and vendor teams, while building a broad network that provides valuable benchmarking and industry insights.
Leadership and Team Enablement:
Inspire and guide cross-functional working groups to achieve objectives, enhance performance, and foster a collaborative environment where issues are surfaced early and addressed constructively.
Expected Salary Range: $180,000 - $225,000 Salary + Bonus
Fleet Data Centers Employment Fleet Data Center employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, standard paid holidays, and unlimited PTO.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the organization's ongoing needs.
Fleet Data Centers is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
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The Senior Technical Program Manager, Tooling and Automation owns the strategy and end-to-end program management for the tools, data systems, and workflow automations that enable predictable, scalable delivery of Fleet’s data center campuses and customer deployments in North America.
They are a key member of a multi-disciplined team of engineers, data professionals, and technical program managers that plan, build, and operate the digital backbone for Fleet’s campus planning, construction, commissioning, and customer turn-up processes. They partner closely with data center engineering, construction and commissioning, network and server deployment teams, procurement and supply chain, legal, and finance to design and deliver internal tools that improve schedule fidelity, risk management, financial accuracy, and operational efficiency.
The Sr. TPM is responsible for defining the multi-year tooling and automation roadmap, translating ambiguous business and technical needs into clear requirements, and driving cross-functional programs from concept through launch and adoption. They are accountable for measurable improvements in how Fleet plans, executes, and monitors its data center campus portfolio and customer infrastructure deployments.
The Technical Program Manager, Tooling and Automation reports to the Director of Data Center Planning and Delivery, Fleet Data Centers.
We are considering candidates in Seattle, WA, Denver, CO, Alexandria, VA or Austin, TX
Key Responsibilities
Define and own the tooling and automation roadmap that supports data center campus planning, construction, commissioning, and customer network/server deployment workflows, aligned with Fleet’s growth objectives and customer commitments.
Develop end-to-end, multi-phase program plans and schedules for tooling and automation initiatives, aligning stakeholder needs and delivery dates, upstream data sources, system integrations, and change-management milestones. You are responsible for on-time and on-budget delivery of high-impact internal tools and automation capabilities.
Translate ambiguous operational and business problems into clear technical requirements, including data models, integrations, user journeys, and reporting needs, partnering closely with software engineering, data engineering, product, and operations teams.
Design and implement mechanisms and dashboards that provide single-source-of-truth visibility into campus delivery, capacity, financials, and risk, reliably catching and escalating delays, rework, and other risks to meeting customer commitments.
Establish and champion standards for data quality, telemetry, and observability across tools and workflows, ensuring that program and portfolio decisions are made on high-quality, timely data.
Coordinate, track, and drive execution of cross-functional teams (internal and external) delivering new tools and automations, including requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, and training.
Own change management and user adoption, including communication plans, training materials, stakeholder onboarding, feedback loops, and iterative improvements that drive sustained use and measurable impact.
Drive integration of internal tools with upstream and downstream systems (e.g., ERP, project management, commissioning, procurement, and vendor systems), reducing manual handoffs and eliminating redundant data entry.
Collaborate and innovate on data center delivery tooling and processes, piloting new technologies and approaches that improve delivery reliability, quality, sustainability, and efficiency, and reduce cost.
Develop mechanisms to measure, report, and improve key metrics (e.g., forecast accuracy, schedule variance, cycle time, manual effort elimination, error rates) and regularly communicate status and insights to leadership.
Partner with procurement and vendor management to evaluate, select, and manage external software and services (e.g., SaaS platforms, analytics tools, workflow engines), including RFPs, proposals, and contracts where applicable.
Support capital allocation and business-case development for tooling and automation investments, including ROI analysis, operating model changes, and TCO impacts, in partnership with finance and leadership.
Develop and maintain documentation and runbooks for key tools, data flows, and automations, ensuring continuity, resilience, and scalability as Fleet grows.
Qualifications
10–15 years of increasing scope and responsibility in technical program management, product management, or engineering leadership, including significant ownership of internal tools, data platforms, or workflow automation for large-scale infrastructure, cloud, manufacturing, or similar complex environments.
Demonstrable results delivering large, cross-functional tooling or automation programs on time and within budget, with clear, quantified improvements in schedule reliability, operational efficiency, or risk reduction.
Experience leading programs that span both physical infrastructure and digital systems, ideally including planning, construction, commissioning, and/or operations of critical facilities infrastructure (e.g., data centers, power, industrial facilities).
Proven ability to build, optimize, and scale capacity planning, project planning, budgeting, and tracking tools and processes, including portfolio-level visibility and reporting.
Strong understanding of data models, APIs, integrations, and analytics; able to engage deeply with engineering and data teams and make informed trade-offs between build, buy, and integrate options.
Experience with sourcing, contract negotiation, and supplier relationship management for software, platforms, and consulting services within technology or infrastructure organizations.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to influence senior engineering and business leaders and to drive alignment across organizations with competing priorities.
Demonstrated ability to work backward from customers and internal users, converting qualitative feedback and quantitative data into clear roadmaps and prioritized backlogs.
Experience with enterprise project/portfolio management tools, workflow automation platforms, and analytics/BI tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, ServiceNow, Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc.) is highly preferred.
Understanding of data architecture, security, compliance, and interoperability considerations.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or another technical or quantitative discipline; an advanced degree is a plus. Telecommunications Engineering or Operations experience is a plus
Understanding of ERP, CRM and OSS systems preferred; Salesforce experience is a plus
Required Traits and Skills
Integrity and Ethical Standards:
Build trust, ensure fairness, and foster long-term, transparent relationships with internal stakeholders and external software and services partners.
Effective Communication:
Clearly convey expectations, requirements, risks, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences; comfortable delivering written and verbal presentations to internal leadership teams.
Emotional Intelligence (EQ):
Understand the emotions, cultural nuances, and motivations of others, while effectively managing one’s own emotions during high-pressure situations, escalations, and negotiations.
Strategic Thinking:
Connect tooling and automation initiatives to Fleet’s broader organizational goals, ensuring that investments materially improve the scalability, reliability, and economics of Fleet’s data center campuses.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving:
Break down complex, ambiguous operational problems into solvable components; find innovative, pragmatic solutions and be flexible in addressing unexpected challenges.
Analytical Ability:
Make data-driven decisions, assess cost structures and value realization, and identify potential risks and failure modes, ensuring informed and strategic outcomes.
Influence and Persuasion:
Effectively advocate for roadmap priorities, build consensus across diverse stakeholders, and secure support and resources without compromising relationships.
Operational Paranoia:
Anticipate risks, identify vulnerabilities in data, tools, and processes, and proactively implement mechanisms to prevent and minimize disruptions to safety, security, availability, and scale.
Relationship Management:
Cultivate trust, collaboration, and long-term partnerships across engineering, operations, finance, and vendor teams, while building a broad network that provides valuable benchmarking and industry insights.
Leadership and Team Enablement:
Inspire and guide cross-functional working groups to achieve objectives, enhance performance, and foster a collaborative environment where issues are surfaced early and addressed constructively.
Expected Salary Range: $180,000 - $225,000 Salary + Bonus
Fleet Data Centers Employment Fleet Data Center employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, standard paid holidays, and unlimited PTO.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the organization's ongoing needs.
Fleet Data Centers is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
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