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Job Summary:
Vantage Point Consulting Inc. is seeking a Program Director to lead high-impact network and infrastructure initiatives. This senior leadership role involves portfolio governance, technical leadership, and stakeholder management to ensure successful delivery aligned with business milestones.
Responsibilities:
• Build and operate portfolio‐level governance for network and infrastructure programs, including demand intake, prioritization, dependency management, capacity planning, and executive review cadence.
• Translate non‐negotiable business milestones (M&A close, factory go‐live, cutovers, refresh deadlines) into executable delivery plans with clear ownership and sequencing.
• Ensure consistent application of delivery discipline across multiple concurrent programs (scope, RAID, change control, schedule integrity).
• Establish repeatable playbooks (templates, checklists, lessons learned) for acquisitions, site builds, and transformations to improve predictability and operational handoff.
• Partner with client technical architects and internal SMEs to validate readiness for complex network initiatives.
• Ensure all solutions align with enterprise standards, security policies, and best practices across data center, manufacturing IT/OT, and corporate environments.
• Identify repeatable technical work and drive automation strategies, including adoption of internal automation platforms to enable scalable Network Build Automation.
• Lead multiple concurrent programs and complex workstreams, defining scope, success criteria, integrated schedules, RAID, and milestone controls.
• Proactively identify delivery risks and early warning indicators; drive corrective actions with clear escalation paths, options, and impact analysis.
• Ensure clean execution and transition from project delivery to BAU/operations with well‐defined handover criteria.
• Represent Client and the customer environment during critical/major incidents, especially those impacting manufacturing, data centers, or business continuity, acting as the senior spokesperson.
• Coordinate closely with client‐side program managers, business leaders, and dependent teams (real estate, EUC, servers, applications, security) to align infrastructure delivery to the overall master plan and critical path.
• Manage complex multi‐vendor ecosystems, including telecom providers, cabling partners, hardware vendors, and system integrators.
• Navigate and resolve cross‐team conflicts through structured governance, transparency, and outcome‐focused decision‐making.
• Engage senior business and IT leaders with crisp, fact‐based updates on status, risks, trade‐offs, and recommendations.
• Maintain customer confidence through visible leadership, decisive action, and disciplined execution.
• Develop proactive roadmaps and innovation ideas to strengthen strategic relationships and support future growth.
• Support commercial and financial governance, including budget tracking, forecasting, and identification of incremental scope or growth opportunities in partnership with sales and account leadership.
• Mentor project managers, technical leads, and engineers; drive skill development and leadership maturity across the portfolio.
• Foster a culture of ownership, proactive risk management, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure sustainable support and delivery models for manufacturing and mission‐critical environments, continuously reviewing and improving turnaround and quality.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Understanding of enterprise network technologies: Cisco SD-WAN, LAN, Wireless, Juniper Mist Wireless, Cisco DNAC / Catalyst Center
• Palo Alto Firewalls, DDI solutions (Infoblox preferred), Audiocodes
• Broad understanding of Data Center, Manufacturing IT/OT, and Corporate Networks.
• Familiarity with network observability and troubleshooting tools (e.g., NetBrain, ThousandEyes, LiveAction).
• Proven capability in portfolio and program management, including schedule control, dependency management, RAID, and governance cadence.
• Ability to translate technical complexity into business-aligned delivery plans.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen to support margin, cost, and growth objectives.
• Ability to identify automation opportunities and drive adoption of template-driven and automated delivery models.
• Experience improving scalability and consistency through standardization.
• Exceptional executive communication and presentation skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and conflict-resolution capability in matrixed environments.
• Proven people leadership, coaching, and talent-development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15+ years of experience in network infrastructure and/or IT program leadership roles.
• Demonstrated success leading business-critical programs (M&A integrations, site builds, migrations, transformations).
Preferred:
• PMP / PgMP / PRINCE2 or equivalent program delivery credentials preferred.
Company:
Established in 2009, Vantage Point Consulting has provided Staffing and Software Solutions to the US market. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in Stroudsburg, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.