Technical Program Manager – Data Center PDI Program and Product Portfolio

Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company is a leading staffing company with a long history of connecting professionals with opportunities. They are seeking a Technical Program Manager to provide program support and project controls for the Data Center PDI Program and Product Portfolio, ensuring alignment and execution of the Product Life Cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Schedule, chair, and document technical meetings
• Partner with the TPM to drive scope deliverables, ensuring discussions regarding engineering, design, and pilot testing remain structured, organized, and productive
• Support the Product Development & Insertion Project Management Team, collaborating closely with the Technology Innovation Engineering Team and the broader product development team on design-related discussions
• Assist the manager in driving the Product Life Cycle (PLC) checklist
• Support the scheduling, review, and note-taking of stage gate presentations to ensure successful sign-off for each phase
• Manage documentation workflows, maintain trackers, and follow up with internal stakeholders to secure reviews and process sign-offs by committed timelines
• Coordinate Engineering Bulletins (EBs) with relevant parties to verify that technical content is accurate and all supporting documentation is properly linked
• Track, audit, and reconcile standard hardware device counts alongside mechanical drops as data center site layouts migrate from baseline to site-specific configurations
• Continuously audit the inventory framework to accurately account for all new hardware releases and specific project configuration modifications
• Proactively follow up with internal engineering, design, and operations teams to accelerate design reviews, technical drawing releases, and spend approvals
• Interface with Equipment Supply Chain contacts and integration vendors to track hardware fabrication timelines, assembly starts, and transit schedules
• Assist the team in leading coordination efforts across supply chain, internal engineering, and data center services to ensure inventory counts accurately reflect upcoming configurations
• Retain ownership of the program workflow tracker and roadmap updates, updating task completions, milestone dates, approved configurations, and assignees weekly
• Maintain a clean, consolidated dashboard tracking equipment inventory, supplier lead times, allocation maps, and storage locations for spare or excess components
• Manage documentation uploads, track stakeholder approvals, and coordinate the drafting/approval of technical bulletins while ensuring accurate technical links are preserved
• Generate structured, periodic reports for leadership focusing on late-binding transition statuses, inventory holding risks, and critical path timeline updates
• Ensure all project-related information is properly organized, validated for accuracy/quality, and archived within defined closeout periods agreed upon by the TPM and DCKM teams
• Incorporate metadata and indexing for optimized searchability, implement access controls, document lessons learned, and manage a seamless handover to operations
• Proficiency in navigating and organizing data within AODocs, DCIP folder structures, PILs, and DDI platforms to maintain centralized, secure repositories
• Direct experience utilizing Buganizer (or equivalent enterprise tracking systems) to log, monitor, and resolve product/program defects
• Solid understanding of engineering change processes, including the administration of Change Control Boards (CCBs), Technical/Product Assessments (TAs/PAs), and Engineering Bulletins (EBs)
• Ability to manage inventory dashboards, track complex technical assets (ATS, network hardware, busducts), and align data fields across supply chain and engineering roadmaps

Requirements:

• Technical background
• Strong Project Management Office (PMO) skillset
• Ability to manage complex asset inventories
• Maintain engineering documentation
• Schedule, chair, and document technical meetings
• Drive scope deliverables
• Support the Product Development & Insertion Project Management Team
• Assist in driving the Product Life Cycle (PLC) checklist
• Manage documentation workflows
• Coordinate Engineering Bulletins (EBs)
• Track, audit, and reconcile standard hardware device counts
• Continuously audit the inventory framework
• Proactively follow up with internal engineering, design, and operations teams
• Interface with Equipment Supply Chain contacts and integration vendors
• Assist in leading coordination efforts across supply chain, internal engineering, and data center services
• Retain ownership of the program workflow tracker and roadmap updates
• Maintain a clean, consolidated dashboard tracking equipment inventory
• Manage documentation uploads and track stakeholder approvals
• Generate structured, periodic reports for leadership
• Ensure all project-related information is properly organized and archived
• Incorporate metadata and indexing for optimized searchability
• Proficiency in navigating and organizing data within AODocs, DCIP folder structures, PILs, and DDI platforms
• Direct experience utilizing Buganizer (or equivalent enterprise tracking systems)
• Solid understanding of engineering change processes
• Ability to manage inventory dashboards and track complex technical assets