Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Project / Program Manager to lead the onboarding of a new infrastructure service provider across multiple datacenters in Europe and APAC.
This role focuses on delivering a controlled, compliant, and business-safe transition, ensuring operational readiness, governance, and alignment across internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end service provider onboarding and transition across multiple datacenters
- Define and manage program roadmap, milestones, dependencies, and critical path
- Establish and manage governance (RAID, reporting, escalation, SteerCo)
- Coordinate activities across infrastructure teams, vendors, and regions (EU & APAC)
- Ensure site readiness, access, connectivity, and infrastructure scope alignment
- Oversee knowledge transfer and ensure documentation (runbooks, SOPs, CMDB) is complete
- Ensure operational readiness across ITIL processes (incident, change, problem, monitoring, backup, DR)
- Validate support model, tooling access, and service integration (Service Desk, L2/L3, monitoring)
- Ensure compliance with security, GDPR, audit, and contractual requirements
- Track risks, dependencies, and transition acceptance criteria
- Provide clear reporting and communication to technical and business stakeholders
Required Experience
- 8–12+ years in infrastructure project or program management
- Proven experience with service provider transitions or outsourcing programs
- Strong background in datacenter operations, infrastructure, or hybrid IT
- Experience managing global or multi-country programs
- Strong stakeholder and vendor management experience
- Experience with ITIL-based service management processes
- Good understanding of risk, compliance, and governance
Technical Knowledge
- Datacenter infrastructure (server, storage, network, database, middleware)
- Monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery
- CMDB, asset management, IAM / PAM
- ITSM tools (ServiceNow preferred)
- Cloud / hybrid infrastructure concepts
- Automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform – nice to have)
What We’re Looking For
- Strong ownership and delivery mindset
- Ability to manage complex, cross-functional programs
- Structured thinking and strong risk awareness
- Clear communication with both technical and executive stakeholders
- Ability to challenge, escalate, and drive decisions