Sr. Program Manager, Infrastructure Delivery
Employer · Thermo Fisher Scientific
IT manager
Systems analystDaytimeFull-timeBudapest
The Senior Program Manager, Infrastructure Delivery leads the planning and execution of complex, enterprise-scale infrastructure programs. This role partners across Infrastructure & Operations, Architecture, Cybersecurity, business teams, and strategic vendors to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable technology solutions.
Tasks
- Lead large, complex infrastructure programs from strategy and planning through implementation and operational transition.
- Translate business and technology priorities into executable roadmaps, program plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
- Establish program governance, executive reporting, KPIs, and decision-making processes.
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, and key decisions.
- Coordinate delivery across infrastructure engineering, architecture, operations, cybersecurity, application teams, business stakeholders, and vendors.
- Partner with technical teams to ensure solutions meet requirements for scalability, resiliency, performance, security, and operational readiness.
- Identify delivery risks and constraints early and drive timely resolution and executive decisions.
- Lead complex infrastructure deployments, migrations, transformations, and lifecycle initiatives while minimizing business disruption.
- Ensure effective transition to operations, including support models, documentation, monitoring, training, and knowledge transfer.
- Drive continuous improvement through PPI/Lean practices, lessons learned, and standardized delivery processes.
- Serve as a trusted delivery partner to senior technology leaders, business stakeholders, and executive sponsors.
- Communicate program status, risks, financials, dependencies, and recommendations clearly to leadership.
- Build strong partnerships across technology and business organizations to drive alignment and accountability.
- Lead and influence cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
- Manage strategic vendors and service providers against delivery commitments and expectations.
- Mentor project and program managers and promote program management standard practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex technology projects and programs, including significant enterprise infrastructure experience.
- Demonstrated success delivering enterprise infrastructure transformation, modernization, migration, or deployment programs.
- Experience across infrastructure domains such as cloud, data centers, network, compute, storage, hosting, workplace technology, or platform services.
- Strong experience managing integrated plans, budgets, resources, vendors, risks, and cross-functional dependencies.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with senior and executive leadership.
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program/project management experience preferred.
- Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to translate strategic and technical objectives into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.
- Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Proven ability to influence and drive accountability across teams without direct reporting authority.
- Experience working with global teams and multi-site infrastructure programs preferred.
- Up to 20% travel.