IDC Technical Program Manager - IT Infrastructure Deployment-Frankfurt, Germany

Alibaba Cloud Data Center team is looking for a passionate, results-oriented candidate to drive the implementation of data center projects. S/He should thrive in collaborative, cross-functional environments to manage both internal and external stakeholders to tackle the challenges in designing and building Alibaba data center IT infrastructures. The program manager is responsible for project oversight and review in IT infrastructure deployment by providing direction, coordination, and control on the team to ensure consistency with global technical standards and business goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the deployment of Alibaba overseas data center IT infrastructures.
• Partner with several stakeholders such as capacity planning, network, engineering, operation, procurement, supply chain management, and finance team to ensure the successful delivery of IT infrastructures.
• Manage multiple vendors to track progress, identify risks, and solve problems throughout the project. Be responsible for the project delivery in targeted schedule, cost, and quality.
• Own initiatives to standardize global process of project management and improve the deployment methodologies to optimize the schedule.
• Identify defects or waste in our deployment processes, and drive new processes and software automation to eliminate the defects and prevent them from recurring without posing risk to availability.

Job Requirements

• 5+ years experience managing projects in data centers IT deployment or comparable critical infrastructure.
• 5+ years experience in IT deployment or project management.
• 5+ years experience in vendor management.
• Excellent written composition and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to think and react in a high energy, fast paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas: IT/CT solution, IT/CT deployment, network architecture, structured cabling, server deployment, program management.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs, evaluate new ideas with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven track record for being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow-through on projects.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications across technical and non-technical stakeholders and experience presenting to senior executives.
• Significant experience successfully delivering results in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Able to speak Mandarin.