Role: Infrastructure Program Manager (Portfolio Management / RAID Management / Enterprise IT Infrastructure / Budget & Resource Tracking / Agile & Waterfall)
Location: Chaska, MN (100% Onsite)
Duration: 6 Months Contract
Pay Rate: $53.00/hr W2 | $60.00/hr C2C Max
Professional Job Description
Seeking a senior Infrastructure Program Manager with 10+ years of enterprise IT program governance and infrastructure portfolio management experience for a 6-month contract role located in Chaska, MN (100% Onsite).
The candidate will take full operational accountability for directing complex IT infrastructure programs, cross-functional project portfolios, dependency tracking, budget and resource allocations, and RAID management (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies).
This role requires deep familiarity with core IT infrastructure domains (datacenter, cloud, networking, systems, security), hybrid delivery methodologies (Agile and Waterfall), and executive-level reporting.
#Key Responsibilities
Program & Portfolio Governance: Establish and execute portfolio-level governance structures, program roadmaps, project charters, and milestone schedules across enterprise IT infrastructure initiatives.
RAID & Dependency Management: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate program-level risks, issues, assumptions, and critical path dependencies across multi-disciplinary engineering and operations teams.
Financial & Resource Tracking: Manage program budgets, resource utilization metrics, vendor deliverables, procurement timelines, and financial variance reporting.
Methodology & Execution Leadership: Drive program execution using tailored Agile, SAFe, and Waterfall frameworks aligned with business imperatives and infrastructure deployment cycles.
Executive Stakeholder Communication: Synthesize complex technical statuses, risk matrices, and delivery roadmaps into clear executive dashboards, steering committee briefings, and stakeholder updates.
#Required Qualifications
Core Tenure & Domain Expertise: 10+ years of progressive IT project/program management experience with dedicated leadership of complex enterprise IT infrastructure programs.
Core Management Competencies: Advanced mastery of Program Governance, Portfolio Management, RAID Management, Dependency Mapping, Budget/Resource Tracking, and Executive Reporting.
Methodology Alignment: Proven track record applying both Agile/Scrum and Waterfall project management methodologies to infrastructure hardware, network, datacenter, or cloud programs.
Work Setup & Location: 100% Onsite commitment in Chaska, MN.
