Customer Technical Program Manager

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!  We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
** Customer Technical Program Manager
** At Aligned Data Centers, not only do we celebrate success across our platform, we celebrate the very teams that drive and support that success! Our culture is founded in passion, engineered from innovation, and driven by the pursuit of operational excellence. We are a company dedicated to driving positive change in the industry through continuous data center innovation, diversity and inclusion, and corporate sustainability.

We realize not only is providing a comprehensive benefits package important, but we also provide a generous 401k match with immediate vesting, free membership to Gympass which provides our employees a rich health and wellness benefit and competitive time off plan. Giving back and having fun is important to our team whether it be serving our communities or employee and customer events.

Our Aligned DNA is what makes us unique and successful!

As part of our exciting growth, we are currently searching for a
** Customer Technical Program Manager.
** This individual strategically manages customer engagement throughout the data center lifecycle with the goal of ensuring that our customers prefer to work with Aligned over anyone else. Working under supervision, this role requires strong communication skills and demonstrates advanced organizational and time management competencies.  A successful Customer Technical Program Manager with Aligned will possess a hunger to drive efficiencies and innovation, the humility to understand we are all working together during the construction process and a heart to provide exceptional service to both internal and external customers and vendors.
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* KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

*** Pre-Contract Support:
Support customer pre-sales activities by coordinating contractual activities across company stakeholders.  Works closely with sales and solutions architect team to understand portfolio availability and markets their customer(s) is interested in.  Integrates and leads Platform Delivery (PD) teams in technical contract/lease reviews to ensure thoroughness and understanding of terms.  Align with other PD teams to ensure contractual dates and technical requirements are communicated properly.  

Collaborate with design and execution SMEs to understand base building design and identify if modifications are needed to align with customer requirements.
* Lead Customer Engagement and Satisfaction:
Serve as the primary technical liaison for customers, facilitating proactive communication between ADC internal teams (SA, PD, SD, Ops) and external teams (Design, Construction, Legal, etc.).
* Enhance Customer

Experience:

Drive continuous improvement initiatives to standardize processes across the Customer/ADC portfolio by:  Optimizing the understanding of Statements of Work (SOW) for both internal and external teams.  Tracking and implementing lessons learned to create repeatable and efficient workflows for future projects.  Serving as the primary POC for customer DC build teams.  Implementing feedback loops.
* Project Engagement:
Integrates with functional teams to deliver technical projects from pre-construction to post-delivery and is accountable to the project staying within scope, on time, and within budget by working closely with CMs and DMs.  Assist execution teams by leading contract/change management reviews, notifications and conversations with the customer.  All customer lease decisions and communications flow through the cTPM.

* Risk Management:

Identify potential project risks early and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful outcomes throughout project lifecycle.
* Technical Expertise:
Provide expertise in data center infrastructure to guide customers through the base build and fit-out phases, ensuring that the facility meets operational and technical requirements.
* Performance Monitoring:
Measure and track KPIs to ensure that projects meet customer expectations, operational goals, and contractual obligations.  Implement lessons learned / customer feedback to track…