Project Manager - Networking

Title:

Project Manager
- Networking

Reports To:

Director
- Program & Project Management

Location:

Pittsburgh, PAAmerican Eagle is a youth culture brand grounded in denim. Our purpose extends beyond making the best jeans–we embrace self expression, culture, optimism and connection. Through the brand platform Live Your Life, we empower our community to be who they want to be all while wearing the clothes that make them most confident.]Get to Know the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead complex, enterprise-scale initiatives across our Corporate Infrastructure domain. This role requires deep networking knowledge and experience to manage multi-million dollar investments, high-value vendor relationships, and critical networking project delivery.

As the primary project leader for our core networking function, you will align long-term business goals with robust, highly available technical solutions. You will drive large-scale infrastructure improvements across global environments—serving as the critical bridge between network engineering, security operations, external service providers, and cross-functional technology teams.

What You’ll Do:

Strategic Infrastructure Planning:
Partner with Network leadership and Product Management to define project roadmaps, critical paths, and resource allocations for enterprise networking initiatives.

Enterprise-Scale Delivery:
Lead end-to-end delivery of global strategic initiatives such as data center migrations, firewall migrations, switch migrations, DAS / Telecom implementations and infrastructure changes across corporate offices, distribution centers, data centers, and retail environments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Partner effectively with telecom vendors, AEO engineering teams, and PMs across Technology to drive the delivery of high-impact infrastructure goals that support the company's long-term technology strategy.

Communication & Compliance Reporting:
Act as the primary liaison for network projects, delivering transparent progress reports, executive updates, and technical/audit documentation.

Risk & Cutover Management:
Proactively monitor project dependencies, manage scope changes, and lead change management efforts around high-risk maintenance windows to minimize business downtime.

Operational Excellence & Tooling:
Develop standardized project management practices and tools tailored to network deployments, accelerating delivery velocity across the infrastructure organization.

Vendor Negotiations & Telecom Management:
Support vendor negotiations and vendor relationships ensuring accountability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Team Leadership & Mentorship:
Supervise and motivate project team members, network engineers, and external vendors/contractors, fostering a culture of accountability and execution excellence.

What You Bring:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of direct project management experience leading complex, enterprise-scale IT infrastructure and network engineering initiatives.

Understanding of networking technology (e.g., SD-WAN, LAN/WAN, firewalls, wireless, data center architecture, and cloud connectivity).Proven track record of managing and delivering global network migrations (e.g., SD-WAN deployments, data center consolidations, global WAN/LAN overhauls).Demonstrated history of holding external vendors accountable to strict SLAs.Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification (e.g., CSM) is strongly preferred. Networking certifications (e.g., CCNA/CCNP, Network+) are a major plus.

Experience with fashion retail industry operations, supply chain logistics, or retail store connectivity is highly…