Program Manager III, Engineering; Hybrid

Position: Program Manager III, Engineering (Hybrid)
As a global leader in cybersecurity, Crowd Strike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily.

Our customers span all industries, and they count on Crowd Strike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every Crowd Striker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented Crowd Strikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other.

Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role:

Infrastructure Foundations provides the essential infrastructure that powers Crowd Strike. As Program Manager III, Engineering, you'll be responsible for leading complex, cross-functional programs and partnering with engineering teams to deliver critical infrastructure initiatives. Your primary focus will entail driving the scheduling, scoping, and execution of large-scale infrastructure programs including cloud migrations, platform modernization, reliability improvements, and cost optimization. You'll work closely across functional teams and geo-locations to collaborate and ensure dependencies are well known, critical issues are identified and driven to resolution.

This high-visibility role demands strong ownership, technical depth, strategic thinking, and executive communication.

PLEASE NOTE:

This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at one of the posted locations.

What You’ll Do:

Drive Strategic Infrastructure Programs Lead end-to-end execution of large-scale infrastructure initiatives, working directly with Engineering teams, SRE, Product Managers, and Engineering Managers to ensure timely delivery against the roadmap

Translate business and engineering priorities into clear roadmaps, milestones, and measurable outcomes

Create and drive project schedules, working with engineering management on task assignments and managing schedule progress; from large phases through to detailed tasks, including understanding and managing dependencies within and across Product and Platform Groups Establish and monitor key success metrics including delivery timelines, reliability improvements, cost savings, and team velocity

Proactively identify and communicate risks, dependencies, trade-offs, and opportunities that impact infrastructure strategy

Orchestrate Cross-Functional Execution Collaborate with staff and management of multiple worldwide business units (including subject matter experts, product management, SRE teams, and platform engineering) to clearly identify, explain, and communicate their project involvement, project goals, expectations, and tasks

Proactively track the status of project activities and ensure that schedules and priorities are being met Identify, track, and manage dependencies within and across teams; escalate critical blockers and drive resolution with urgency

Ensure critical issues are identified, tracked through resolution, and escalated if necessary

Triage inbound requests, issues, and help coordinate operational escalations

Ensure quality documentation, change management processes, and operational readiness for all infrastructure changes

Partner with Leadership and Technical Teams Partner and facilitate directly with teams at all levels—from detailed technical discussions with engineers to strategic summations at the executive level

Demonstrate ability to quickly learn and communicate technical context, aligning it with business objectives to help drive project deliverables, resources, and timelines

Translate complex infrastructure concepts into clear business value propositions that drive decision-making

Proactively manage daily/weekly project communication and status reporting

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