Sr. Technical Program Manager, Network Infrastructure

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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The Sr. Technical Program Manager, Network Infrastructure will lead the execution of Network Infrastructure projects. They will work across multiple groups within Fastly including Network Acquisition, Supply Chain, DCI and DCP and interfaces with finance and legal to develop our deployment plans, assign and track deliverables, deliver reports on progress, and drive our infrastructure projects to completion. This position will be part of the Infrastructure team and will report to the VP, Global Network Infrastructure. Our team is responsible for growing the Fastly global network, and will have a major impact on our business.

What You'll Do:

• You’ll contribute to develop the build plan for Fastly’s network
• You’ll develop the tactic deployment plans for Fastly’s new sites
• You’ll lead the execution for upgrade, migration and decommission plans for Fastly’s existing sites
• You’ll coordinate efforts across multiple groups within Fastly related to these plans, and you’ll be responsible for holding these groups accountable for their deliverables
• You’ll build reports to communicate progress on these deployments to the Infrastructure team (and other teams throughout Fastly)
• You’ll identify risks, issues, and problems and escalate as appropriate, proposing mitigation plans to overcome obstacles
• You’ll be part of a team that’s building the best global network for edge computing and delivery

What We're Looking For:

• At least 5-7 years of experience in a similar Sr Program Manager role in a cloud services, CDN, OTT, datacenter provider, telecommunications, or other infrastructure related business
• Familiarity and/or experience with infrastructure concepts (cross-connects, power specs, networking hardware, server hardware)
• Experience working in a Production Engineering environment preferably in Network Engineering, Network Acquisition or Network Delivery.
• Familiarity with office productivity software (Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Google Apps, Confluence, Jira, Smartsheets, etc)
• Experience in process analysis and improvement
• Experience developing delivery timelines and managing cross functional teams to meet them
• Excellent conflict management skills
• Excellent leadership and communications skills

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• PMP or other project management certification
• Experience with Dell and Hyve hardware
• Experience with Arista and Ciena networking hardware

Work Hours:

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is a HYBRID role and open to the following office locations:

• San Francisco, CA
• Denver, CO
• New York, NY

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $151,020 to $209,740

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
• We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901.

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