Operations Program Manager coordinating global schedules, deployments, and customer-impacting activities for AXON Networks’ AI-driven ISP orchestration and networking platform.
Responsibilities
Own the integrated schedule and coordination process for planned operational activities across regions, customers, services and technical teams
Maintain the authoritative global operations calendar with activity windows, commitments, resources, dependencies, conflicts, risks and status
Drive activities from intake through readiness, execution, validation, customer handoff and closure
Identify and resolve scheduling collisions before commitments are finalized
Publish 24-hour, 7-day, 30-day and quarterly forward-looking schedule views
Establish intake processes and minimum lead times for deployments, migrations, firmware rollouts and planned work
Create integrated activity plans with milestones, entry/exit criteria, sequencing, rollback, communications and closure
Run readiness reviews and track approvals, runbooks, test evidence, monitoring, decisions, risks and dependencies
Coordinate with customer project managers and maintain customer maintenance windows, contacts and escalation paths
Align internal program timelines with the operations calendar and facilitate go/no-go checkpoints
Orchestrate Support, NOC, SRE, DevOps, Engineering, QA and other resources, including primary and backup coverage
Coordinate handoffs across time zones and shifts; flag double-booking, fatigue and single-person dependencies
Facilitate kickoffs, checkpoints and completion reviews for high-impact work
Define communication plans and monitor milestones and risks in real time
Confirm validation, documentation and handoff before closing activities
Report on upcoming work, conflicts, resource gaps and outcomes
Track operational metrics including readiness, schedule adherence, rollback rate, change-caused incidents and communication timeliness
Lead post-activity reviews and improve processes and tooling
Partner with OSS Engineers to improve calendar and workflow tools while retaining process ownership
Report to the Operations Manager and Director of Network Operations
Requirements
7+ years of program or project management experience
At least 3 years coordinating technical operations, cloud, network, telecom, SaaS or production-service activities
Demonstrated ownership of complex cross-functional schedules involving external customers and multiple internal technical teams
Experience maintaining integrated plans, global calendars, resource forecasts, dependencies, risk registers, decisions, action logs and executive status reporting
Strong understanding of production change, maintenance, deployment or release coordination, including readiness, implementation, validation, rollback and closure
Ability to understand technical dependencies across cloud services, infrastructure, software, networks and device operations
Exceptional written and verbal communication
Ability to influence without authority, resolve competing priorities, hold owners accountable and escalate constructively
Strong organization and attention to detail across concurrent activities, regions and time zones
Experience with project/program tools, change-management systems, shared calendars, dashboards and collaboration platforms
Experience with Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Monday.com, Asana or comparable platforms
Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, information technology or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Ability to coordinate globally distributed stakeholders across time zones
Ability to accommodate occasional evening/weekend meetings and occasional travel
Benefits
Fully remote work arrangement
Occasional evening or weekend meetings for critical activities tracking
Occasional travel for customer planning, major operational events or team workshops
Equal-opportunity and inclusive, diverse working environment
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