{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"006f4a18ebbbca3b5eaf19f1","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/006f4a18ebbbca3b5eaf19f1","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/006f4a18ebbbca3b5eaf19f1","title":"Strategic Operations Lead (Project/Program Management - CloudOps)","description":"Strategic Operations Lead (Project/Program Management - CloudOps)\n\nPosition Summary\n\nThis is a project/program management role embedded within CloudOps. The Strategic Operations Lead is primarily responsible for leading and coordinating strategic projects and operational initiatives, particularly large-scale CloudOps infrastructure, tooling, and hardware initiatives, to ensure they are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives. The role provides structure, visibility, and accountability across cross-functional workstreams from planning through execution and closeout.\n\nThe majority of this role will focus on project coordination and delivery, including developing project plans down to the task level, managing timelines and dependencies, tracking deliverables, identifying risks and blockers, facilitating cross-functional alignment, and ensuring commitments and deadlines are met. Additional responsibilities include project reporting, process improvement, documentation, and other key Strategic Operations initiatives.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nProject Management & Delivery\n\nLead and coordinate cross-functional projects and strategic operational initiatives from planning through completion.\nDevelop and maintain project plans, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items.\nTrack project execution at the task level, ensuring every task has a clear owner and current status to support granular reporting and early risk detection.\nFacilitate project meetings, document decisions, assign follow-up actions, and drive items through completion.\nMaintain project documentation, status updates, decision logs, and supporting operational procedures.\nPartner with stakeholders to define scope, priorities, timelines, ownership, and success criteria.\n\nProject Governance & Stakeholder Coordination\n\nEstablish clear project governance, meeting cadence, roles and responsibilities, and decision-making processes.\nCoordinate cross-functional planning sessions, project reviews, and stakeholder updates.\nIdentify project risks, issues, and dependencies; proactively escalate blockers and delays to leadership and support timely resolution.\nCommunicate project status, schedule changes, decisions, and key impacts to stakeholders.\nTrack commitments, decisions, and follow-up items through completion to maintain project momentum.\n\nProcess & Documentation\n\nAlign projects and operational initiatives with established SOPs, documentation standards, and agreed requirements.\nPromote consistent project governance, documentation, and execution practices.\nDevelop repeatable processes that improve planning, execution, and accountability.\n\nReporting & Metrics\n\nProduce project dashboards, status reports, and executive-ready updates.\nTrack project health, milestones, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and key KPIs.\nPrepare recurring portfolio and initiative reports for leadership and stakeholders.\n\nSuccess Measures\n\nProjects delivered on schedule, within scope, and against defined objectives\nRisks, dependencies, decisions, and actions proactively managed and resolved\nAccurate, timely, and actionable project reporting\nWell-maintained project plans, documentation, and standardized processes that support stakeholder alignment and confidence\n\nQualifications\n\nBachelor's degree or equivalent experience.\n5+years of experience in project/program management, ideally within operations, infrastructure, data center environments, or a related field.\nStrong organizational and communication skills.\nFamiliarity with project management methodologies and practices; PMP or similar certification preferred.\n\nPreferred Skills\n\nJira & Confluence knowledge\nMicrosoft Office / Google Workspace\nPower BI\nSmartsheet, Microsoft Project, or similar project planning tools","company":"Backblaze","rawCompany":"backblaze","city":"Denver","state":"CO","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-28T10:18:28.302Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"11-1021.00","title":"General and Operations Managers","slug":"general-and-operations-managers"},{"code":"13-1199.00","title":"Business Operations Specialists, All Other","slug":"business-operations-specialists-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541519","title":"Other Computer Related Services","slug":"other-computer-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Strategic Operations Lead (Project/Program Management - CloudOps)","description":"Strategic Operations Lead (Project/Program Management - CloudOps)\n\nPosition Summary\n\nThis is a project/program management role embedded within CloudOps. The Strategic Operations Lead is primarily responsible for leading and coordinating strategic projects and operational initiatives, particularly large-scale CloudOps infrastructure, tooling, and hardware initiatives, to ensure they are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives. The role provides structure, visibility, and accountability across cross-functional workstreams from planning through execution and closeout.\n\nThe majority of this role will focus on project coordination and delivery, including developing project plans down to the task level, managing timelines and dependencies, tracking deliverables, identifying risks and blockers, facilitating cross-functional alignment, and ensuring commitments and deadlines are met. Additional responsibilities include project reporting, process improvement, documentation, and other key Strategic Operations initiatives.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nProject Management & Delivery\n\nLead and coordinate cross-functional projects and strategic operational initiatives from planning through completion.\nDevelop and maintain project plans, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items.\nTrack project execution at the task level, ensuring every task has a clear owner and current status to support granular reporting and early risk detection.\nFacilitate project meetings, document decisions, assign follow-up actions, and drive items through completion.\nMaintain project documentation, status updates, decision logs, and supporting operational procedures.\nPartner with stakeholders to define scope, priorities, timelines, ownership, and success criteria.\n\nProject Governance & Stakeholder Coordination\n\nEstablish clear project governance, meeting cadence, roles and responsibilities, and decision-making processes.\nCoordinate cross-functional planning sessions, project reviews, and stakeholder updates.\nIdentify project risks, issues, and dependencies; proactively escalate blockers and delays to leadership and support timely resolution.\nCommunicate project status, schedule changes, decisions, and key impacts to stakeholders.\nTrack commitments, decisions, and follow-up items through completion to maintain project momentum.\n\nProcess & Documentation\n\nAlign projects and operational initiatives with established SOPs, documentation standards, and agreed requirements.\nPromote consistent project governance, documentation, and execution practices.\nDevelop repeatable processes that improve planning, execution, and accountability.\n\nReporting & Metrics\n\nProduce project dashboards, status reports, and executive-ready updates.\nTrack project health, milestones, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and key KPIs.\nPrepare recurring portfolio and initiative reports for leadership and stakeholders.\n\nSuccess Measures\n\nProjects delivered on schedule, within scope, and against defined objectives\nRisks, dependencies, decisions, and actions proactively managed and resolved\nAccurate, timely, and actionable project reporting\nWell-maintained project plans, documentation, and standardized processes that support stakeholder alignment and confidence\n\nQualifications\n\nBachelor's degree or equivalent experience.\n5+years of experience in project/program management, ideally within operations, infrastructure, data center environments, or a related field.\nStrong organizational and communication skills.\nFamiliarity with project management methodologies and practices; PMP or similar certification preferred.\n\nPreferred Skills\n\nJira & Confluence knowledge\nMicrosoft Office / Google Workspace\nPower BI\nSmartsheet, Microsoft Project, or similar project planning tools","datePosted":"2026-08-28T10:18:28.302Z","dateModified":"2026-08-28T10:18:28.302Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Backblaze","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Denver","addressRegion":"CO","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"006f4a18ebbbca3b5eaf19f1"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/006f4a18ebbbca3b5eaf19f1"}}