Role: Technical Program Manager Location: Oakland, CA (Hyrbid 2-3 Days onsite) LOCAL Type: 6 Month Contract (Can Be Extended) Must have GC or USC or H4 or TN Visa only Mode of Interview: 1 Zoom, followed by Onsite Final Must Have: • LinkedIn with a picture • 8 or more years of experience leading complex technical programs involving facilities, physical security, operational technology, networks, or enterprise infrastructure. • Demonstrated experience coordinating CCTV, BMS/BAS, access control, fire/life-safety, low-voltage, or connected-building programs. • High-level working knowledge of networking, cybersecurity, systems architecture, integrations, cloud/hosting models, and operational support. • Experience managing multi-vendor programs, budgets, contracts, risks, dependencies, and executive stakeholders. Facilities Technology TPM Technical Program Leadership for Building Systems, Networks and Vendor Ecosystems Department: Building Services Facilities Technology / Corporate Real Estate Reports to: Director of Facilities Technology, Head of Workplace Technology, or equivalent Key partners: Facilities, Security, IT, Procurement, Finance, Risk, Legal, site leaders, and vendors Position Summary The Facilities Technology Technical Program Manager (TPM) leads the strategy, roadmap, governance, and cross-functional delivery of connected building technologies across the organization. The portfolio includes CCTV and video surveillance, BMS and building automation, electronic access control, fire/life-safety integrations, and the network and cybersecurity dependencies that support these systems. This role operates at a program and architecture-governance level. It aligns Facilities, Security, IT, EHS, Procurement, site teams, and vendors; converts business needs into coordinated technical programs; manages risks and dependencies; and establishes clear ownership. The TPM is not responsible for routine preventive maintenance or acting as the day-to-day maintenance provider. Key Responsibilities Strategy, Roadmap and Governance • Own the multi-year facilities technology roadmap, investment priorities, standards, and lifecycle strategy across sites. • Establish governance for CCTV, BMS, access control, fire/life-safety integrations, connected facilities systems, and supporting network services. • Define decision rights, ownership boundaries, intake processes, design-review gates, change controls, and escalation paths. • Develop program charters, objectives, success measures, sequencing, dependencies, assumptions, and executive decision materials. • Drive platform rationalization and reduce fragmented, obsolete, unsupported, or duplicative technologies. Technical Program Leadership • Translate facilities, security, safety, compliance, and operational needs into coordinated technical workstreams and outcome-based requirements. • Lead programs from discovery and planning through design, procurement, implementation, commissioning, acceptance, and operational transition. • Coordinate architects, engineers, IT teams, cybersecurity specialists, site leaders, vendors, and system integrators. • Manage scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, changes, budgets, resource needs, and executive reporting. • Ensure technical deliverables, training, support models, documentation, and ownership are complete before program closure. Facilities and IT Integration • Maintain sufficient network knowledge to challenge designs and coordinate requirements. • Ensure facilities vendors provide complete facilities diagrams, device inventories, port and protocol matrices, data flows, hosting requirements, and cybersecurity documentation. • Coordinate with IT on segmentation, identity, certificates, logging, vulnerability management, backups, cloud services, integrations, and incident-response readiness. • Drive architecture reviews that clarify which components are owned by Facilities, Security, IT, property management, and external vendors. • Escalate cross-domain technical risks and unresolved design decisions with clear options, impacts, owners, and recommendations. Vendor and Commercial Governance • Develop sourcing strategies, scopes of work, RFP requirements, evaluation criteria, service levels, acceptance criteria, and support-model expectations. • Assess vendors for technical capability, interoperability, cybersecurity, scalability, licensing, supportability, financial value, and roadmap alignment. • Establish performance reviews, issue escalation, documentation standards, warranty obligations, and corrective-action governance. • Coordinate Procurement, Legal, Finance, IT, Security, and Facilities stakeholders during selection, contracting, and renewal decisions. • Track portfolio costs, forecasts, benefits, risks, and vendor concentration or end-of-life exposure. Risk, Compliance and Operational Readiness • Maintain program-level risk registers covering life safety, cybersecurity, privacy, resilience, compliance, schedule, budget, and vendor dependencies. • Ensure regulated and life-safety decisions are reviewed by appropriately licensed professionals and authorities having jurisdiction. • Confirm commissioning, testing, acceptance, training, documentation, support ownership, and incident procedures before production turnover. • Facilitate post-implementation reviews and convert lessons learned into updated standards and governance. Role Boundaries • The TPM owns program outcomes, alignment, governance, dependencies, risks, decisions, communications, and delivery coordination. • Facilities engineers, architects, and vendors own detailed engineering, field implementation, system configuration, maintenance execution, and technical remediation. • IT owns enterprise network operations, cybersecurity governance, identity, and IT-managed hosting or cloud platforms. • The TPM does not perform routine preventive maintenance or replace licensed engineers, fire/life-safety professionals, network engineers, or system administrators. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, facilities, construction technology, information technology, business, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered. • Seven or more years of experience leading complex technical programs involving facilities, physical security, operational technology, networks, or enterprise infrastructure. • Demonstrated experience coordinating CCTV, BMS/BAS, access control, fire/life-safety, low-voltage, or connected-building programs. • High-level working knowledge of networking, cybersecurity, systems architecture, integrations, cloud/hosting models, and operational support. • Experience managing multi-vendor programs, budgets, contracts, risks, dependencies, and executive stakeholders. • Ability to convert ambiguous needs into structured requirements, roadmaps, decision frameworks, and measurable outcomes. • Strong executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, analytical, and organizational skills. Preferred Qualifications • Experience leading multi-site or global facilities technology portfolios. • PMP, PgMP, Agile, CFM, engineering, security, networking, or related professional certification. • Familiarity with BACnet, Modbus, APIs, VMS, enterprise access control, building automation, and operational-technology cybersecurity. • Experience with capital planning, sourcing, vendor rationalization, lifecycle governance, and post-acquisition integration. Measures of Success • Facilities technology programs deliver agreed outcomes with clear ownership, controlled risk, and complete operational handoffs. • Facilities and IT responsibilities are understood, documented, and consistently followed. • Vendor performance, platform standardization, cost transparency, and roadmap execution improve across the portfolio. • Network and cybersecurity requirements are identified early, reducing late-stage redesign, escalations, and IT dependency. • Leadership receives timely, decision-ready reporting on progress, investment, risk, and business impact. — john@driftaitalent.com — : : : : APPLY NOW 🔔 Get our daily C2C jobs / Hotlist notifications on WHATSAPP TELEGRAM LINKEDIN Related