Program Manager III — IDC Leadership Dashboard (ILD)

Job Title: Program Manager III — IDC Leadership Dashboard (ILD)
Duration: 18 Months
Location: Onsite in Menlo Park, CA at least 3 times per week.
Note: This is not a people management role. The Program Manager will coordinate across existing team members and stakeholders without direct reports.
Summary:

• The IDC Leadership Dashboard (ILD) is a strategic executive-facing platform that provides IDC leadership with real-time visibility into Data Center supply pipeline, plan of record, rack & region turn-up, operations, energy & power, cost & financials, and security & compliance. The dashboard serves as the single source of truth for IDC decision-making and has recently migrated to the Nest platform with enhanced access controls and data integrations.

Top must-have HARD skills:     

• Experience managing data platform or BI/analytics dashboard programs
• Proficiency with Agile/Scrum methodologies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily standups)
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, especially with senior/executive leadership
• Familiarity with data infrastructure concepts (Presto, Hive, dashboards, data pipelines)
• Track record of coordinating cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, DS, DE)
• Experience with issue/bug tracking and release coordination

Good to have skills:

• Strong stakeholder communication skills, especially with senior/executive leadership
• Excellent written communication for drafting commentary, change logs, and status updates

Years of experience required:

• 5-7

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate development execution and delivery of the IDC Leadership Dashboard roadmap, ensuring the team delivers on committed milestones across Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Data Engineering workstreams.
• Lead daily stand-ups to track progress, surface blockers, and ensure team alignment on priorities.
• Manage the product backlog including open bugs, feature requests, and enhancement items — ensuring consistent progress and prioritization.
• Coordinate weekly status updates to IDC leadership, ensuring dashboard commentary is accurate, timely, and reflects the latest data and business context.
• Drive cross-functional coordination across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on requirements, data quality, and delivery timelines.
• Own the change control process, ensuring all dashboard content changes receive appropriate sign-off from IDC leads.
• Track and communicate risks, dependencies, and escalations that could impact delivery or data accuracy.
• Ensure communications cadence is maintained — including stakeholder roadshows, feedback loops, and coordination with business area owners (DC Supply, Energy, Operations, Cost, NRTU, Pipeline).
• Support data governance processes by coordinating with data owners to ensure data maturity improvements across business areas.

Story Behind the Need – Business Group & Key Projects:

• The IDC Leadership Dashboard (ILD) is a strategic executive-facing platform that provides IDC leadership with real-time visibility into Data Center supply pipeline, plan of record, rack & region turn-up, operations, energy & power, cost & financials, and security & compliance. The dashboard serves as the single source of truth for IDC decision-making and has recently migrated to the Nest platform with enhanced access controls and data integrations.

How will performance be measured:     

• Strong stakeholder communication skills, especially with senior/executive leadership
• Excellent written communication for drafting commentary, change logs, and status updates
• Work completed in a quality manner

 

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $80.00/hr.