Technical Program Manager (Controls Engineering)
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Job overview
The Controls Technical Program Manager coordinates and executes controls-related initiatives across mission-critical construction and data center projects. The role manages integrated controls systems, supports consistency in documentation, templates, and PLC code, and streamlines processes. It also involves coordinating cross-regional meetings, tracking decisions and bugs, updating leadership, and working with technical leads and global teams to align controls architecture and support standardized solutions.
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Job Description
As a Controls Technical Program Manager (TPM), you will own the coordination and execution of controls-related initiatives across mission-critical construction and data center projects. Your role will involve managing integrated controls systems (BMS, PMS, SCADA), ensuring consistency in documentation, templates, and PLC code, and streamlining processes for efficiency. You’ll run cross-regional meetings, track decisions, file bugs, and provide updates to leadership. Working closely with technical leads and global teams, you’ll drive alignment on controls architecture and support the growth of scalable, standardized solutions across multiple products.
Skills and Requirements
- Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager in controls or related systems
- Strong knowledge of BMS, PMS, and SCADA systems
- Familiarity with industrial automation and PLC programming
- Ability to manage mission-critical projects (data centers, large-scale construction)
- Excellent organizational and communication skills; comfortable running meetings
- Proactive, self-driven approach to problem-solving and stakeholder management
- Ability to work across regions and time zones (Midwest/Eastern U.S. preferred)
- Experience with product-level controls (e.g., chillers)
- Prior exposure to global setups (EMEA/APAC)
- Background in developing SCADA templates, sequence of operations, and network-level controls
- Understanding of energy management or sustainability initiatives
- Familiarity with PDI team structures and working with multiple technical leads
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 3,595 open Technical Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$168–236K/yr695 salary ranges
- US median$70–78/hr30 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 807 open Technical Program Manager jobs in California and 3,595 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Technical Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (2,924 postings).
- Education
- 689 of the 3,595 open Technical Program Manager jobs (19%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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