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Senior Program Manager - Cloud Planning

Swiftkey

Redmond, WAJobPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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Location
Redmond, WA
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Job overview

The Senior Program Manager will drive strategic cloud capacity buffer planning, align stakeholders and leadership on strategy and decisions, and lead monthly planning cycles using scenario simulations and data analytics. The role develops long-term planning processes and models, identifies capacity risks and opportunities, and guides improvements to analytics. It also defines effectiveness metrics and provides decision support and recommendations to leadership.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Decision Science ModelingQuantitative AnalysisPythonRAnalyticsData VisualizationSQLPower BICross-Functional Program LeadershipFinancial Impact AssessmentCapEx PlanningCommunicationStakeholder InfluenceAmbiguity ManagementCross-Functional Partnership

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience4+ Years Relevant Experience2+ Years Cross-Team Project Management

Full job description

Drive cloud capacity buffer planning at a strategic level, aligning stakeholders and leadership on buffer strategy, priorities, and decisions. Lead monthly planning cycles to generate and optimize cloud capacity buffer targets using scenario simulations and data analytics. Develop and transform the long-term roadmap for cloud buffer planning processes and models, ensuring resilience to future business needs. Identify and communicate systemic risks and opportunities associated with capacity and buffers, creating strategic mitigation plans. Build strong cross-functional partnerships with leaders across planning, capacity management, engineering, finance, and data science. Guide improvement of cloud capacity buffer models and analytics with a focus on scalability, transparency, and alignment to business strategy. Define and track metrics for buffer effectiveness and ensure insights lead to clear actions and accountability. Provide thought leadership and decision support for cloud capacity buffer strategies, driving impactful recommendations for leadership. Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. Proficiency in decision science modeling and quantitative analysis with tools such as Python or R. Expertise in analytics and data visualization using SQL, Python, R, or Power BI, translating complex analyses into actionable insights. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional programs in ambiguous environments. Experience assessing financial implications of investments and planning choices with a focus on CapEx impacts. Strong communication skills to engage and influence stakeholders. Ability to create clarity and drive progress in fast-changing, highly ambiguous situations. Proven track record of building trusted cross-functional partnerships to achieve shared outcomes.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,454 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Washington median$127–190K/yr628 salary ranges
  • Washington median$54–67/hr24 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 677 open Program Manager jobs in Washington and 11,454 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 9,767 postings).
Education
4,603 of the 11,454 open Program Manager jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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