Principal Program Manager - Front End Planning

## About the role This role provides program leadership across lease construction management, ITIM, schedule, cost, technical integration, and readiness planning to ensure proposed lease projects are fully assessed, governed, and positioned for execution. The role owns the end-to-end front-end planning operating model, including intake standards, governance forums, decision support, readiness criteria, and execution turnover expectations. The Principal Program Manager will lead a multidisciplinary team and partner with internal stakeholders, lessors, and subject matter experts to convert early lease opportunities into actionable execution inputs with clear alignment on scope, budget, schedule, risks, assumptions, and delivery responsibilities. Lead the overall Front-End Planning function for AMERS Lease delivery, establishing the framework, governance, standards, and cadence for intake analysis and execution readiness. Develop and lead a multidisciplinary team of lease construction management, ITIM, schedule, and cost personnel to evaluate lease opportunities before execution handoff. Translate business, operational, technical, and commercial requirements into actionable pre-lease planning inputs and decision-quality recommendations for leadership review. Establish governance mechanisms to track readiness, assumptions, gaps, risks, decisions, and owner accountability across lease intake and pre-execution milestones. Partner with lease delivery, ITIM, networking, security, telecom, cost management, scheduling, procurement, engineering, operations, safety, and lessor stakeholders to align execution requirements and handoff expectations. Validate integrated schedule logic, PO need-by dates, long-lead constraints, and Ready for Service assumptions against project scope, procurement strategy, and lessor delivery commitments. Drive early identification, escalation, and mitigation of scope, schedule, cost, safety, constructability, and integration risks before projects move into execution. Own development of execution turnover packages that provide the delivery team with clear lease requirements, technical assumptions, stakeholder commitments, risk registers, governance decisions, and open actions. Champion continuous improvement of front-end planning processes, tools, templates, and metrics to improve consistency, predictability, and execution outcomes across the lease portfolio. ## Requirements - Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. - 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. - Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. - 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. - 1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos). - Proven success in leading integration delivery on a portfolio of medium-to-large-scale projects across industries - Creative problem-solving, analytical skills to drive keen insights and collaboration across teams within and outside the organization. - Experience with mission-critical facilities and vendor management. - Demonstrated ability to operate in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments. - Growth mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement and inclusion. ## Nice to have These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: