Staff Technical Program Manager – Infrastructure Leasing & Capitalization

Overview

Staff Technical Program Manager responsible for executing the Asset and Lease Management strategy and operating model, overseeing the infrastructure lease lifecycle from contract negotiation through renewal, buyout and asset retirement, while ensuring accurate contract, financial and asset records.

What you'll do

• Execute projects within the established Asset and Lease Management strategy, managing the roadmap and governance framework for long-term technology lifecycle and financial management objectives.
• Deliver the long-term Asset and Lease framework, including new leases, lease buyout, optimization opportunities, TSA strategy, and billing and data integrity.
• Partner with Treasury, Finance, Sourcing, Legal, vendors and technology teams to support negotiation of lease agreements, financial terms and buyout strategies aligned with business and accounting requirements.
• Collaborate with business partners and technology leadership on infrastructure needs, tracking progress, key milestones, asset health and interdependencies.
• Support the vendor strategy and contract agreements in partnership with sourcing and VMO teams to complete project activities.
• Track the budget, including forecasting, actuals updates and variance reviews on a monthly basis.
• Participate in Operating Mechanisms with partners to receive consolidated updates and discuss risks and strategies to ensure outcomes are delivered.
• Prepare stakeholder communication and progress reporting for leadership and executives.
• Ensure quality of deliverables is verified and matches stakeholder expectations.
• Track outcome realization and customer satisfaction against established service level metrics, and ensure lessons learned are collected.
• Perform financial reviews and approval processes for new leases, amendments, buyouts, capitalization events and asset transitions.
• Maintain the enterprise system of record for leased assets, ensuring accuracy of contract details, asset records, serializations, financial attributes, ownership information and lifecycle events.
• Ensure data integrity, audit readiness, compliance and accurate financial reporting across all leased assets and agreements.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, or Engineering, or 4 years of IT technical experience.
• Minimum 8 years of IT professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Asset and Lease Management, including project and financial management leading cross-functional initiatives and/or large global projects.

Nice to have

• Proven expertise in enterprise Asset and Lease Management, including lease structuring, contract administration, buyouts, asset lifecycle management and financial governance specific to Infrastructure Hosting and Network portfolio.
• Strong understanding of finance lease and operating lease models, capitalization policies, depreciation methodologies and accounting implications.
• Experience partnering with Treasury, Finance, Sourcing, Legal and vendors to support complex lease agreements and financial commitments.
• Demonstrated success managing large infrastructure asset portfolios, including hosting, network, data center and end-user technology assets.
• Strong financial acumen with experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, payment management and lease portfolio optimization.
• Expertise in maintaining accurate asset and lease records, ensuring data integrity across systems of record, financial platforms and reporting tools.
• Knowledge of global financial, tax, regulatory and compliance considerations related to leased technology assets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess financial impacts, identify optimization opportunities and drive informed business decisions.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives across Finance, Treasury, Sourcing, Vendor Management and Technology organizations.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills, translating complex financial and contractual concepts into actionable business insights.
• Experience supporting vendor negotiations, lease renewals, restructures, buyouts and asset disposition strategies.
• Experience working within global organizations, coordinating activities across multiple regions, business units and stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a track record of driving process standardization, automation, governance maturity and operational excellence.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India (EPIP 122, Phase II).
• Relocation assistance: not provided.