Program Manager, Foward Deployed Engineering
Veeam Software · San Jose · $190,920–$354,480 (stated in the posting)
Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands.
About the Role
As a Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering at Securiti AI, you will support complex DataAI Security deployments across large, hybrid enterprise environments. Partnering with Forward Deployed Engineers, you will coordinate delivery activities, milestones, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment from deployment through adoption. You will provide the operating structure that allows FDEs to focus on technical ownership, solution architecture, integration, automation, and last-mile delivery, while translating technical progress into clear business-facing updates for customers, executives, and internal teams to support timely decisions and durable customer outcomes.
What You’ll Do
- Support end-to-end delivery of complex FDE-led data governance, privacy, and DataAI Security projects, aligning scope, milestones, adoption goals, and customer outcomes
- Enforce project management controls to proactively identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring issues are escalated or resolved promptly, and leadership is kept informed through clear communication
- Utilize project management tools, including available ai tools to improve automation and to track progress, report on milestones and project status, flag and highlight project related risks, issues, dependencies
- Coordinate customer stakeholder engagement across technical, business, privacy, legal, and executive audiences to confirm decision owners, unblock dependencies, align expectations, and maintain momentum through complex deployment phases
- Develop and maintain working knowledge of Securiti AI solutions, deployment methodology, common data governance and privacy use cases, and FDE delivery patterns to support planning, communication, risk management, and adoption
- Translate technical concepts into clear business language to support project deliverables and timelines
What You’ll Bring
- 3+ years in technical project management, delivery management, consulting, implementation, or customer-facing product ownership roles
- Individuals who excel in a high paced environment working with cross-functional teams on multiple customer engagements often concurrently
- Familiarity with data security, cybersecurity, or enterprise IT deployments strongly preferred
- Technical understanding of system architectures, APIs, and cloud environments to hold meaningful trade-off discussions with engineers
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex technical projects with clear ownership, structure, escalation discipline, and customer-facing accountability
- Effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences, both in written and verbal formats, with the ability to influence and drive consensus towards goals and outcomes
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project, Asana, Jira, PSA tools)
- Understanding and experience with AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude)
Bonus Skills
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Background in working with projects centered on DSPM, CSPM, DLP, data governance, or privacy platforms
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What you'll get
- Unlimited paid time off, 12 paid holidays including 4 global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
- Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day
- Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via our Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
- Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support through Maven, plus paid volunteer time
- AirVet: 24/7 virtual veterinary care at no cost
- Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental health insurance options
- Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting
- Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning
Pay Transparency
Veeam is committed to pay transparency and equitable compensation. For this role, the compensation range below reflects the expected total target compensation (TTC), inclusive of base pay and a competitive performance-based bonus. For roles with a commission plan, the compensation range represents On Target Earnings (OTE), which includes base salary plus variable commission. When determining compensation, Veeam takes into consideration factors such as experience, education, skills, and geographic zone. Offers are typically made below the midpoint of the range.
In addition to compensation, Veeam provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage, retirement plans, and unlimited time off.
Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.
By submitting your application, you confirm that the information provided, including any supporting documents, is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. Any misrepresentation, omission, or falsification may result in disqualification from consideration or, if discovered after employment begins, termination of employment.