Entrust Datacard

Cloud Technical Program Manager

Entrust Datacard$129K — $189K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years experience in Technical Program Management, 5+ years in cloud infrastructure or SaaS operations
  • Proven management of third-party/vendor relationships in outsourced operations
  • Strong technical knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern deployment technologies
  • Familiar with SRE practices, incident management, and SLA governance
  • Experience in global/multi-region cloud platform expansions
  • Knowledge of FinOps practices for cloud cost management
  • Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks like PCI-DSS and SOC 2
  • Exceptional communication skills to influence across organizational levels

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary liaison between the organization and cloud service providers, ensuring SLA alignment
  • Orchestrate initiatives across various teams to guarantee seamless execution
  • Drive incident management, capacity planning, and SLA monitoring
  • Coordinate security operations and compliance assessments with partners
  • Oversee the entire release lifecycle, ensuring timely deployments
  • Provide regular executive reports on platform performance and risks
  • Support expansion of cloud services, ensuring scalable governance and operations
  • Manage transition activities, including onboarding and exit strategy planning

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and well-being programs including medical, vision, and dental
  • Generous 401(k) matching contribution
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Mental health coaching services
  • Virtual fitness programs for employees
  • Paid personal time off plus 12 paid holidays
  • Parental leave and education reimbursement
Full Job Description
Position Overview:

Entrust is currently looking for a Cloud Technical Program Manager to join our team. This position is based in our Shakopee, Minnesota, or Ottawa, Canada, office and will report to the VP, SaaS & Infrastructure Operations. The Cloud Technical Program Manager serves as the single point of contact and strategic liaison between Entrust and its managed cloud services partners. This role ensures seamless coordination across all internal functions-including Operations, Engineering, Security, Compliance, Product, Professional Services and Customer Success-to deliver reliable, scalable, and compliant SaaS platform operations. The Cloud TPM drives cross-functional alignment, manages program execution, and ensures operational excellence across the cloud platform lifecycle, including establishing a consistent reporting cadence, coordinates definition and tracking of key performance indicators (KPIs), and maintaining an executive-ready operational dashboard. The role also proactively identifies, documents, and escalates risks, issues, and dependencies, driving mitigation plans and ensuring timely decision-making and stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Vendor/Partner Coordination: Act as the primary liaison between the organization and the cloud managed services provider, ensuring alignment on SLAs, deliverables, roadmaps, and escalation processes.
  • Cross-Functional Program Management: Orchestrate initiatives across Service, DevOps, SRE, R&D, Security, Compliance, Product Management, FinOps, and Customer Success teams to ensure unified execution.
  • Operational Excellence: Drive incident management processes, change advisory board reviews, capacity planning, and SLA compliance monitoring across the platform.
  • Security & Compliance Oversight: Coordinate security operations, PCI-DSS compliance, vulnerability management, and third-party risk management (TPRM) assessments with both internal and partner teams.
  • Release & Deployment Governance: Oversee and report on the end-to-end release lifecycle, coordinating between R&D and the managed service partner to ensure timely and reliable deployments.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular executive reporting on platform health, SLA performance, incidents, risks, and program milestones. Facilitate operational review meetings with internal and partner leadership.
  • Global Scalability: Support the expansion of the cloud platform to additional regions and product lines, ensuring governance models, SOWs, and operational playbooks scale effectively.
  • Transition & Reversibility Planning: Own the planning and execution of service transition activities, including onboarding, knowledge transfer, and reversibility/exit strategy development.


Basic Qualifications:
  • 8+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, with at least 5 years focused on cloud infrastructure, SaaS operations, or platform engineering programs
  • Proven experience managing third-party/vendor relationships in a managed services or outsourced operations model
  • Strong technical understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and containerization technologies
  • Deep familiarity with SRE practices, incident management, change management (CAB/CCB), and SLA/SLO governance
  • Experience managing global/multi-region cloud platform expansions
  • Familiarity with FinOps practices, cloud cost optimization, and spend governance
  • Background in security-sensitive industries (financial services, payments, identity management)
  • Experience with observability stacks (Splunk, Grafana, ELK) and SIEM platforms
  • Experience with regulatory compliance frameworks such as PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or ISO 27001
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, security, product, legal, and executive leadership
  • PMP, PgMP, or similar program management certification; ITIL or cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator) are a plus
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)


Key Competencies:
  • Cross-functional leadership and influence without authority
  • Vendor and contract governance
  • Risk identification and mitigation
  • Executive communication and reporting
  • Agile and ITIL methodologies
  • Data-driven decision making


Where you will be: Hybrid in Minneapolis, MN; Ottawa, Canada or US/Canada remote

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Compensation Range:

In the US: The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $129,030-$189,244 per year (in the primary posting location). Actual compensation will be determined based on geographic location, education, skills and experience. This position is also eligible for the company's discretionary annual incentive plan. In addition to your pay, Entrust offers eligible colleagues and their dependents comprehensive health and well-being programs which include medical, vision, dental, a generous 401(k) matching contribution, life and disability insurance, mental health coaching, virtual fitness programs, paid personal time off plus 12 paid holidays, parental leave and education reimbursement. Please speak with the recruiter for more details. Note: Benefit and Compensation programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. Entrust has the right to end, suspend or amend any of its plans at any time in whole or in part. In Canada: The pay range for this position is $109,000 - $159,000 per year. This position is also eligible for the company's discretionary annual incentive plan. Actual compensation will be determined based on education, skills and experience. In addition to your pay, Entrust offers eligible colleagues and their dependents comprehensive benefits, vacation, paid time off and paid holidays. Please speak with the recruiter for more details. Note: Benefit and Compensation programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. Entrust has the right to end, suspend or amend any of its plans at any time in whole or in part.

Recruiter:
Grace Rusingiza

[email protected]

About Entrust Datacard

Entrust Datacard is a privately held information technology company headquartered in Shakopee, Minnesota. The company was formed in 2014 through the merger of Entrust and Datacard Group. Entrust Datacard provides a wide range of products and services, including identity and access management, secure communications, and card issuance solutions. The company serves customers in a variety of sectors, including financial services, government, healthcare, and retail. Entrust Datacard is committed to sustainability and has implemented numerous initiatives to reduce its environmental impact. The company has received numerous awards for its products and services, including the SC Magazine Award for Best Identity Management Solution in 2019.
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1994

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