Program Manager

Payrate Payrate: $100.00 - $110.00/hr. Summary The role manages a portfolio of complex, high‑visibility transformation efforts that may include multiple product workstreams, capability roadmaps, process modernization initiatives, stakeholder adoption plans, and tiered execution efforts with aggressive timelines and significant cross‑functional dependencies. The position partners with business, technology, finance, operations, and executive stakeholders to define product outcomes, prioritize demand, translate strategy into roadmaps, and deliver measurable business value. This role is focused on product‑led transformation rather than traditional project administration alone. Success is measured by business outcomes, capability maturity, roadmap execution, adoption, customer and employee experience improvements, operational readiness, and sustainable value realization. Responsibilities Leadership, communications, and stakeholder alignment: Own and direct the creation of product, program, and transformation communications. Facilitate product reviews, steering discussions, and cross‑functional team meetings. Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders. Product strategy, roadmap ownership, and scope definition: Define the scope of transformation products, capabilities, and initiatives. Build and communicate product roadmaps. Influence and manage change drivers, scope evolution, and competing priorities. Risk, issue, and dependency management: Identify risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies. Establish proactive communications, mitigation plans, and decision options. Communicate risks and options in both business and technical terms. Planning, sequencing, and execution management: Create integrated plans including activities, sequencing, resourcing, milestones, dependencies, readiness activities, and decision points. Negotiate timelines, scope, resources, and tradeoffs with cross‑functional teams. Financial planning and business case support: Lead cross‑functional efforts to define budget requirements. Provide thought leadership into initial financial estimates and partner with finance and business owners. Support funding processes and identify drivers of potential budget variance. Quality, readiness, and delivery assurance: Plan and document quality standards for transformation deliverables. Establish go/no‑go decision points and quality control checkpoints. Proactively anticipate and mitigate issues through validation and testing. Vendor, procurement, and partner management: Partner with procurement, legal, functional managers, technology teams, and business owners. Ensure appropriate legal and contractual protections. Manage vendors and partners against contract commitments. Continuous improvement and operating model effectiveness: Identify opportunities to reduce bureaucracy, streamline governance, and improve prioritization. Recommend and implement improvements to standard processes, tools, and delivery practices. Qualifications At least 10 years relevant experience required. This position is accountable for leading transformation product management initiatives across enterprise‑wide business and technology capabilities. Proven experience leading enterprise transformation, product management, program management, or complex business technology initiatives with high visibility and cross‑functional impact. Ability to define product outcomes, translate strategy into roadmaps, prioritize work, manage scope, and drive adoption across business and technology teams. Broad understanding of business operations, technology delivery, data, process design, change management, and enterprise governance. Demonstrated ability to create executive‑level materials, influence senior stakeholders, communicate risks and tradeoffs, and guide decision‑making. Experience supporting business cases, budget forecasting, procurement activities, vendor deliverables, and contract‑based execution. Strong facilitation, negotiation, problem‑solving, accountability, and relationship‑building skills; able to lead through ambiguity and competing priorities. Desired Skills Strong product management discipline and enterprise transformation experience. Business and technical fluency. Ability to drive alignment across teams with competing priorities. Experience in promoting product management discipline across transformation efforts. Pay Transparency and Benefits Typical base pay: $100.00 - $110.00/hour. Non‑exempt positions eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours over 40 per week or as required by applicable law. Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, health savings accounts (qualified medical plan), 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations plus work‑travel reimbursement, discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided per state or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr