Head of Programme Management

Location : Oakland, CA

Hybrid Position( two days per week)
Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination, and tracking of UC Investments digital initiatives
• Facilitate discussions meetings and agenda across technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Develop charters, roadmaps, business cases, and status reports.
• Facilitate assessments of technology which would benefit a dynamic investments group.
• Coordinate with UC systemwide partners and external vendors when requested.
• Document risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Facilitate development of repeatable program governance processes including governance meetings.
• Effectively escalate bottlenecks and communicate issues to the appropriate responsible parties in a professional manner as a representative of the investment office
• Ensure optimal resource allocation.
• Document and report program success metrics, KPIs, and manage performance dashboards to track progress and demonstrate value.
• Develop and execute approved stakeholder communication plans, ensuring transparent and timely updates to all levels.
• Facilitate change management activities, including development of user adoption strategies, training programs, and organizational readiness assessments.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and capture lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.
• Support UC Investments leadership with data-driven recommendations and decision support for prioritization efforts.

Required Qualifications

• 7-10 years of program management experience, preferably in technology, cybersecurity.
• Proven ability to manage large, dynamic, cross-functional programs and projects.
• Strong communication, relationship management and follow-up skills and ability to communicate clearly and consistently across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts to senior leadership and non technical stakeholders, including executive briefings, roadmaps, and status updates.
• Experience managing data, and cybersecurity programs and projects AI experience a plus.
• Understanding of program, project, governance, and security frameworks.
• Familiarity with cloud and security vendor ecosystems.
• Strong analytical and vendor evaluation skills.
• Ability to successfully navigate through ambiguity and assist UC Investments leadership with prioritization of initiatives.
• Demonstrated accountability and ownership in driving complex initiatives to completion with measurable outcomes.
• Experience with change management methodologies and driving organizational adoption of innovative technologies and processes.
• Track record of driving new processes and work streams to completion.

Key Success Factors
~ Key success factors include strong communication, organization and the ability to engage, inform and influence diverse stakeholder groups at technical, operational and executive levels.