Global Program Manager – IT & Process Transformation

Solera Holdings, LLC.; Canada; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Solera Holdings, LLC. is seeking a Program Manager P4 in Canada to lead multiple complex initiatives, aligning cross-functional teams to milestones and ensuring delivery via strong stakeholder collaboration.

The role emphasizes data-driven program transformation, risk management, and process improvements across IT and organizational domains, with a focus on cost savings and reporting. Excellent communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ Years of experience in program or project management or related business facilitation role.
• 2+ Years of experience creating and driving large-scale technology and data-driven Program Management transformation plans.
• Advanced knowledge of business applications such as: MS Excel, MS Outlook, Confluence, MS Project, MS Teams, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, SharePoint, Power BI/ PowerQuery, Power Automate, Lucid Chart.

Responsibilities

• Deliver multiple complex initiatives with cross-functional teams to milestones.
• Manage programs, coordinate resources, plan sessions, and build stakeholder relationships.
• Lead high-visibility programs focusing on IT, organizational, and process integrations.
• Align with Product, Engineering, QA, IT, and the Business for success.
• Define scope, set goals, develop schedules, track progress, and report to stakeholders.
• Provide executive reporting and root-cause insights on issues.
• Demonstrate exceptional communication and organization skills.
• Leverage PMO tools, processes, and KPIs to increase visibility and adoption.
• Collaborate with global leaders to drive meaningful change.
• Provide gap analysis and process refinement.

Skills

Communication

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Process improvement

Training competency

Relationship building

Leadership

Decision making

Execution excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) or equivalent

Tools

Excel

AI Tooling

Outlook

Confluence

MS Project

Teams

Word

PowerPoint

Power BI

Power Automate

Lucidchart

Job description

Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience.

Job Title: Program Manager P4

Location: Canada

Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience.

In addition, we provide products and services to protect life's other most important assets: our homes and digital identities.

Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries.

Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms, and automation.

For more information, please visit solera.com.

THE ROLE

As a Project Manager, you will:

• Responsible for successful delivery of multiple complex initiatives, working closely with cross-functional teams and resources to achieve milestones within established timeframes
• Will be accountable for and directly manage critical Programs and Projects, coordinate logistics and resources, conduct planning and working sessions, and build lasting relationships to meet Project objectives.
• Drive company-wide, high-visibility, and high-priority Programs that focus on rolling out IT, Organizational, and Process integrations with an emphasis on consolidation, cost savings, reporting, and maintaining company culture.
• Align with Key Stakeholders from Product, Engineering, QA, IT, and the Business to manage, track, report, and ensure the success of Solera's most important efforts.
• Collaboratively define the scope of work, identify appropriate resources, set goals, develop schedules, and track and report progress while ensuring the overall approach is refined and communicated to stakeholders.
• Establish, continually manage, and communicate with Project stakeholders and Executive and Senior Management regarding project expectations, and provide reporting insights on issues through root cause analyses
• Must have exceptional communication and organization skills, be highly collaborative, and understand independent and interdependent organizational structures, tools, and teams.
• Practical, innovative, data-driven, detail-oriented, and self-motivated, candidate will need to leverage and implement Project management tools, processes, and KPIs to increase visibility, create stability, and ensure adoption.
• Work with leaders and teams across the globe to create meaningful and positive change.
• Provide Gap analysis on processes currently in place, suggesting refinement and improvement to streamline efficiency and simplicity
  
  

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) or equivalent work experience
• 8+ Years of experience in program or project management or related business facilitation role (including leading collaboration and alignment across mult-team efforts to achieve results)
• 2+ Years of experience creating and driving large-scale technology and data-driven Program Management transformation plans
• Advanced knowledge of business applications such as:
• MSFT Excel
• AI Tooling (Co-Pilot, Claude)
• MSFT Outlook
• Confluence
• MSFT Project
• MSFT Teams
• MSFT Word
• MSFT PowerPoint
• SharePoint
• Power BI/ PowerQuery
• PowerAutomate
• Flow Diagram Software (Lucid Chart)
  
  

How To Succeed

• Be Reliable: trust will be your number one asset; follow through on what you are expected to do as part of your role; do what you say you are going to do and be aware of expected communication/project/ timeline
• Exceptional Delivery: Demonstrated expertise in Program Management as a high-value deliverer, including scope determination, engagement of stakeholders, planning, prioritizing work, and identifying critical milestones
• Effective Communication: Communicate proactively, effectively, and efficiently while presenting ideas clearly and persuasively to all organization levels. Excellent verbal and written communication (English)
• Detail Oriented: at every level, the details do matter; unequivocally skilled in accounting for and confirming critical details; competent in identifying critical follow-up and drill-down questions even when you are not expected to be the technical subject matter expert
• Risk Management: Work with stakeholders to identify potential problems, create mitigation plans, and minimize risk to project timelines
• Process Improvement: Increase delivery success by iteratively improving existing or developing new artifacts and processes across programs and the PMO. Apply the proper balance of creating value versus diminishing returns to increase efficiency, repeatability, alignment, control, documentation, reporting, and the capture of details critical to team success.
• Facilitating Solutions: Discern objective information to address issues, including documenting the impact and utilization of the PMO escalation process; collaboratively problem-solve and adapt to achieve objective
• Training Competency: mentoring peers as determined by growth and delegation, skilled at logically documenting processes and artifacts for ease of use by others, comfortable and professional in providing feedback and course re-direction to peers
  
  

How To Excel

• Building Relationships: Enhance others by facilitating a positive culture and developing relationships across organizational levels, including assisting, encouraging, enrolling, and collaborating with others.
• Leading with Humility: Be accountable, dependable, transparent, confident, and trustworthy, balanced with inherently valuing the experience, perspective, intelligence, ideas, diversity, and intelligence of others.
• Speed of Work: Capacity to work and improve at a fast pace, contextualize and prioritize communications from simultaneous streams (high volume of MSFT Team chats, meetings, email, phone calls), ability to document and create team alignment in-real-time at the pace of working sessions
• Creating Accountability: Utilize the PMO framework and Solera processes, apply strategies to maintain alignment, and hold yourself and your teams accountable by driving action plans and ensuring measurable visibility.
• Adding Value: Bring value to stakeholders within projects, programs, and PMO by facilitating alignment and contributing to process improvement with measurable, lasting contributions to organization performance.
• Apply Emotional Intelligence: This role will include dealing with stressful situations and challenging obstacles. Success will require self-regulation while leading the team in maintaining focus on the end objective. Demonstrate ability to find solutions within PMO framework and Solera processes and adapt as needed, providing unique solutions.
• Context and Priority Switching: Solera is a fast-paced culture where the PMO is critical to the successful delivery of challenging efforts; capable of quickly switching context throughout the day and often within the hour while continuing to align with PMO framework; at times, will be required to pivot priorities with limited notice immediately
• Coachable: Humility to allow for professional growth and self-enhancement through constructive feedback and collaborative learning
• High Initiative: Actively seeks opportunities for new challenges and professional growth; demonstrates motivation and a passion for work by proactively driving progress, including meeting and pulling in delivery dates
  
  

It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position. comprehensive nor exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, add, or eliminate any aspect of the above description. The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities to meet business needs. Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company's needs may change over time.Therefore, the above job description is neither

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Solera group is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, provincial, and local fair employment practices laws.