Program Manager

Planon; Nijmegen; Hybrid; EUR 73,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Planon, part of Schneider Electric, is seeking a senior program manager to govern complex software integration programs. You will create governance materials, track milestones, and ensure timely, fact-based decisions without micromanaging execution.

The role requires coordinating multiple workstreams, managing dependencies and risks, and reporting to executives. Hybrid work in the Netherlands with competitive salary and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of program management experience in complex software, integration, or enterprise technology environments.
• Ability to coordinate multiple workstreams, manage dependencies, and create transparent reporting on progress, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Translate complex program information into clear governance materials, roadmap updates, action plans, and executive-level reporting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the SE Integrations program across multiple workstreams, milestones, dependencies, priorities, and critical resources.
• Create visibility on progress, risks, issues, and decisions through clear reporting, governance materials, roadmaps, and action plans.
• Proactively identify blockers and problem areas, support root-cause analysis, and drive timely resolution or escalation with stakeholders.
• Track product and technical milestones, including Gantt planning, outcomes, release planning, and cross-workstream dependencies.
• Prepare governance meetings, decision points, escalations, and follow-up actions to support effective and fact-based decision-making.
• Maintain high-quality program documentation, including plans, monthly reports, risk logs, issue logs, and decision logs.
• Support migration and business continuity planning with workstream leads while preserving clear execution ownership within each team.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder coordination

Governance reporting

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in related field

Job description

At Planon, part of Schneider Electric, we help organizations connect buildings, people, and processes through smart, sustainable building management software. Our solutions support areas such as corporate real estate, facility management, workplace services, and asset management for organizations around the world.

In this role, you will create reliable program governance, prepare decision-making materials, track progress against milestones, and ensure risks and dependencies are addressed in a fact-based and results-driven way. Your impact will come from enabling alignment, transparency, and timely decision-making rather than taking over detailed execution from workstream leads.

What We Can Challenge You With

• Coordinate the SE Integrations program across multiple workstreams, including milestones, dependencies, priorities, and critical resources.
• Create visibility on progress, risks, issues, and decisions through clear reporting, governance materials, roadmaps, and action plans.
• Proactively identify blockers and problem areas, support root-cause analysis, and work with stakeholders to drive timely resolution or escalation.
• Track product and technical milestones, including Gantt planning, outcomes, release planning, and cross-workstream dependencies.
• Prepare governance meetings, decision points, escalations, and follow-up actions to support effective and fact-based decision-making.
• Maintain high-quality program documentation, including plans, monthly reports, risk logs, issue logs, and decision logs.
• Support migration and business continuity planning with workstream leads while preserving clear execution ownership within each team.

Profile

You combine structured program management with strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills. You are comfortable working in complex software, integration, transformation, or enterprise technology environments where clarity, alignment, and ownership are essential.

This role is a great fit if you:

• You have a minimum of 10 years of program management experience in complex software, integration, transformation, or enterprise technology environments.
• Can coordinate multiple workstreams, manage dependencies, and create transparent reporting on progress, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Translate complex program information into clear governance materials, roadmap updates, action plans, and executive-level reporting.
• Collaborate effectively with product, technology, business, and operational stakeholders, with strong facilitation and communication skills.
• Work in a structured, fact-based, and results-driven way, with the ability to bring clarity to ambiguous or fast-moving situations.
• Understand how to enable coordination and alignment while ensuring detailed execution ownership remains with the workstream leads.
• Excellent command of English; Dutch language skills are considered a plus.
• A relevant bachelor's or master's degree, or equivalent professional experience in facility management and real estate management, is preferred.

We offer

We offer a healthy work-life balance with the flexibility of hybrid working, in a collaborative and learning-oriented environment with opportunities for continuous development. We put our people at the heart of our company and create an inspiring and safe environment that allows everyone to work, learn, liveand play. You will work on challenging projects with leading clients, gaining valuable experience.

Salary range: €6500– €8000 gross per month, depending on experience.

This range reflects a good faith estimate of the expected compensation for this role, based on objective, role-related criteria. The total compensation package includes variable compensation and additional benefits.

Planon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable law.