Chicago - Senior Program Manager Enterprise Data

Winston Taylor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Winston Taylor in Chicago seeks a Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Data to coordinate the firm's data initiatives across Information Systems, Finance, Knowledge Management, Risk, Security, and more. You will oversee multiple projects, establish governance, manage dependencies, and report progress.

You will build strong relationships with executives and vendors, ensure on-time delivery, and guide adoption of new data processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 7+ years of program or project management experience required.
• Experience managing large, cross-functional business and technology initiatives.
• Must live within a commutable distance to the applicable firm office with the ability to come into the office 3-4 days per week.
• Demonstrated success coordinating multiple concurrent projects preferred.
• Experience working with executive stakeholders and steering committees
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and governance practices
• Expertise in program planning, execution, dependency management, and governance
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working within a large law firm or legal technology environment
• Understanding of application development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and tools
• Understanding of structured databases and data modeling concepts
• Experience with vendor relationship management
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking capabilities
• Ability to identify risks, assess impacts, and facilitate resolution

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated program plans across projects.
• Coordinate activities across business, technology, and operational teams.
• Identify and manage dependencies between projects and stakeholders.
• Monitor program milestones, deliverables, and critical path activities.
• Facilitate the program planning sessions and status reviewed.
• Establish and administer program governance processes.
• Prepare executive-level reporting, dashboards, and program communications.
• Coordinate steering committee meetings and decision-making forums.
• Maintain program documentation, action logs, issue registers, and risk registers.
• Ensure appropriate escalation of program risks and issues.
• Build effective working relationships with business leaders, attorneys, Knowledge Management professionals, technology teams, and external vendors.
• Facilitate communication across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Ensure alignment between project objectives and business priorities.
• Support consensus-building and resolution of competing priorities.
• Track progress across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Monitor resource allocation and capacity across participating teams.
• Ensure project deliverables are completed according to agreed timelines and quality expectations.
• Coordinate program-level testing, readiness, and implementation activities.
• Support transition of completed initiatives into operational support models.
• Proactively identify program risks and potential delivery obstacles.
• Facilitate development of mitigation strategies.
• Track and manage issues through resolution.
• Escalate significant concerns to leadership as appropriate.
• Coordinate activities involving external vendors, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Monitor delivery against agreed milestones and commitments.
• Support contract governance and vendor performance management activities.
• Support organizational change management efforts associated with data initiatives.
• Coordinate stakeholder communications and training activities.
• Track adoption of metrics and readiness indicators.
• Help ensure successful implementation of new processes, systems, and governance frameworks.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Governance

SDLC understanding

Vendor management

Data modeling concepts

Communication

Legal tech experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

About Us

At Winston Taylor, we set the standard, together.

About Us

At Winston Taylor, we set the standard, together.

Winston Taylor is a transatlantic law firm built for the businesses, people, and markets driving capital and innovation. Here, you're in the room. In the action. Sleeves rolled up.

You'll work with leading clients. Disruptors. Fast-growth companies. And help them to stay one step ahead of the moment and make critical decisions that shape their future. We're present in the U.S., U.K., Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, combining the scale and speed that clients demand.

You'll be trusted with real responsibility from the outset and build experience through hands-on work. We take your progression personally. We provide the platform. You shape the work around your goals and aspirations.

Step into the moments that matter. Join Winston Taylor.

Position Summary

The Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Data is responsible for coordinating and managing the execution of the firm's strategic data initiatives. This individual will oversee multiple interconnected projects, workstreams, stakeholders, and vendors to ensure successful delivery of the firm's data transformation objectives.

Working across Information Systems, Finance, Business Development, Knowledge Management, Risk, Security, Practice Groups and administrative functions, the Senior Program Manager will establish governance processes, manage dependencies, track risks, and issues, and provide leadership visibility into program progress.

Position Responsibilities

Program Planning and Coordination

• Develop and maintain integrated program plans covering multiple projects and workstreams.
• Coordinate activities across business, technology, and operational teams.
• Identify and manage dependencies between projects and stakeholders.
• Monitor program milestones, deliverables, and critical path activities.
• Facilitate the program planning sessions and status reviewed.

Governance and Reporting

• Establish and administer program governance processes.
• Prepare executive-level reporting, dashboards, and program communications.
• Coordinate steering committee meetings and decision-making forums.
• Maintain program documentation, action logs, issue registers, and risk registers.
• Ensure appropriate escalation of program risks and issues.

Stakeholder Management

• Build effective working relationships with business leaders, attorneys, Knowledge Management professionals, technology teams, and external vendors.
• Facilitate communication across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Ensure alignment between project objectives and business priorities.
• Support consensus-building and resolution of competing priorities.

Delivery Oversight

• Track progress across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Monitor resource allocation and capacity across participating teams.
• Ensure project deliverables are completed according to agreed timelines and quality expectations.
• Coordinate program-level testing, readiness, and implementation activities.
• Support transition of completed initiatives into operational support models.

Risk and Issue Management

• Proactively identify program risks and potential delivery obstacles.
• Facilitate development of mitigation strategies.
• Track and manage issues through resolution.
• Escalate significant concerns to leadership as appropriate.

Vendor Coordination

• Coordinate activities involving external vendors, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Monitor delivery against agreed milestones and commitments.
• Support contract governance and vendor performance management activities.

Change Management and Adoption

• Support organizational change management efforts associated with data initiatives.
• Coordinate stakeholder communications and training activities.
• Track adoption of metrics and readiness indicators.
• Help ensure successful implementation of new processes, systems, and governance frameworks.

Experience, Skills, And Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 7+ years of program or project management experience required.
• Experience managing large, cross-functional business and technology initiatives required.
• Must live within a commutable distance to the applicable firm office with the ability to come into the office 3-4 days per week.
• Demonstrated success coordinating multiple concurrent projects preferred.
• Experience working with executive stakeholders and steering committees
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and governance practices
• Expertise in program planning, execution, dependency management, and governance
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working within a large law firm or legal technology environment
• Understanding of application development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and tools
• Understanding of structured databases and data modeling concepts
• Experience with vendor relationship management
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking capabilities
• Ability to identify risks, assess impacts, and facilitate resolution

Benefits

Winston offers comprehensive benefits that provide a full spectrum of coverage and support for our full-time employees and their families. Additional information about benefits and rewards can be found here.

SALARY

Illinois applicants only: The target annual salary range for this role is currently $160,000-$188,000 based on a regular, full-time schedule. The amount of compensation offered will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, market data and internal equity. Total compensation includes a comprehensive healthcare benefits package, yearly retirement contribution, and may include an annual discretionary merit bonus.

New York applicants only: The target annual salary range for this role is currently $175,000-$206,000 based on a regular, full-time schedule. The amount of compensation offered will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, market data and internal equity. Total compensation includes a comprehensive healthcare benefits package, yearly retirement contribution, and may include an annual discretionary merit bonus.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.