Corporate Affairs Program Manager

Docusign; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 126,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Docusign is seeking a Corporate Affairs Program Manager to lead strategic initiatives across sustainability, social impact, and government affairs. This remote role requires strong project management skills and the ability to navigate a matrixed organization, ensuring successful program delivery while managing stakeholder expectations.

Benefits

Bonuses

Stock options

Health plans

Retirement plans

Learning opportunities

Qualifications

• 8+ years in project and program management supporting corporate initiatives.
• Experience with ESG reporting and sustainability data.
• Located in San Francisco, CA/Bay Area.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic initiatives and ensure alignment across teams.
• Lead change management and manage dependencies.
• Create and maintain project documentation and reports.

Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Strategic Communication

Problem-Solving

Multitasking

Organization

Communication

Cross-Team Relationship Building

Education

BA/BS degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Google Suite

AI tools for project management

Job description

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Company Overview
Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data trapped inside documents, disconnected from business systems of record, costing time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign’s Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements efficiently, as the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

What you'll do
As the Program Manager for the Corporate Affairs Team, you will drive strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment of scope, resources, stakeholders, and partners throughout the program lifecycle. You will work across teams on projects related to sustainability, social impact, and government affairs, including ESG reporting, key results tracking, software rollouts, process improvements, and special initiatives like Docusign for Nonprofits and science-based targets. The role requires strategic program management experience, change management skills, and the ability to handle multiple projects in a matrixed organization. Reporting to the Vice President, Corporate Affairs, you will be results-driven, business-savvy, and capable of managing stakeholder expectations at scale.

Responsibilities

• Deliver internal consulting work aligned with strategic priorities
• Develop project objectives, scope, success metrics, involving relevant stakeholders
• Lead change management and manage dependencies between teams
• Anticipate bottlenecks, support escalation, and oversee project progress
• Create and maintain project documentation and reports
• Manage and optimize the corporate affairs budget
• Evaluate and improve processes, share best practices
• Prepare materials for governance and stakeholder meetings
• Support ad hoc requests and projects for the team

Remote Work
This position is remote; the employee works from a designated remote location. Job designation may vary based on business needs.

Qualifications

Basic

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years in project and program management supporting corporate initiatives
• Experience with ESG reporting, sustainability data, and Google Suite or similar platforms

Preferred

• Strong problem-solving, change management, and strategic communication skills
• Ability to build cross-team relationships and drive action without direct authority
• Experience with AI tools for project management and reporting
• Excellent multitasking, organization, and communication skills
• Located in San Francisco, CA/Bay Area

Wage Transparency
Salary ranges vary by location, e.g., California: $126,900 - $197,800. Additional benefits include bonuses, stock options, health plans, retirement plans, and learning opportunities.

Life at Docusign
Docusign values trust, diversity, and inclusion, offering a supportive environment where employees can thrive and contribute meaningfully to making the world a better place.

Application Support
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