Digital Standards Program Lead

US Pharmacopeia; Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

USP is seeking a Program Manager – Digital Standards to oversee cross-functional planning and delivery across the Digital Standards product and policy ecosystem. The role maintains the master plan, tracks timelines and budgets, and flags risks to leadership.

It supports digital standards initiatives in reference standards, software, analytics, and regulatory workflows. The position is hybrid with up to 10% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, business, science, engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in project or program management.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing complex programs.
• Familiarity with digital product development, scientific workflows, or regulatory processes.
• Experience with project management tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, Planner, Asana, Jira).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Digital Standards portfolio roadmap across product, scientific, policy, marketing, and communications.
• Lead cross-functional program planning: objectives, milestones, dependencies, and staffing.
• Track progress of all Digital Standards initiatives and deliverables.
• Establish governance structures: meetings, logs, and risk escalation.
• Create dashboards, portfolio reports, and KPIs for leadership.
• Monitor budgets, monthly actuals, and forecast spending.
• Identify cross-team risks and propose mitigations to leadership.
• Maintain charters, schedules, risk registers, budget trackers, and comms plans.
• Support annual and quarterly planning aligning with Digital Standards strategy.
• Facilitate cross-team communication for transparency and execution.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Budget tracking

Stakeholder management

Communication

Ambiguity management

Education

Bachelor's degree in project management, business, science, engineering, or related field

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Planner

Asana

Jira

Job description

USP is seeking a Program Manager – Digital Standards to oversee cross-functional planning and delivery across the Digital Standards product and policy ecosystem. The role maintains the master plan, tracks timelines and budgets, and flags risks to leadership.

It supports digital standards initiatives in reference standards, software, analytics, and regulatory workflows. The position is hybrid with up to 10% travel.