Digital Standards Program Lead — Portfolio Delivery

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP); Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is seeking a Program Manager – Digital Standards to oversee cross-functional planning, execution, and delivery across the Digital Standards portfolio.

You will maintain the master plan, track timelines, budgets, and risks, and report status to senior leadership. Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in program management within scientific or regulated environments, with strong communication skills and experience with PM tools such as MS

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, business, science, engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in project or program management.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing multi-stream programs.
• Experience tracking budgets, timelines, and reporting portfolio status to executives.
• Familiarity with digital product development, scientific workflows, or regulatory processes.
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Digital Standards portfolio roadmap.
• Lead cross-functional program planning activities across multiple workstreams.
• Track progress of all Digital Standards initiatives including product development, policy work, pilots, marketing campaigns, and scientific deliverables.
• Establish and manage governance structures, including meeting cadences, decision logs, and risk escalation pathways.
• Develop integrated dashboards, portfolio reports, and KPIs for leadership visibility.
• Monitor budget allocations, track monthly actuals, and forecast future spending across program areas.
• Identify cross-team risks, bottlenecks, and resourcing gaps; surface mitigation recommendations to leadership.
• Maintain documentation including charters, schedules, risk registers, budget trackers, and communication plans.
• Support annual and quarterly planning activities, ensuring alignment with Digital Standards strategy and USP priorities.
• Facilitate cross-team communication to maintain transparency and ensure coordinated execution across all workstreams.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Budget tracking

Dashboard reporting

Communication skills

PM tools

Education

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

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Planner

Asana

Jira

Job description

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is seeking a Program Manager – Digital Standards to oversee cross-functional planning, execution, and delivery across the Digital Standards portfolio.

You will maintain the master plan, track timelines, budgets, and risks, and report status to senior leadership. Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in program management within scientific or regulated environments, with strong communication skills and experience with PM tools such as MS