Digital Standards Program Manager – Hybrid

USP; 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, execution, and delivery across the Digital Standards product and policy ecosystem. This role maintains the master plan, tracks timelines, budgets, and risks while coordinating multiple workstreams from product to regulatory policy.

The successful candidate will drive governance, dashboards, and KPIs for leadership, and collaborate with internal teams to advance digitalization of analytical development and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, business, science, engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in project or program management, preferably within scientific, digital, regulatory, or healthcare environments.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing complex, multi-stream programs.
• Demonstrated ability to track budgets, manage timelines, and report portfolio status at an executive level.
• Familiarity with digital product development, scientific workflows, or regulatory processes.
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Planner, Asana, Jira).
• Ability to manage ambiguity and drive alignment in complex, evolving environments.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, scientific, healthcare, nonprofit, or regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Digital Standards portfolio roadmap, ensuring alignment across product, scientific, policy, marketing, and communications workstreams.
• Lead cross-functional program planning activities, coordinating objectives, milestones, dependencies, and resourcing needs.
• Track progress of all Digital Standards initiatives, including product development, policy work, pilots, marketing campaigns, and scientific deliverables.
• Establish and manage project governance structures, including meeting cadences, decision logs, and issue/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.
• Success will be measured by on-time delivery of program milestones, improved coordination and transparency across workstreams, effective budget oversight, and the ability to anticipate and resolve risks before they impact strategic execution.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Budget tracking

Communication

Regulatory knowledge

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, execution, and delivery across the Digital Standards product and policy ecosystem. This role maintains the master plan, tracks timelines, budgets, and risks while coordinating multiple workstreams from product to regulatory policy.

The successful candidate will drive governance, dashboards, and KPIs for leadership, and collaborate with internal teams to advance digitalization of analytical development and