Director, Program Management

ADP, Inc.; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life Insurance

Retirement match

Wellness program

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Job summary

ADP, Inc. is seeking a Director of Program Management to lead a portfolio within the Global Finance/Quote-to-Cash organization. You will drive complex, multi-BU programs, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while building strong relationships with Finance, BUs, and stakeholders.

You will shape transformation priorities, develop roadmaps, monitor risks, and guide your team to grow and meet future needs in a values-driven environment.

Qualifications

• You have at least 10 years of demonstrable project experience with 5+ years in enterprise-level cross-functional programs.
• Fortune 500 or similarly complex enterprise environment experience.
• Director-level people leadership experience.
• Ability to identify and mitigate risks to meet objectives.
• Experience leading 10+ associates across multiple functions in a multinational company.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and drive program outcomes.
• 3+ years in Quote-to-Cash functions (QTC).
• Strong collaboration with commercial stakeholders (sales, marketing, legal).
• Experience using data/metrics to drive decision making in Finance/QTC.
• Proven KPI definition, measurement, and reporting experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and change management.
• Ability to secure resources and govern projects with cross-functional teams.
• Experience using Smartsheet or similar PM tool.
• Knowledge of AI/ML applications to improve processes is a plus.
• Current PMP certification is required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Drives program management disciplines across scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and change.
• Documents and signs off on project charters with goals, dependencies, KPIs, and milestones.
• Plans and executes projects with WBS, requirements, design, testing, and risk mitigation.
• Establishes and publishes comprehensive reporting on project progress.
• Structures programs, resources, and cross-functional collaboration including external parties.
• Obtains approvals for scope changes and resolves resource conflicts.
• Directs the project team, sets priorities, and reviews performance against milestones and KPIs.
• Leads quarterly performance pulses and focal reviews for the team.
• Ensures cross-functional written and verbal communications on tasks and escalations.
• Acts as a primary contact for the program leader.
• Ensures PMO methodology, processes, and tools are consistently used.
• Determines success criteria and KPI governance for the program.
• Manages the overall program budget and coordinates incremental funding if needed.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Data-driven decision making

PMO governance

Team development

Strategic thinking

PMP certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or equivalent

PMP certification

Tools

Smartsheet or similar

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

ADP is hiring a Director, Program Management.

• Do you have Program Management experience, including leading large, highly complex, cross-functional programs, driving change, and propelling teams to success?
• Are you looking to join a dynamic, inclusive team environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging?

Well, this may be the role for you.

As Director, Program Management, you will be responsible for managing a program/portfolio of projects and a project team within our Global Finance/Quote-to-Cash organization, including planning and controlling the activities of complex business projects spanning multiple BUs and functions, while ensuring that project deliverables are provided on time, within budget, and achieve all objectives set out in project charters.

In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining productive working relationships between all stakeholders – Finance/Quote-to-Cash functions, Business Units, and other functions outside of Finance, and at all levels – project team, leadership, and executive. You will be a strong communicator and change leader and effectively develop your team to drive change.

As part of the QTC Transformation leadership team, you will contribute to the setting of transformation priorities and the building out of a transformation roadmap, which is focused on driving value for ADP. You will also ensure accurate reporting on the progress or issues/risks associated with your program, as well as efforts to mitigate them. As a result, you will be responsible for monitoring the performance of your team and ensuring they are developed to meet future needs and their own career aspirations.

We strive for all actions to be informed by our Values-Driven Leadership Model, including Executing Every Day, Building Trust & Belonging, Growing Our People, Acting Decisively, Championing Change, and Fostering Collaboration.

Learn more about ADP at jobs.adp.com

What you’ll do:

Here’s what you can expect on a typical day:

• Drives Program Management disciplines in the following areas: Scope Management, Schedule Management, Cost Management, Issue Management, Risk Management, Quality Management, and Communication/Change Management.
• Ensures the documentation and sign-off of project charters laying out: the problem statements/opportunities, objectives, dependencies, resource needs, KPIs, and high-level milestones of projects
• Ensures the effective planning and execution of projects through the development of Work Breakdown Structures, and the documentation/sign-off of business/functional/analytic requirements, technical design, and test plans, and the monitoring of issues/risks and their mitigation through a Risk Register, as well as ad hoc activities through a Rolling Action Item Log
• You will ensure we establish, manage, and publish comprehensive reporting on the progress of our projects through our portfolio/project and transformation management applications
• You will ensure you effectively structure your program and projects, and ensure effective resourcing – be that your own team or project teams, including liaising with other functions and third parties as necessary
• The Program Manager is ultimately responsible for ensuring we obtain approvals on program or project scope changes, escalating critical path issues, and resolving team resource conflicts
• You ensure active engagement and direct the project team; set goals, objectives, and priorities; assign and review project tasks and performance on a regular basis, benchmark against key milestones and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Lead the assessment of quarterly performance pulses, input to others, and lead your team’s annual focal point review
• You establish comprehensive cross-functional written and verbal communications evaluating program/project tasks, milestones, dependencies, issues, and escalations.
• Act as a primary contact for the program leader
• Ensure that the methodology, processes, and tools are consistently used as dictated through the Program Management Office (PMO)
• Responsible for determining success criteria (KPIs) of projects within your program/portfolio.
• Managing the overall program budget.
• Coordinate requests for incremental funding if deemed necessary.

Experience.

You have at least 10 years of demonstrable project experience and associated skills gained and developed in the same or a similar role, with at least 5 years of enterprise-level experience managing medium to large, cross-functional, and/or multi-year projects.

TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:

• Program management expertise, including demonstrated success in leading programs involving multiple concurrent projects, with high complexity and multiple dependencies, in a matrixed organization
• Demonstrated experience executing strategy and organizational change, including leading transformation initiatives from within a Fortune 500 or similarly complex enterprise environment with ownership of business outcomes and driving stakeholder adoption
• Director-level people leadership experience
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate project risks to successfully meet project objectives.
• Experience in managing project teams of 10+ associates across multiple functions in a multi-national company
• Excellent organizational and time management skills for managing multiple, diverse, and conflicting projects/teams
• 3+ years’ experience in one or more Quote-to-Cash functions – Quote-to-Order, Contracting, Order Management, Billing, Accounts Receivable
• Functional experience engaging with commercial stakeholders, for example, sales, marketing, and legal
• Understanding of data and how it flows through applications, and experience working with developers and testers.
• Experience leveraging data, metrics, and analytics to support Finance and Quote-to-Cash processes, inform decision-making, and drive operational improvements
• Experience defining, measuring, and reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate program effectiveness, operational performance, and business outcomes
• Strong team partnership and ability to delegate responsibility to all levels of the project team and hold the team accountable for deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to manage across formal organizational lines
• Experience establishing and leading project governance, including steering committees, executive status reviews, project team meetings, risk and issue management, and stakeholder decision-making forums.
• Experience presenting to all levels of the organization, including senior leaders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including change management skills, and experience leading communication with stakeholders and team members
• Experience collaborating with multiple functions/organizations to identify and negotiate required resources
• Experience managing projects or programs in a project management tool, including Smartsheet or similar
• Experience leveraging AI, machine learning, agentic AI, or other emerging technologies to improve business processes, productivity, decision-making, and operational outcomes
• Current PMP (Project Management Professional) certification required
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• You will have a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or equivalent.

For additional comfortability in the role:

• Experience in Order Management and Billing functions within a Quote-to-Cash environment
• Agile experience
• Six Sigma

YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN:

• Have courageous team collaboration. Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be owners, and challenge one another's ideas to find the best solution.
• Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We're obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
• Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.
• Act like an owner & doer. Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands-on and willing to master our craft.
• Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through ADP's Philanthropic Foundation.
• Join a company committed to equality and equity. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.

Find out why people come to ADP and why they stay: https://youtu.be/ODb8lxBrxrY

(ADA version: https://youtu.be/IQjUCA8SOoA )

Base salary offers for this position may vary based on factors such as location, skills, and relevant experience. Some positions may include additional compensation in the form of bonus, equity or commissions. We offer the following benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Matched Retirement Savings, Wellness Program, Short-and Long-Term Disability, Charitable Contribution Match, Holidays, Personal Days & Vacation, Paid Volunteer Time Off, and more. The compensation for this role is $0.00 - $0.00 / Year*
*Actual compensation will not be less than the applicable minimum wage or minimum exempt salary requirement under federal, state and local laws.

A little about ADP:

We are a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions that unite HR, payroll, talent, time, tax and benefits administration and a leader in business outsourcing services, analytics, and compliance expertise. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating a down-to-earth culture that embraces our core values, welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging. We've received recognition for our work by many esteemed organizations, learn more at https://youtu.be/ODb8lxBrxrY.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at ADP:

ADP is committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace, and is further committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic including: race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, protected veteran status or disability. Hiring decisions are based upon ADP’s operating needs, and applicant merit including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, ability, availability, cooperation, and job performance.

Ethics at ADP:

ADP has a long, proud history of conducting business with the highest ethical standards and full compliance with all applicable laws. We also expect our people to uphold our values with the highest level of integrity and behave in a manner that fosters an honest and respectful workplace. Click https://jobs.adp.com/life-at-adp/ to learn more about ADP’s culture and our full set of values.