Director, Tech Program Execution & Excellence

1US01 Alight Solutions LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Alight Solutions is seeking a Director to build and lead the Technology organization’s program and project execution capability. This leader ensures technology-enabled work is staffed, governed, and delivered with a consistent lifecycle and clear accountability across Product, Technology and Delivery teams.

You will develop and deploy managers across PgM, TPM and PM roles, establish planning standards, risk management and escalation practices, and drive continual improvement of execution across

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in program/project management and technology delivery.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional technology programs.
• Knowledge of program/project governance, planning, financial management and risk/dependency management.
• Experience establishing or improving SDLC/lifecycle, PMO or execution-management standards across a large Technology organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the integrated execution of technology-enabled programs, projects and initiatives.
• Ensure end-to-end execution leadership across Product, Technology and Delivery teams.
• Set expectations for integrated plans, critical paths, milestones, dependencies, RAID, decisions, budgets/forecasts, governance and outcome accountability.
• Intervene on off-track work and elevate systemic constraints that jeopardize commitments.
• Maintain clear distinctions between Product, Engineering and execution-management accountabilities.

Skills

Program Management

Technical Program Management

Project Management

People Leadership

Governance

Planning & Estimation

Risk/Dependency Management

Budgeting

Execution Management

SDLC/Lifecycle

PMO Standards

Job description

Alight Solutions is seeking a Director to build and lead the Technology organization’s program and project execution capability. This leader ensures technology-enabled work is staffed, governed, and delivered with a consistent lifecycle and clear accountability across Product, Technology and Delivery teams.

You will develop and deploy managers across PgM, TPM and PM roles, establish planning standards, risk management and escalation practices, and drive continual improvement of execution across