Enterprise Program Manager

Huntington National Bank; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington National Bank seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead complex technology and business programs from planning through delivery. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage scope, budget, and risks, and ensure readiness for launch and organizational change.

Strong communication with executives is essential. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree and 7+ years in program or project management, with experience in regulated environments or banking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 7+ years of program/project management experience.
• Experience in banking or regulated environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and governance for complex programs.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, milestones, risks, and delivery readiness.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, product, data, and operations.
• Facilitate governance routines, stakeholder alignment, and escalation management.
• Prepare and communicate program status, risks, and decisions for leadership.
• Support business readiness, change management, and launch readiness activities.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Project

MS Excel

Job description

Summary

The Program Manager leads complex technology and business programs from planning through delivery, partnering across business, technology, product, and leadership teams to manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, governance, and business readiness. This role drives clear execution, stakeholder alignment, executive communication, and successful program outcomes.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and governance for complex technology and business programs, ensuring delivery commitments are met.
• Manage program scope, schedule, budget, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery readiness.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, product, data, reporting, change management, and operations.
• Facilitate governance routines, stakeholder alignment, decision-making, and escalation management.
• Prepare and communicate program status, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions needed for leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Support business readiness, change management, launch planning, and operational transition activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of program/project management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in banking, financial services, or a highly regulated environment.
• Experience leading and coordinating large, complex, cross-functional information technology programs and projects.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle methodologies, including Waterfall, Iterative, Agile/Scrum, release management, QA, UAT, and project management processes and standards.
• Experience maintaining integrated program roadmaps, project schedules, milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, and delivery plans using portfolio/project management tools, MS Excel, or MS Project.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-level status reporting and clearly communicate program risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions needed.
• Highly motivated with strong organizational, analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and effectively prioritize competing deliverables.
• Ability to provide strong program and project leadership during periods of uncertainty, ambiguity, and change.
• High level of professionalism and confidence, with the ability to build credibility and effective working relationships with leadership, team members, vendors, and business partners.
• Experience supporting business readiness, change management, training, communications, launch readiness, and operational transition activities.
• Experience utilizing AI prompts or AI-enabled tools to organize, develop, summarize, or communicate program management deliverables.

Exempt Status

Yes = not eligible for overtime pay; No = eligible for overtime pay.

Yes

Workplace Type

Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type

Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We’re combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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