Manager, Program Management

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Project/Program Manager to lead cross-functional delivery across business, technology, and client governance. You will navigate ambiguity, build integrated plans, and guide senior stakeholders through decisions.

You will manage risks, dependencies, and change activities; frame options and deliver executive-level reporting on status, readiness, and performance. Five+ years of leading complex programs and PMP/Agile certifications are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Five or more years of experience leading complex, cross-functional projects or programs.
• Ability to translate business objectives into integrated plans, governance, milestones, dependencies, decision points, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong command of project risk, issue, dependency, scope, resource, and change control practices.
• Ability to diagnose, simplify, and structure problems and solutions while maintaining command of the details.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level status reporting, decision framing, and facilitation.
• Proficiency with common project planning, collaboration, reporting, and presentation tools.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities, ownership, colleague support, and commitment to quality.
• PMP, Agile, Scrum, Prosci, or comparable project and change management certification or training.
• Experience with organizational change management, implementation readiness, adoption planning, and transition to business-as-usual operations.
• Experience working across global teams, with clients, third-party vendors, or in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional execution across GSMS
• Operate effectively through ambiguity in evolving environments
• Establish appropriate project roles, governance, processes, and tools
• Lead project governance and stakeholder engagement
• Facilitate project meetings, communicate progress and risks, document decisions, and track actions
• Build and maintain integrated plans covering business, technology, vendor, data, operational, client, and change activities
• Manage delivery risks, issues, dependencies, and roadblocks
• Frame options, impacts, tradeoffs, and recommendations to enable timely decisions
• Develop executive-level reporting on initiative status, goals, risks, dependencies, decisions, readiness, and performance measures
• Drive change readiness, communications, adoption, implementation, handoff, and closeout
• Guide and coach junior team members without formal people-management responsibility

Skills

Project Planning

Governance

Risk Management

Dependency Management

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Decision Framing

Problem Diagnosis

Implementation Readiness

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Project Planning Tools

Collaboration Tools

Reporting Tools

Presentation Tools

Job description

• Lead cross-functional execution across GSMS
• Operate effectively through ambiguity in evolving environments
• Establish appropriate project roles, governance, processes, and tools
• Lead project governance and stakeholder engagement
• Facilitate project meetings, communicate progress and risks, document decisions, and track actions
• Build and maintain integrated plans covering business, technology, vendor, data, operational, client, and change activities
• Manage delivery risks, issues, dependencies, and roadblocks
• Frame options, impacts, tradeoffs, and recommendations to enable timely decisions
• Develop executive-level reporting on initiative status, goals, risks, dependencies, decisions, readiness, and performance measures
• Drive change readiness, communications, adoption, implementation, handoff, and closeout
• Guide and coach junior team members without formal people-management responsibility

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• Five or more years of experience leading complex, cross-functional projects or programs from initiation through implementation and transition
• Ability to translate business objectives into integrated plans, governance, milestones, dependencies, decision points, and measurable outcomes
• Strong command of project risk, issue, dependency, scope, resource, and change control practices
• Ability to diagnose, simplify, and structure problems and solutions while maintaining command of the details
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level status reporting, decision framing, and facilitation
• Proficiency with common project planning, collaboration, reporting, and presentation tools
• Demonstrated leadership qualities, ownership, colleague support, and commitment to quality
• PMP, Agile, Scrum, Prosci, or comparable project and change management certification or training
• Experience with organizational change management, implementation readiness, adoption planning, and transition to business-as-usual operations
• Experience working across global teams, with clients, third-party vendors, or in complex environments

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading complex, cross-functional projects with a focus on governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. Proficient in developing integrated plans and executive-level reporting to drive change readiness and successful project outcomes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Change Management
• Executive-Level Communication

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Project Planning
• Governance
• Risk Control
• Dependency Management
• Scope Management
• Resource Management
• Change Control
• Decision Framing
• Problem Diagnosis
• Implementation Readiness

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Facilitation
• Colleague Support
• Commitment to Quality

Certifications & Qualifications

• PMP
• Agile
• Scrum
• Prosci

Industry Keywords

• Cross-Functional Projects
• Global Teams
• Organizational Change Management
• Business-as-Usual Operations

Tools & Technologies

• Project Planning Tools
• Collaboration Tools
• Reporting Tools
• Presentation Tools