Program Execution and Project Management

Sage; Oklahoma City (OK); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries (top 5%)

Health, dental & vision coverage

401(k) retirement match

32 days paid time off

18 weeks parental leave

Volunteer days

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness rewards program

Career development resources

Job summary

Sage is seeking a Project Execution and Project Management professional to drive strategic cross-functional programs within the Sales and Success Digital Enablement team. You will create and maintain project plans, RACIs, stakeholder maps, and success metrics across global initiatives.

You will collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, IT, Marketing, and Support to deliver programs on time and with tangible business impact, emphasizing governance, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 7 years' experience in business program management, project management or business operations.
• Proven ability to collaborate across groups to drive clarity and rhythm of business.
• Strong change-management mindset and business acumen to ramp quickly.
• Ability to manage matrixed organization complexity and drive outcomes.
• Experience steering multi-stakeholder planning processes and cross-team programs.
• Ability to simplify complex ideas for leadership and communications.
• Strong verbal and written communications across distributed audiences.
• Experience in a commercial organization with partner and customer-facing employees.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of global strategic initiatives and programs across Sales and Success Digital Enablement.
• Develop and implement project plans, timelines, RACIs, stakeholder maps, and communication strategies.
• Foster partnerships with Sales, Customer Success, IT, Marketing, and Customer Support.
• Drive projects using ROB, governance, change impact assessment, and execution model.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Resolve issues and pursue continuous improvement and lessons learned.
• Establish performance indicators and report program status to executives.
• Advise team on processes, policies, and reporting requirements.

Skills

Program management experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Matrixed organization

Stakeholder planning

Clear communication

Commercial experience

Job description

We are searching for a Project Execution and Project Management professional at Sage! You will manage strategic cross-functional projects and large programs within the Sales and Success Digital Enablement team. The role is responsible for driving strategic initiatives in support of go-to-market, regional and functional teams in support of large scale impact for the business (examples: leading trading initiatives like Multi-Year Contracts, GMO transformation work and supporting sales and success blueprint work from the rest of the RTR team). In addition, this role will be driving operational process and efficiencies, change impact assessments as well as creating and implementing accurate project plans, communication plans, RACIs, Stakeholder maps and develop success metrics.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of global strategic initiatives and programs, ensuring alignment with sales and success digital enablement team, RTR, regions, function and in alignment with the broader impact on Sage.
• Develop and implement comprehensive project and program plans, timelines, RACIs, stakeholder maps, communication strategies and other supporting that are in support of the corporate and departmental objectives Provide project administration and process support to a team of project managers.
• Foster strong partnerships with cross-functional teams including Sales, Customer Success, IT, Marketing, and Customer Support.
• Drive projects forward in a consistent, aligned approach around an established ROB, governance, change impact assessment and project/program execution model.
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
• Resolve issues proactively and maintain a focus on continuous improvement and lessons learned.
• Establish performance indicators and success metrics to evaluate program effectiveness.
• Prepare and deliver detailed reports on program status, outcomes, and business impact to executive leadership. Assist and advise team members on processes, policies, procedures and reporting requirements

Qualifications

• 7 years' experience in business program management, project management or business operations
• A track record of effectively collaborating across groups, to drive clarity and effectiveness in rhythm of business
• Proactiveness and a strong positive outlook and approach to change management along with a strong business acumen to ramp quickly across our diverse business and offerings
• Ability to manage matrixed organization complexity while driving clarity and outcomes
• Proven effectiveness driving complex multi-stakeholder planning processes, driving cross-team programs to desired results
• Ability to simplify complex ideas into easy-to-understand concepts for leadership and through communications.
• Demonstrated strong capability in verbal and written communications skills across a geographically dispersed audience.
• Strong understanding and experience working in a commercial organization with partner and customer-facing employees and the ability to translate that experience into strategic insight

Perks? We have plenty.

• Competitive salaries that landed us top 5% of similar sized companies (according to Comparably)
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement match (100% matching up to 4%)
• 32 days paid time off (21 personal days, 10 national holidays, 1 floating holiday)
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for birth, adoption or surrogacy offered 1 year after start date
• 5 days paid yearly to volunteer (through Sage Foundation)
• $5,250 tuition reimbursement per calendar year starting 6 months after hire date
• Sage Wellness Rewards Program ($600 wellness credit and $360 fitness reimbursement annually)
• Library of on demand career development options and ongoing training offerings

Dig deeper about who we are:

• Who is Sage: https://www.sage.com/en-us/company/about-sage/
• Life at Sage: https://www.sage.com/en-us/company/careers/
• Our Values & Behaviors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vt5JXf-Gwno&feature=youtu.be
• How we make a difference: https://www.sage.com/en-us/company/sage-foundation/
• Sage Business Cloud - SaaS for Every Business: https://www.sage.com/en-us/products/

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Hybrid

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