Program Manager

Motion Recruitment; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 68,880 - 85,411; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Program Manager for a 6-month contract role in Mountain View, CA. This position involves overseeing budgeting, financial analysis, and vendor management initiatives. Candidates should have 5+ years in program management, advanced Excel skills, and experience with visualization tools like Tableau and Power BI. This role offers an exciting opportunity to drive strategic initiatives in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Strategic Program Management, Financial Program Management, and/or Financial Analysis.
• Advanced analytical proficiency in Excel/ Google Sheets.
• Experience with vendor management and governance management.

Responsibilities

• Monitor program budgets, analyze cost variances, support budget planning.
• Design dashboards for weekly, monthly, and quarterly headcount metrics.
• Establish process improvements to refine headcount tracking procedures.

Skills

Strategic Program Management

Financial Program Management

Financial Analysis

Advanced analytical proficiency in Excel

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Jira

Smartsheet

Google Sheets

Job description

This range is provided by Motion Recruitment. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$50.00/hr - $62.00/hr

Our client, a leader in financial services industry, is looking to hire a Program Manager. This role will be onsite 2x per week in Mountain View, CA.

*This job is a 6-month W2 contract role with paid holidays!*

As a Program Manager, you will oversee tracking, reporting, and financial/data analysis to support improvements and implementations across vendor management and governance programs. Ideal candidates have demonstrated experience applying their analytical background to drive strategic program initiatives within a matrixed organization.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Monitor program budgets, analyze cost variances, support budget planning, and develop cost allocation methodologies
• Design comprehensive dashboards for weekly, monthly, and quarterly headcount metrics and trends, identifying opportunities & inefficiencies
• Establish process improvements to refine headcount tracking procedures, collaborating with teams in HR, Finance, and Operations to streamline data collections and reporting

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Strategic Program Management, Financial Program Management, and/or Financial Analysis
• Advanced analytical proficiency in Excel/ Google Sheets
• Experience with 6-step category sourcing and vendor management, with functional knowledge of third-party sourcing and governance management

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience with visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Power BI, or similar
• Familiarity with Coupa
• Experience with financial modeling and budgeting processes
• Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Jira and/or Monday.com
• Prior experience in FinTech, Tech or SaaS industries highly valued!

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre‑employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Project Management, Finance, and Analyst

Industries

Technology, Information and Media, Financial Services, and Data Infrastructure and Analytics