Program Manager leading a global, multi-workstream consolidation of external websites onto a common CMS platform

S I Systems; United States; Remote; CAD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

S.I. Systems Ltd. seeks a Program Manager to lead a global, multi-workstream consolidation of 75–100 external websites onto a common CMS platform.

You will oversee content, design and build, technical integration, testing, and launch across Marketing, IT and regional teams from Canada, the US, Australia and South America. The role requires 7+ years of program management experience, flat budgets, and coordinating with external agencies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program management leading multi-workstream digital transformation programs.
• Led at least one website consolidation or CMS migration across 20+ sites in multiple countries (CMS options listed).
• Delivered multi-wave website launches with content migration, UAT, cutover and go-live.
• Managed digital agencies and technology vendors against SOWs, schedule and budget, from the client side.
• Led global programs across Marketing, business and IT with steering committee reporting and RAID management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the website consolidation program end to end, owning the integrated plan, milestones, dependencies, budget, risks and decisions across all workstreams.
• Set up and run the workstreams (content, design and build, technical integration, testing and launch), holding workstream leads and the agency accountable for delivery.
• Build the site migration roadmap and wave plan, sequencing sites by business priority, complexity and readiness.
• Align Marketing, regional business teams and IT on priorities, and resolve competing demands across regions.
• Manage the digital agency and other vendors on deliverables, timelines, SOW commitments, budget and quality.
• Set readiness criteria for each wave and confirm content, technical, security and accessibility requirements are met before launch.
• Run program governance, including decision forums, steering committee updates, RAID and change control.
• Report progress, financials, risks and decisions to executives.
• Transition the consolidated platform into an ongoing operating and governance model.

Skills

Program management

Multi-workstream leadership

Website consolidation

Website launch delivery

Vendor management

Global program leadership

Tools

Sanity

Contentful

Contentstack

Adobe Experience Manager

Sitecore

Optimizely

Drupal

Job description

Program Manager leading a global, multi-workstream consolidation of external websites onto a common CMS platform

Job Type: Contract

Positions to fill: 1

Start Date: Jan 01, 2027

Job End Date: Mar 03, 2028

Pay Rate: Hourly: Negotiable

Job ID: 156072

Our client is seeking a Program Manager leading a global, multi-workstream consolidation of external websites onto a common CMS platform

Ourclient is seeking a Program Manager to lead a global digital transformation program, consolidating 75–100 external, customer-facing websites across Canada, the US, Australia and South America onto a common content management platform. You'll run multiple workstreams (content, design and build, technical integration, testing and launch) across Marketing, regional business teams, IT and a digital agency, keeping them aligned and on track through each migration wave. This is a program leadership role: workstream leads and the agency own the detailed work.

Duration: Starting part-time January and February then full time in March 2027 - end March 2028 with possibility of extension

Working model: Remote with some early mornings to accommodate global teams

Must-haves

• 7+ years of program management or senior project management, including leading multi-workstream digital transformation programs.
• Led at least one website consolidation, website replatform or CMS migration of external, customer-facing websites across 20+ sites in multiple countries (e.g. Sanity, Contentful, Contentstack, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Sitecore, Optimizely, Drupal). Intranet and SharePoint projects don't count toward this.
• Delivered multi-wave website launches, overseeing content migration, UAT, cutover, go-live and hypercare.
• Managed digital agencies and technology vendors against SOWs, schedule and budget, from the client side.
• Led global programs across Marketing, business and IT, including steering committee reporting, RAID management and change control.

Nice-to-haves

• Sanity (strongly preferred) or another headless CMS (e.g. Contentful, Contentstack, Storyblok).
• Understanding of merging Multilingual websites (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese), including localization.
• Working knowledge of SEO, web analytics (e.g. Google Analytics 4, Adobe Analytics), accessibility (e.g. WCAG, AODA) and consent management (e.g. OneTrust).
• Hosting and infrastructure coordination (e.g. CDN, DNS, Akamai, Cloudflare).
• Setting up post-launch web governance and an operating model for ongoing site ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the website consolidation program end to end, owning the integrated plan, milestones, dependencies, budget, risks and decisions across all workstreams.
• Set up and run the workstreams (content, design and build, technical integration, testing and launch), holding workstream leads and the agency accountable for delivery.
• Build the site migration roadmap and wave plan, sequencing sites by business priority, complexity and readiness.
• Align Marketing, regional business teams and IT on priorities, and resolve competing demands across regions.
• Manage the digital agency and other vendors on deliverables, timelines, SOW commitments, budget and quality.
• Set readiness criteria for each wave and confirm content, technical, security and accessibility requirements are met before launch.
• Run program governance, including decision forums, steering committee updates, RAID and change control.
• Report progress, financials, risks and decisions to executives.
• Transition the consolidated platform into an ongoing operating and governance model.

Our client is seeking a Program Manager leading a global, multi-workstream consolidation of external websites onto a common CMS platform

Ourclient is seeking a Program Manager to lead a global digital transformation program, consolidating 75–100 external, customer-facing websites across Canada, the US, Australia and South America onto a common content management platform. You'll run multiple workstreams (content, design and build, technical integration, testing and launch) across Marketing, regional business teams, IT and a digital agency, keeping them aligned and on track through each migration wave. This is a program leadership role: workstream leads and the agency own the detailed work.

Duration: Starting part-time January and February then full time in March 2027 - end March 2028 with possibility of extension

Working model: Remote with some early mornings to accommodate global teams

Must-haves

• 7+ years of program management or senior project management, including leading multi-workstream digital transformation programs.
• Led at least one website consolidation, website replatform or CMS migration of external, customer-facing websites across 20+ sites in multiple countries (e.g. Sanity, Contentful, Contentstack, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Sitecore, Optimizely, Drupal). Intranet and SharePoint projects don't count toward this.
• Delivered multi-wave website launches, overseeing content migration, UAT, cutover, go-live and hypercare.
• Managed digital agencies and technology vendors against SOWs, schedule and budget, from the client side.
• Led global programs across Marketing, business and IT, including steering committee reporting, RAID management and change control.

Nice-to-haves

• Sanity (strongly preferred) or another headless CMS (e.g. Contentful, Contentstack, Storyblok).
• Understanding of merging Multilingual websites (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese), including localization.
• Working knowledge of SEO, web analytics (e.g. Google Analytics 4, Adobe Analytics), accessibility (e.g. WCAG, AODA) and consent management (e.g. OneTrust).
• Hosting and infrastructure coordination (e.g. CDN, DNS, Akamai, Cloudflare).
• Setting up post-launch web governance and an operating model for ongoing site ownership.
• PMP or PgMP certification.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the website consolidation program end to end, owning the integrated plan, milestones, dependencies, budget, risks and decisions across all workstreams.
• Set up and run the workstreams (content, design and build, technical integration, testing and launch), holding workstream leads and the agency accountable for delivery.
• Build the site migration roadmap and wave plan, sequencing sites by business priority, complexity and readiness.
• Align Marketing, regional business teams and IT on priorities, and resolve competing demands across regions.
• Manage the digital agency and other vendors on deliverables, timelines, SOW commitments, budget and quality.
• Set readiness criteria for each wave and confirm content, technical, security and accessibility requirements are met before launch.
• Run program governance, including decision forums, steering committee updates, RAID and change control.
• Report progress, financials, risks and decisions to executives.
• Transition the consolidated platform into an ongoing operating and governance model.

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