Program Manager, Strategic Delivery (PEP)

Versant Media, LLC; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Versant Media, LLC, through its Strategic Technology Delivery team, seeks a Program Manager to run large initiatives across Operations & Technology. You will own charters, schedules, budgets, and stakeholder communications to ensure timely delivery and value realization.

The role requires translating business needs into actionable plans, leading executive meetings, and building strong cross-functional partnerships in a fast-paced media environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years equivalent experience in Project/Program Management, Product Management, Business Administration or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of technology end-to-end Program / Project Management experience through design, development, testing, launch, and post-launch support.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into project deliverables and outcomes.
• Experience leading executive level meetings and providing executive reporting.
• Experience building complex program plans and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to peers and executives.
• Proactive, ownership mindset with strong teamwork and stakeholder partnering.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 tools and Program Management software (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA).

Responsibilities

• Create and manage project charters, schedules, resource plans, and budgets.
• Participate in program intake, prioritize discussions, and collect high-level requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, document requirements and dependencies, kick-off projects.
• Execute multiple programs and ensure objectives are met according to plan.
• Manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and changes by optimizing scope and resources.
• Provide program-level status updates and reporting to sponsors and stakeholders.
• Build partnerships to mobilize teams and influence across leaders and suppliers.
• Follow standards, best practices, processes, and documentation for the PM team.

Skills

Program management

Executive reporting

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Time management

Ownership and teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 4 years equivalent experience in PM or related field

Tools

Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

MS Project

Smartsheet

JIRA

Job description

Company Description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

Company Description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

Job Description

Versant’s Strategic Technology Delivery team provides Program Management services across large initiatives within Operations & Technology organization. The team is seeking a Program Manager that will be instrumental in managing key Operations & Technology programs. The key responsibilities for the role include, but not limited to:

• Create and manage individual project charters, schedules, resource plans, and budgets.


• Participate in and facilitate program intake, facilitate program prioritization discussions, and collect high-level requirements.


• Continually collaborate with stakeholders, document requirements/scope and dependencies, and host project kick-offs.


• Execute multiple simultaneous programs across the team and ensure objectives and deliverables are accomplished according to plan.


• Manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and changes effectively by optimizing scope, schedule, and resources accordingly


• Provide program-level status updates and reporting to sponsor and stakeholders, and facilitate regular program status meetings (including agendas, presentations, minutes, action items and follow-up)


• Build strong partnerships to mobilize program/project team members and influence across a range of leaders, internal teams, and external suppliers.


• Follow and contribute to standards, best practices, processes, and documentation for the Program Management team

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years equivalent experience in Project/Program Management, Product Management, Business Administration or a related field.


• Minimum 2 years of technology end-to-end Program / Project Management experience through design, development, testing, launch, and post-launch support.


• Demonstrated ability to rapidly understand business context, organizational priorities, and business processes to effectively gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into project deliverables and outcomes.


• Skilled at asking insightful questions, identifying underlying business needs, and translating complex business requirements into actionable project plans and solutions that deliver business value.


• Experience leading executive level meetings and providing executive reporting.


• Experience building complex program plans.


• Excellent interpersonal demeanor and executive presence.


• Detail-orientated with excellent time management and organizational skills.


• Excellent written and verbal communication to peers and executives.


• Thorough note taking abilities with follow-ups and key next steps


• Problem-solving skills while working well under pressure and ability and desire to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment.


• Proactive, strong sense of ownership with demonstrated teamwork capabilities.


• Ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders and team members.


• Strong business partnering and cross-functional leadership skills.


• Ability to drive results and hold teams all teams accountable.


• Experience with Microsoft & Program Management tools - Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, MS Project, Smartsheet.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience leading programs within the Media space


• Experience developing and maintaining large scale budgets


• Experience managing global projects teams with competing priorities, diverse business objectives, and time zones constraints


• Ability to collect information from multiple sources, document concepts using data + visualizations, and present complex topics to both technical and non-technical audiences


• Experience with Microsoft 365


• Experience with JIRA, PPT, Smartsheet


• Program Management Professional (PgMP), Project Management Professional (PMP), and/or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certifications a plus

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [e-mail].

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.