Program Manager & Team Lead, Business Programs & Governance

Bloomberg; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg is seeking a Program Manager Team Lead to steer the Business Programs within Engineering COO. You will coach a high-performing team, shape the portfolio, and align priorities across senior leaders, while demonstrating strong technical understanding of the software lifecycle.

You will partner with Bloomberg leaders to drive outcomes across organizations, ensuring governance, transparency, and accountability in complex, cross-functional initiatives from New York.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in program management, technology delivery, or related domains.
• 4+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, coaching, developing, and retaining experienced professionals.
• A strong track record of leading complex, cross-functional programs with broad organizational impact.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders to drive outcomes across organizational boundaries through influence, alignment, and shared accountability.
• Strong program leadership skills, including establishing clear outcomes, integrated plans, dependencies, risks, governance, and executive communication.
• Strong judgement and the ability to create structure, set priorities, and drive a path forward in ambiguous or evolving environments.
• Strong technical understanding and knowledge of the software development lifecycle, with the ability to engage with Engineering teams and understand technical dependencies and trade-offs.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build credibility across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading Program Managers or a Program Management function in a large-scale Engineering or technology organization.
• Experience with financial markets, financial technology, market structure, or programs driven by industry or regulatory change.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Program Managers, setting clear expectations and fostering a collaborative, accountable, delivery-focused culture.
• Lead the portfolio of programs, shape how the team engages on new programs, and focus resources where they can have the greatest impact.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to translate business and organizational priorities into clear outcomes, integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, and accountability.
• Ensure programs maintain an end-to-end view of scope, execution, risks, dependencies, decisions, and readiness, with governance that provides transparency and drives accountability.
• Identify execution gaps, risks, and cross-organizational dependencies early, bringing the right stakeholders together to drive resolution and elevate where needed.
• Build trusted relationships across Engineering and partner organizations, influence across organizational boundaries, and serve as an escalation point for Program Managers and stakeholders.
• Provide clear, concise communication to senior leadership and continuously improve how the team operates, including leveraging AI and emerging capabilities to improve efficiency, insights, and program execution.
• Step directly into or lead critical programs when needed, particularly where additional leadership, structure, or cross-organizational coordination is required.

Skills

10+ years experience

People leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Program management

Technical understanding

Executive communication

Judgement/structure

Stakeholder management

Delivery leadership

Risk & governance

Job description

Bloomberg is seeking a Program Manager Team Lead to steer the Business Programs within Engineering COO. You will coach a high-performing team, shape the portfolio, and align priorities across senior leaders, while demonstrating strong technical understanding of the software lifecycle.

You will partner with Bloomberg leaders to drive outcomes across organizations, ensuring governance, transparency, and accountability in complex, cross-functional initiatives from New York.