Remote Senior Program Executive - Strategic Accounts

FORTNA; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

FORTNA is seeking a seasoned Program Executive to lead multi-site automation programs for a major account in the United States. You will partner with senior stakeholders, manage cross-functional teams, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery across sites with significant travel.

You will drive governance, risk management, and value realization while aligning customer objectives with FORTNA's strategic goals in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program management and cross-site delivery experience.
• Proven track record leading large automation/supply chain programs.
• Executive-level relationship management with senior stakeholders.
• Strong financial budgeting and forecasting capabilities.
• PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact and executive sponsor for a critical, high-demand customer.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior customer stakeholders, ensuring alignment on priorities, expectations, and outcomes.
• Act as the voice of the customer internally while maintaining appropriate boundaries, accountability, and execution discipline.
• Lead regular executive-level communication, including program updates, issue resolution, and performance reviews.
• Drive program and account financial performance through disciplined forecasting, margin management, risk mitigation, and change management practices.
• Own end-to-end execution of multiple simultaneous automation implementations across geographically dispersed sites.
• Coordinate across site leaders, project managers, and functional teams to ensure consistent execution, communication, and performance.
• Manage program scope, budget, timelines, risks, and contractual obligations across all workstreams.
• Anticipate and proactively address operational and customer challenges in a complex, high-visibility environment.
• Provide functional leadership to a matrixed team of project managers, engineers, consultants, and operations leaders across multiple locations.
• Set clear priorities, expectations, and accountability across teams while fostering collaboration and alignment.
• Mentor and develop team members, ensuring strong leadership capability at the site and project level.
• Drive a culture of ownership, urgency, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Align program execution with both customer business objectives and FORTNA strategic goals.
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, and Delivery teams to ensure seamless transition from solution design through implementation.
• Lead risk mitigation planning and decision-making across complex program dependencies.
• Drive value engineering, cost optimization, and performance improvements without compromising quality or outcomes.
• Provide thought leadership in supply chain automation and large-scale implementation best practices.

Skills

Executive-level program management

Customer-facing leadership

Multi-site management

Financial acumen

Executive communication

Problem-solving

Matrix leadership

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

PMP certification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

FORTNA is seeking a seasoned Program Executive to lead multi-site automation programs for a major account in the United States. You will partner with senior stakeholders, manage cross-functional teams, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery across sites with significant travel.

You will drive governance, risk management, and value realization while aligning customer objectives with FORTNA's strategic goals in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.