Remote Senior Program Manager for Large-Scale Initiatives

Voya Financial, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 114,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Savings plan – with company 6%+

Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/yr

Paid time off — 20 days + 9 holidays +

Paid volunteer time — 40 hours/yr

Job summary

Voya Financial, Inc. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead large-scale, complex projects and programs with budgets up to $15M. You will own end-to-end planning, manage scope and risk, and drive cross-functional execution across business and technology teams.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, stakeholder communication, and change leadership, with autonomy to optimize delivery and achieve measurable business outcomes in a dynamic financial services environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading large or significant projects or medium-to-large programs, typically with budgets of $8M-$15M.
• Expert knowledge of project, program, or portfolio management principles, governance, controls, tools, and delivery practices.
• Demonstrated success leading complex initiatives through highly matrixed, cross-functional teams across business and technology organizations.
• Strong financial acumen, including experience with budgets, forecasts, cost drivers, trade-offs, and outcome-based investment decisions.
• Proven ability to identify critical factors, simplify complex problems, set priorities, and drive timely decisions.
• Experience proactively managing dependencies, risks, issues, organizational readiness, and stakeholder acceptance in dynamic environments.
• Ability to influence and inspire without direct authority, build partnerships across organizational levels, and establish credibility with senior leaders.
• Clear, concise, and audience-appropriate verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Sound judgment, self-awareness, resilience, and the ability to remain effective under pressure with tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with autonomy while remaining disciplined, flexible, collaborative, and accountable for outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end planning, execution, implementation readiness, and reporting for complex projects and programs across multiple business and technology areas.
• Translate business problems and expected benefits into clear program objectives, measurable outcomes, delivery plans, and decision points.
• Deliver agreed outcomes on time, within scope and budget, and to established quality standards while balancing stakeholder expectations and acceptable risk.
• Develop and maintain an integrated view of milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, issues, assumptions, and impacts across projects, programs, and portfolios.
• Create early visibility into critical risks and dependencies, drive practical mitigation plans, and escalate decisions before delivery, budget, readiness, or acceptance is jeopardized.
• Remove barriers, resolve competing priorities, and enable cross-functional teams to maintain momentum through complex execution challenges.
• Partner with Finance to manage forecasts, understand cost drivers, explain financial performance, and provide leadership with actionable insight.
• Build trusted relationships with sponsors and senior leaders; communicate concise recommendations, trade-offs, and decisions with confidence and transparency.
• Influence business strategy and shape initiatives by connecting delivery choices to customer value, enterprise priorities, and expected benefits.
• Lead organizational readiness and change efforts so stakeholders understand the purpose, impact, and actions required for adoption.
• Manage vendor relationships and third-party commitments when required, including delivery expectations, dependencies, risks, and performance.
• Capture lessons learned, retain reusable knowledge, and identify opportunities to simplify delivery, reduce cost, and improve efficiency.
• Coach and mentor members of the project management community and model consistent use of delivery methodologies, standards, and tools.

Skills

Program management

Project leadership

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Influencing without authority

Risk management

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/technology/project management or related

Master's degree in business/technology or related field

Project management certification (PMP/PgMP)

Job description

Voya Financial, Inc. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead large-scale, complex projects and programs with budgets up to $15M. You will own end-to-end planning, manage scope and risk, and drive cross-functional execution across business and technology teams.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, stakeholder communication, and change leadership, with autonomy to optimize delivery and achieve measurable business outcomes in a dynamic financial services environment.