Senior Director – Program Management

Jobtailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an IT strategy and program leadership executive in New York to drive BD/M&A projects and IT deliverables aligned with business priorities. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage a multimillion-dollar budget, and coordinate with IT HQ, Supply Chain, and Finance for effective planning and change management.

The role emphasizes transforming processes, establishing operating rhythms, and fostering an inclusive culture where team members contribute fully.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with IT/engineering focus and extensive experience.
• Experience leading transformation programs including change management.
• GE Leadership Program graduates credited toward work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT strategy and manage BD/M&A project portfolio.
• Coordinate with Business Development, Supply Chain, and IT HQ.
• Oversee multimillion-budget planning and execution.
• Establish operating rhythms and drive continuous improvement.
• Communicate progress to leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

IT Strategy Leadership

Project Management

Organizational Change Management

Budget Planning

Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

Leadership

Knowledge Sharing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

GE Leadership Program Graduate

Tools

Transformation Project Leadership

Lean Methodologies

Financial Management

Application Simplification

Job description

• Lead IT strategy and project management for a portfolio of BD/M&A projects (acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring, factory expansion, etc.), collaborating with Business Development, Supply Chain, IT HQ, and cross-functional teams to execute IT deliverables in alignment with BD priorities.
• Manage processes, resources, and systems to enable financial commitments and ensure accurate pacing for a multimillion-dollar budget.
• This requires close coordination with Fulfillment IT program teams, Sourcing, and Finance for effective planning, purchasing management, and change management.
• Drive processes and outcomes for Power IT oCIO priorities including annual budget planning (CapEx & OpEx Programs, RTS, R&D), application simplification planning and tracking, AMS/run governance, and Lean priorities (Capital Allocation Hoshin, Sustainable Productivity Hoshin, Kaizen events).
• Establish and continuously improve operating rhythms for the Fulfillment IT organization, including staff meetings, all-employee meetings, and financial and operational reviews, to ensure appropriate focus on goals and objectives while fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential.
• Ensures the team has the facilities, tools, resources, and skills needed to deliver on commitments while tracking ongoing execution and delivery.
• Lead cross-discipline teams to establish an integrated plan to deliver team commitments
• Ensure ongoing communication of progress against program objectives
• Maintain effective working relationship with business leaders, stakeholders, users, and partners to integrate programs into overall strategic objectives.
• Partner with shared technical and business resources to effectively deliver and support solutions.
• Effectively communicate (i.e., status, issues, and escalations) to leadership and other various levels of the organization
• Share technical, procedural, and business knowledge with others.
• Leverage your domain expertise; you are expected to further the knowledge and improve productivity of your colleagues with activities such as creating learning content, giving presentations, and supporting a continuous learning culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of experience in information systems, Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, or Engineering or considerable years of IT technical experience
• Demonstrated experience in leading significant transformation projects, inclusive of organizational change management and delivering business outcomes
• GE Leadership Program Graduates will get credit towards relevant work experience, commensurate to the program they have completed

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in IT strategy and project management, particularly in managing BD/M&A projects and multimillion-dollar budgets. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, drive organizational change, and foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• IT Strategy Leadership
• Project Management
• Organizational Change Management
• Budget Planning (CapEx & OpEx)
• Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Information Systems
• Information Technology
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Transformation Project Leadership
• Business Outcome Delivery
• Change Management
• Application Simplification
• Lean Methodologies
• Financial Management

Soft Skills

• Effective Communication
• Team Leadership
• Stakeholder Management
• Inclusive Environment Fostering
• Knowledge Sharing

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• GE Leadership Program Graduate

Industry Keywords

• BD/M&A Projects
• Fulfillment IT
• Sourcing
• Financial Commitments
• Operational Reviews
• Continuous Learning Culture
• Kaizen Events
• Capital Allocation Hoshin
• Sustainable Productivity Hoshin
• Program Objectives