Senior Enterprise Data Program Leader

Winston Taylor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Winston Taylor in Chicago seeks a Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Data to coordinate the firm's data initiatives across Information Systems, Finance, Knowledge Management, Risk, Security, and more. You will oversee multiple projects, establish governance, manage dependencies, and report progress.

You will build strong relationships with executives and vendors, ensure on-time delivery, and guide adoption of new data processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 7+ years of program or project management experience required.
• Experience managing large, cross-functional business and technology initiatives.
• Must live within a commutable distance to the applicable firm office with the ability to come into the office 3-4 days per week.
• Demonstrated success coordinating multiple concurrent projects preferred.
• Experience working with executive stakeholders and steering committees
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and governance practices
• Expertise in program planning, execution, dependency management, and governance
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working within a large law firm or legal technology environment
• Understanding of application development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and tools
• Understanding of structured databases and data modeling concepts
• Experience with vendor relationship management
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking capabilities
• Ability to identify risks, assess impacts, and facilitate resolution

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated program plans across projects.
• Coordinate activities across business, technology, and operational teams.
• Identify and manage dependencies between projects and stakeholders.
• Monitor program milestones, deliverables, and critical path activities.
• Facilitate the program planning sessions and status reviewed.
• Establish and administer program governance processes.
• Prepare executive-level reporting, dashboards, and program communications.
• Coordinate steering committee meetings and decision-making forums.
• Maintain program documentation, action logs, issue registers, and risk registers.
• Ensure appropriate escalation of program risks and issues.
• Build effective working relationships with business leaders, attorneys, Knowledge Management professionals, technology teams, and external vendors.
• Facilitate communication across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Ensure alignment between project objectives and business priorities.
• Support consensus-building and resolution of competing priorities.
• Track progress across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Monitor resource allocation and capacity across participating teams.
• Ensure project deliverables are completed according to agreed timelines and quality expectations.
• Coordinate program-level testing, readiness, and implementation activities.
• Support transition of completed initiatives into operational support models.
• Proactively identify program risks and potential delivery obstacles.
• Facilitate development of mitigation strategies.
• Track and manage issues through resolution.
• Escalate significant concerns to leadership as appropriate.
• Coordinate activities involving external vendors, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Monitor delivery against agreed milestones and commitments.
• Support contract governance and vendor performance management activities.
• Support organizational change management efforts associated with data initiatives.
• Coordinate stakeholder communications and training activities.
• Track adoption of metrics and readiness indicators.
• Help ensure successful implementation of new processes, systems, and governance frameworks.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Governance

SDLC understanding

Vendor management

Data modeling concepts

Communication

Legal tech experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Winston Taylor in Chicago seeks a Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Data to coordinate the firm's data initiatives across Information Systems, Finance, Knowledge Management, Risk, Security, and more. You will oversee multiple projects, establish governance, manage dependencies, and report progress.

You will build strong relationships with executives and vendors, ensure on-time delivery, and guide adoption of new data processes.