Senior Manager, Program Management

Carrier; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 118,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Time off and Leave

Job summary

Carrier Global Corporation in Indianapolis seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional programs with high strategic impact. You will drive schedules, milestones, risk management, and governance materials to ensure on-time launches.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of experience guiding large-scale programs, strong stakeholder alignment, and a track record of cross-functional leadership across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years of experience leading complex programs, major projects, product development initiatives, and/or cross-functional workstreams.
• 3+ years of demonstrated ability to manage schedules, risks, recovery plans, and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex programs or major cross-functional workstreams from initiation through launch.
• Manage integrated schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, resource constraints, and business commitments.
• Drive recovery planning and corrective actions when programs are off track.
• Coordinate cross-functional deliverables and ensure program decisions translate into action.
• Prepare governance, risk, launch readiness, and leadership review materials.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder alignment

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About the role

The Senior Program Manager leads complex, cross-functional programs that carry elevated business importance, technical complexity, execution risk, or leadership visibility.

The role drives disciplined execution, manages dependencies, prepares decision-ready governance inputs, and leads the recovery planning when programs deviate from commitments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex programs or major cross-functional workstreams from initiation through launch.
• Manage integrated schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, resource constraints, and business commitments.
• Drive recovery planning and corrective actions when programs are off track.
• Coordinate cross-functional deliverables and ensure program decisions translate into action.
• Prepare accurate governance, risk, launch readiness, and leadership review materials.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Provide program feasibility, timing, risk, dependency, and resource inputs to segment planning discussions.
• Identify risks that may affect broader portfolio timing, capacity, launch readiness, or customer commitments.
• Recommend program recovery options, schedule adjustments, mitigation plans, or escalation actions.
• Support PMO methods, governance adoption, and lessons learned from complex program execution.

Decision Authority

• Authorized to lead assigned complex program plans, risks, recovery actions, governance preparation, and cross-functional follow-up.
• Can recommend mitigation plans, escalation actions, and program recovery options.
• Escalates unresolved resource, timing, quality, or launch risks through PMO channels.
• Does not own segment PM people leadership, portfolio prioritization, or PMO operating model decisions.

Scope

• Assigned complex programs or major workstreams.
• Cross-functional execution across technical, product, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, finance, and business stakeholders.
• Program risk, recovery, governance, and launch readiness management.

Key Interfaces

• PMO Segment Leader for execution expectations, recovery plans, and escalation decisions.
• Lead / Principal Program Manager for portfolio-slice coordination or dependency management when applicable.
• Program team members and functional partners for deliverables, readiness, and issue resolution.
• PMO Operations & Capability Leader for governance standards, reporting tools, and portfolio data expectations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3 + years of experience leading complex programs, major projects, product development initiatives, and/or cross-functional workstreams
• 3 + years of demonstrated ability to manage schedules, risks, recovery plans, and stakeholder alignment

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Operations, Program Management, or related discipline.
• Experience in NPD, PDP, Passport, stage-gate, manufacturing, or technical product development environments.
• Project management certification or formal PM training.
• Experience supporting leadership reviews or executive program updates.
• Strong communication, issue-resolution, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $117,500.00 - $234,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

Thisposition is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate . The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days fromJobPosting Date: 31 October 2026

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