Senior Program Manager

ManpowerGroup Global, Inc.; Davidson (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Program Manager to join their Business Transformation team, supporting cross-functional leaders and stakeholders across multiple operational areas. The ideal candidate will excel in stakeholder management, executive-level communication, and driving organizational alignment.

Location is Davidson, NC, hybrid arrangement; this is a W2 contract role with 3x a week on-site expectations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program management or related experience leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Proven experience working directly with senior executives and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong background in business process mapping and organizational alignment.
• Prosci certification or change management experience is a plus.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a strategic cross-functional initiative spanning multiple business functions, facilitating alignment and execution across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Partner with senior executives, business leaders, suppliers, and operational teams to understand current-state processes and establish a unified path forward.
• Create and manage cross-functional execution plans, ensuring teams remain aligned on objectives, priorities, responsibilities, and timelines.
• Identify process inefficiencies, ownership gaps, and areas of misalignment while driving consensus on standardized business processes.
• Serve as a liaison between business functions to facilitate decision-making, resolve challenges, and support successful adoption of new processes and ways of working.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Change management

Job description

Our client, a leading industrial organization, is seeking a Program Manager to join their team. As a Program Manager, you will be part of the Business Transformation team supporting cross-functional business leaders and stakeholders across multiple operational areas. The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder management skills, executive-level communication abilities, and a proven ability to drive organizational alignment which will align successfully in the organization.

Job Title: Program Manager

Location: Hybrid 3x week Davidson, NC

Type: W2 contract

Note*: (NOT open to C2C or subvendorw2 referrals)

What’s the Job?

• Lead a strategic cross-functional initiative spanning multiple business functions, facilitating alignment and execution across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Partner with senior executives, business leaders, suppliers, and operational teams to understand current-state processes and establish a unified path forward.
• Create and manage cross-functional execution plans, ensuring teams remain aligned on objectives, priorities, responsibilities, and timelines.
• Identify process inefficiencies, ownership gaps, and areas of misalignment while driving consensus on standardized business processes.
• Serve as a liaison between business functions to facilitate decision-making, resolve challenges, and support successful adoption of new processes and ways of working.

What’s Needed?

• 10+ years of program management, business transformation, process improvement, or related experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Proven experience working directly with senior executives and influencing stakeholders across multiple business functions without direct authority.
• Strong background in business process mapping, process optimization, and organizational alignment initiatives.
• Experience leading change management efforts; Prosci certification or similar change management experience is a plus.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills with the ability to hit the ground running in a fast-paced environment.

What’s in it for me?

• Opportunity to lead a high-visibility strategic initiative with significant organizational impact.
• Exposure to executive leadership and key stakeholders across multiple business functions.
• Ability to drive meaningful process improvements and influence enterprise-wide business outcomes.
• Collaborative environment focused on transformation, alignment, and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to shape and standardize business processes that support future growth and operational success.

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions

Experis® is a global leader in technology services and part of the ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN) family of brands. We connect skilled technology professionals with meaningful opportunities where they can grow their careers, expand their expertise and make a real impact. Guided by the belief that it takes Human Ingenuity to unlock the true potential of technology, Experis helps people gain experience with leading organizations, build sought-after skills and take the next step toward a brighter future. Backed by ManpowerGroup's 75+ years of workforce expertise and global reach across more than 70 countries and territories, Experis brings the scale, insight and opportunity to help people and businesses thrive.

ManpowerGroup is consistently recognized for its commitment to inclusion, ethics and responsible business, including being named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies.

Learn more at Experis.com.