Senior Program Manager

Trissential; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 156,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work nationwide

Competitive compensation with benefits

Paid time off

401k with match

Health, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

Trissential is seeking a Senior Program Manager to own a complex, high-visibility program in a fully remote environment across the United States. Role emphasizes strong financial management, governance, and executive communication with multiple teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in senior program leadership, and at least 2 years in corrections, criminal justice, or public safety, plus PMP certification.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of senior-level program and/or project management experience for complex initiatives.
• Minimum of 2 years in corrections, criminal justice, or public safety.
• Experience leading multimillion-dollar programs with strong governance and financial oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, governance, and delivery of a large-scale program.
• Develop and maintain program plans aligning projects, workstreams, resources, vendors, milestones and dependencies.
• Own program financial management including budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Direct resource management across teams, demand forecasting, and allocation.
• Establish governance, reporting structures, decisions, and escalation paths.
• Prepare executive-level status reports on delivery, finances, risks, and decisions.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to achieve objectives.
• Oversee vendor performance and integration of COTS or third-party solutions.

Skills

Program leadership

Executive reporting

Governance

Risk management

Resource planning

Stakeholder management

Public safety domain

Vendor management

Education

PMP certification

Bachelor's degree (valued)

Job description

Location: Remote, United States

Work Model: Fully Remote

Trissential is seeking an accomplished Senior Program Manager to join our client’s team. This is an opportunity to take ownership of a complex, high-visibility program where strong financial management, resource planning, governance, and executive communication will be central to your success.

If you have significant senior-level program leadership experience and a background in corrections, criminal justice, or public safety, this role offers the opportunity to lead across multiple teams, vendors, stakeholders, and interconnected workstreams in a fully remote environment.

What's in It for You

• High-Impact Leadership – Lead a large-scale, multimillion-dollar program with significant organizational visibility and multiple stakeholders.
• Strategic Ownership – Drive program financials, resource allocation, forecasting, governance, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Complex Program Environment – Coordinate multiple teams, vendors, resources, dependencies, and workstreams while maintaining alignment with program objectives.
• Executive Visibility – Partner with senior stakeholders and provide clear, actionable reporting on program health, financial performance, risks, resources, and delivery.
• Fully Remote Opportunity – Work remotely from anywhere within the United States.

Your Role & Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, governance, and delivery of a large-scale, multimillion-dollar program.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive program plans that align multiple projects, workstreams, resources, vendors, milestones, and dependencies.
• Own program financial management, including budgets, actuals, forecasts, variance analysis, and multiyear financial planning.
• Direct resource management activities, including capacity planning, demand forecasting, allocation, and identification of resource constraints.
• Establish and maintain effective program governance, reporting structures, decision-making processes, and escalation paths.
• Prepare and present executive-level program status reporting covering delivery, financials, resources, risks, dependencies, and key decisions.
• Identify, assess, communicate, and actively manage program risks, issues, assumptions, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Coordinate internal teams, external vendors, and business stakeholders to maintain accountability and achieve program objectives.
• Oversee vendor performance and support successful delivery of COTS and/or third-party technology solutions where applicable.
• Build productive relationships with government, public-sector, technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Support knowledge transfer and transition activities with the existing Program Manager as needed.

Skills & Experience You Should Possess

• 10+ years of senior-level program and/or project management experience, including responsibility for complex initiatives.
• At least 2 years of professional experience specifically within corrections, criminal justice, or public safety. This is a required qualification.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale, multimillion-dollar programs.
• Strong program financial management capabilities, including budgeting, actuals, forecasting, variance management, and multiyear financial planning.
• Proven resource management experience, including capacity planning and resource allocation across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Experience managing multiple projects, vendors, teams, resources, dependencies, and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong executive-level communication and reporting capabilities.
• Demonstrated program governance, risk, issue, dependency, and escalation management experience.
• Ability to bring structure and direction to complex initiatives involving numerous stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence outcomes across teams and organizations.

Important: General government or public-sector experience by itself does not fulfill the domain requirement. Candidates must have a minimum of two years of experience specifically in corrections, criminal justice, or public safety.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Public-sector or government program management experience.
• Experience working with state government agencies or similarly complex public-sector organizations.
• COTS implementation experience.
• Extensive third-party vendor and contract management experience.
• Experience leading large technology modernization or transformation programs.
• Experience transitioning ownership of an established program from another Program Manager.

Education & Certifications You Need

• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
• Relevant bachelor's degree is valuable; however, no specific degree requirement was provided for this opportunity.

What We Offer

• Competitive Compensation – You choose the model that works best for you, both with company-sponsored benefits! $156,000–$166,000 annually or $78–$88 per hour, depending on your skills, experience, and location. Final compensation is determined based on skill alignment, years of experience, and fair, market-based rates by geography.
• Comprehensive Benefits for you and your dependents – Medical, dental, vision, free tele-health, HSA with company contribution, life and disability insurance, and 401k with matching.
• Paid Time Off – Both compensation models offer paid time away from work.
• Fully Remote Work – Nationwide opportunity with the flexibility to work remotely within the United States.
• Meaningful Impact – Apply your program management expertise within an environment supporting critical public-sector operations.

This opportunity is available only to candidates who are authorized to work in the United States