Senior Program Manager

Aegistech; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Onsite 3 days a week in Northern NJ

Job summary

Aegistech is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead and mature its Engineering Services program. You will blend governance, strategic planning, and hands-on project management to align engineering, product, and business teams.

The role requires building program management processes from the ground up while delivering critical technology initiatives. Expect a hybrid onsite role in Northern New Jersey, with no relocation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building program management processes while managing projects.
• Experience evaluating business cases, value assessments, and strategic initiatives.
• Ability to present portfolio recommendations and capacity plans to leadership.
• Facilitate alignment among technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Coach and mentor project managers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate engineering, product, service, and partner teams to hit milestones.
• Manage schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, scope changes, and communications.
• Drive accountability and escalate decisions when needed.
• Coach project managers supporting larger portfolio initiatives.

Skills

Program management

Portfolio governance

Stakeholder management

Capacity planning

Executive reporting

Risk & dependency management

Agile / Kanban

Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent experience considered

Tools

Jira

Job description

Our client is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead and mature its Engineering Services (ES) program.

This role blends portfolio governance, strategic planning, and hands‑on project management to drive alignment across engineering, product, and business teams.

The ideal candidate will have experience building program management processes from the ground up while simultaneously delivering critical technology initiatives. You will establish intake, prioritization, portfolio reporting, and capacity planning practices while managing high‑priority projects and guiding supporting project managers.

This position is hybrid, onsite 3 days a week in Northern NJ - local candidates only/NO Relocation

This role is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization (e.g., H-1 B, OPT, CPT, etc.) or transfer. Candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization. Candidate must work as our W-2 employee; no subcontractors.

Key Responsibilities:

Demand Intake & Value Assessment:

• Manage the intake process for new engineering and technology initiatives.
• Review business cases, value assessments, strategic alignment, expected outcomes, assumptions, and supporting evidence.
• Identify duplicate efforts, opportunities for reuse, gaps in analysis, and areas requiring further review.
• Ensure consistent use of agreed‑upon value assessment criteria.

Prioritization & Capacity Planning:

• Evaluate competing demands based on value, risk, strategic alignment, dependencies, mandatory commitments, and resource availability.
• Recommend prioritization and sequencing strategies to senior leadership.
• Facilitate capacity planning discussions with engineering leaders and stakeholders.
• Consolidate planned, unplanned, and operational work into actionable portfolio plans.

Program Oversight & Project Delivery:

• Coordinate engineering, product, service, business, and partner teams to ensure delivery against key milestones.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, scope changes, and stakeholder communications.
• Drive accountability across teams while proactively resolving obstacles and escalating decisions when appropriate.
• Coach and mentor project managers supporting larger portfolio initiatives.

Executive Reporting & Governance:

• Maintain repeatable portfolio reporting processes using existing tools and governance frameworks.
• Develop status reporting using agreed red, amber, and green (RAG) criteria.
• Prepare executive‑level updates highlighting portfolio health, risks, trends, dependencies, benefits realization, and key decisions.
• Present recommendations and trade‑offs to senior leaders and executive stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.

Experience:

• Proven experience building program management processes while actively managing projects.
• Experience reviewing and evaluating business cases, value assessments, and strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to present portfolio recommendations, capacity plans, and prioritization decisions to leadership.
• Experience facilitating alignment among technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Track record of coaching and mentoring project managers.
• Portfolio governance and prioritization.
• Capacity planning and resource management.
• Executive reporting and portfolio analytics.
• Benefits realization and value tracking.
• Risk management and dependency management.
• Budget management and change control.
• Stakeholder and executive communications.

Methodologies & Tools:

• Strong understanding of Agile, Kanban, and hybrid delivery approaches.
• Technical lifecycle awareness within engineering and technology organizations.
• Experience with Jira or comparable project and portfolio management tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting shared technology services organizations.
• Experience with cloud, identity, infrastructure, or integration‑focused portfolios.
• Proven success implementing intake, prioritization, and governance processes.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI ACP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe, or similar project management certifications.
• Experience presenting to executive and C‑level audiences.