Senior Program Manager: Cross‑Team Innovation & Change

Skill; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized health, vision, and dental

Paid sick leave

Retirement plans with a match

Free online training through AquentGym

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a strategic Program Manager to drive cross-team initiatives for a premier global technology company. You will own program charters, align stakeholders, and deliver business, operational, and technical enhancements across multiple teams.

You will build actionable plans, governance dashboards, and change management strategies in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment that values inclusion and product excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in Team Management.
• Demonstrated ability in Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Expertise in Managing Organizational Change.
• Strong Communications Management skills.
• Proven capabilities in Planning and strategic foresight.
• Exceptional Stakeholder Management abilities.
• Proficiency in Execution and Governance of complex programs.
• Strong Technical Judgment.
• Deep User understanding and empathy.

Responsibilities

• Independently define, drive, and own program charters across multiple teams, addressing scope, timelines, objectives, resourcing, and risks for moderately complex programs.
• Translate ambiguous program goals into clear, measurable objectives and milestones, determining the optimal level of program management required for each initiative.
• Develop comprehensive project plans that segment projects into discrete phases, align with stakeholder needs, identify risks and dependencies, and proactively address constraints.
• Determine program phasing and metrics to effectively drive continuous improvement, including resource stewardship, and optimize regular checkpoints and performance dashboards.
• Design and deliver optimized program communication plans, including executive and key partner communications, articulating program progress and rationale across all touchpoints.
• Anticipate and independently develop change management rollout plans, including impact analysis, proactively driving necessary pivots and resolving misalignments.
• Build trusted relationships with senior program stakeholders, enabling effective decision-making, resolving prioritization conflicts, and proactively managing escalations.
• Independently determine and collect data for program governance and stakeholder decision-making, maintaining project trackers and status reports.
• Execute program tasks, proactively managing dependencies, while integrating values of product excellence, inclusion, and brand trust.
• Create automated processes to enhance velocity and monitoring, defining program governance structures for effective mitigation, postmortems, and escalation reporting.
• Drive effective stakeholder meetings, ensuring clear communication and progress toward program objectives.

Skills

Team Management

Continuous Improvement

Change Management

Communications Management

Planning & Foresight

Stakeholder Management

Execution & Governance

Technical Judgment

User Understanding

Job description

Aquent is seeking a strategic Program Manager to drive cross-team initiatives for a premier global technology company. You will own program charters, align stakeholders, and deliver business, operational, and technical enhancements across multiple teams.

You will build actionable plans, governance dashboards, and change management strategies in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment that values inclusion and product excellence.