Senior Program Manager: Enterprise Delivery & Change

Jackson Lewis P.C.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 160,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life and long

401(k) Retirement Plan

Flexible Spending & Health Savings

Firm‑paid holidays, vacation, and sick

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Jackson Lewis P.C. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead large, cross-functional initiatives spanning technology and business operations.

The PMO partners with firm leadership to enable successful execution of strategic priorities through disciplined portfolio, program, and project management. As a Senior Program Manager, you will drive demand intake, assess readiness, establish governance, and collaborate across IT, Finance, HR, Marketing, and Legal Operations to deliver measurable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience leading complex, cross-functional enterprise projects and programs, with demonstrated ownership of high-visibility strategic initiatives.
• PMP or comparable project management certification.
• Demonstrated experience managing strategic initiatives involving multiple business units, executive sponsors, and senior stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of project, program, and portfolio management principles, including governance, prioritization, risk management, dependency management, and benefits realization.
• Experience with enterprise project management tools. Excellent executive communication, facilitation, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and successfully navigate complex organizational environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent strategic initiatives while balancing competing priorities, resource constraints, and executive expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex enterprise projects and programs from initiation through closure using disciplined project and program management methodologies.
• Develop and maintain integrated project and program plans, including program roadmaps, project schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, budgets, risks, issues, assumptions, and governance activities.
• Partner with senior business leaders to facilitate project demand intake, clarify strategic objectives, assess readiness, identify dependencies, and develop prioritization recommendations.
• Support enterprise portfolio management by providing visibility into project and program health, resource capacity, risks, and competing priorities.
• Design, establish, and maintain effective governance structures, steering committees, executive reporting, decision logs, and escalation paths.
• Build trusted relationships with executive sponsors, senior business leaders, and cross-functional teams while serving as a strategic advisor throughout planning and execution.
• Monitor portfolio, program, and project health; proactively identify risks and issues; recommend mitigation strategies; and elevate key decisions with clear options and business impacts.
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies to ensure alignment across initiatives and maximize organizational efficiency.
• Drive organizational change by partnering with business leaders to prepare stakeholders for new processes, technologies, and ways of working.
• Develop and maintain project artifacts, status reporting, executive presentations, communications, and governance documentation.
• Mentor and coach project managers, program managers, and project teams on consistent application of PMO standards, governance practices, and enterprise delivery disciplines.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Skills

Program management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Governance

Cross-functional leadership

Portfolio management

Change management

Negotiation

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Jackson Lewis P.C. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead large, cross-functional initiatives spanning technology and business operations.

The PMO partners with firm leadership to enable successful execution of strategic priorities through disciplined portfolio, program, and project management. As a Senior Program Manager, you will drive demand intake, assess readiness, establish governance, and collaborate across IT, Finance, HR, Marketing, and Legal Operations to deliver measurable