Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Delivery & PMO

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Flexible Spending & Health Savings

Job summary

Jackson Lewis P.C. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to drive successful execution of high-priority strategic initiatives across technology and business operations.

You will lead large, cross-functional programs, shape demand intake, and align resources with firm objectives to deliver measurable enterprise value. You will partner with executives and multiple departments to ensure governance, transparency, and disciplined delivery while mentoring PMO professionals and advancing enterprise

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.
• 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 escalate 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

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Governance practices

Portfolio management

Risk management

Project leadership

Project scheduling

Influence without authority

Enterprise PM tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/IT or related field

PMP or comparable certification

Tools

Enterprise PM tools

Job description

Jackson Lewis P.C. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to drive successful execution of high-priority strategic initiatives across technology and business operations.

You will lead large, cross-functional programs, shape demand intake, and align resources with firm objectives to deliver measurable enterprise value. You will partner with executives and multiple departments to ensure governance, transparency, and disciplined delivery while mentoring PMO professionals and advancing enterprise