Senior Program Manager — Strategy, Delivery & Governance

Confidential Careers; Warrendale (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers seeks a Program Manager to lead programs from initiation to completion within the PMO framework. You will ensure quality, scope, schedule, and cost alignment with PMO methodologies, driving governance and strategic outcomes.

You will coordinate with business and technology teams, manage budgets and risks, and communicate with stakeholders up to the C-suite to deliver measurable value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of project and/or program management experience.
• Working knowledge of standard project management processes, methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Experience with OnePlan, Microsoft Project, or other project management software.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities in a multitasking environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing technical documentation.
• Exceptional stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage programs and projects from initiation through completion, ensuring successful organizational outcomes.
• Provide program management governance, results reporting, and oversight across multiple projects and initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison between business users and technology resources to support effective solution design and desired business outcomes.
• Work with stakeholders and business personnel at all organizational levels to understand and document project requirements, problems, and opportunities.
• Gather project requirements, quantify costs and benefits, define project deliverables, estimate resource requirements, and develop business cases for leadership review and approval.
• Develop communication plans tailored to stakeholders ranging from staff-level employees through C-suite leadership.
• Use program and project management tools and documentation to manage scope, budget, schedule, and other project constraints.
• Define and manage program objectives, roadmaps, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Ensure alignment between program initiatives and overall business strategy.
• Establish appropriate governance frameworks, reporting structures, and program controls.
• Facilitate cross-functional decision-making, collaboration, and issue resolution.
• Monitor program performance and recommend corrective actions when necessary.
• Identify and manage program-level risks, dependencies, roadmaps, and success criteria.
• Coordinate with functional leadership to resolve resource conflicts, scheduling issues, and project dependencies.
• Escalate critical issues to appropriate project steering teams and leadership when necessary.
• Monitor and report project and program KPIs to measure performance and overall program success.
• Apply established PMO methodologies and contribute to continuous improvement and innovation initiatives.
• Identify, assess, and implement improvements designed to strengthen project delivery and PMO process execution.
• Evaluate project costs and benefits to support leadership with project and portfolio governance and prioritization.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Governance

Cross-functional leadership

Budget & resource management

PMO methodologies

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business / Project Management / Supply Chain Management or related field

Tools

OnePlan

Microsoft Project

Visio

Job description

Confidential Careers seeks a Program Manager to lead programs from initiation to completion within the PMO framework. You will ensure quality, scope, schedule, and cost alignment with PMO methodologies, driving governance and strategic outcomes.

You will coordinate with business and technology teams, manage budgets and risks, and communicate with stakeholders up to the C-suite to deliver measurable value.