Strategic Delivery Program Manager

Versant; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Versant, headquartered in New Jersey, seeks a Program Manager, Strategic Delivery (PEP) to lead large-scale IT initiatives within Operations & Technology. This role focuses on chartering, scheduling, budgeting, and delivering programs that align with business goals.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, manage executives, and ensure outcomes through rigorous planning, reporting, and governance in a fast-paced media tech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of equivalent experience in project/program management or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of technology end-to-end program/project management experience.
• Ability to translate business requirements into project deliverables and outcomes.
• Experience leading executive-level meetings and reporting.
• Experience building complex program plans.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Proactive, ownership mindset with strong teamwork.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and vendors across functions.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage project charters, schedules, resource plans, and budgets.
• Participate in program intake, prioritization discussions, and collect high-level requirements.
• Document requirements/scope and dependencies, and host project kick-offs.
• Execute multiple programs across the team and ensure objectives are met.
• Manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and changes by optimizing scope, schedule, and resources.
• Provide program-level status updates and reporting to sponsor and stakeholders.
• Build partnerships to mobilize program/project team members and influence leaders.
• Follow standards, best practices, processes, and documentation for the PM team.

Skills

Program management

Executive reporting

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Risk management

Project scheduling

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

MS Project

Smartsheet

JIRA

Job description

Versant, headquartered in New Jersey, seeks a Program Manager, Strategic Delivery (PEP) to lead large-scale IT initiatives within Operations & Technology. This role focuses on chartering, scheduling, budgeting, and delivering programs that align with business goals.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, manage executives, and ensure outcomes through rigorous planning, reporting, and governance in a fast-paced media tech environment.