Strategic OEM & Enterprise Programs Lead

Jobtailor; Alabama; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead strategic OEM and Enterprise initiatives, coordinating between OEM partners, CDK stakeholders, product management, and technology teams.

You will own end-to-end program execution, track roadmaps and milestones, drive complex technical initiatives, and manage cross-team dependencies while mitigating risks. Strong communications and executive-level artifacts are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong program management discipline.
• Technical acumen.
• Executive communication skills.
• Experience leading strategic OEM and Enterprise initiatives, project-based engagements, and OEM certification and compliance programs.
• Ability to manage complex cross-functional programs end-to-end.
• Ability to develop executive-level communications and program artifacts.
• Ability to manage dependencies and risks.
• Ability to review technical designs and implementation plans.
• Knowledge of scalability, reliability, security, and performance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic OEM and Enterprise initiatives, including short- and long-term project engagements and OEM certification and compliance programs.
• Serve as primary liaison between OEM partners, CDK business stakeholders, Product Management, and Technology teams.
• Own end-to-end program execution.
• Track integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and success metrics.
• Drive complex technical initiatives from planning through launch.
• Coordinate Product Management, Engineering, UX, Security, Operations, and Business stakeholders.
• Manage cross-team dependencies and resolve delivery blockers.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks; maintain RAID logs.
• Escalate critical issues and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Partner with engineering and architecture teams on technical designs and implementation plans.
• Monitor delivery progress against sprint commitments and program milestones.
• Support release planning, launch readiness reviews, and post-launch assessments.
• Deliver program status updates, executive communications, dashboards, and reports.
• Facilitate program reviews, leadership updates, and governance meetings.
• Drive process improvement, retrospectives, and lessons learned.
• Monitor program health, schedules, milestones, delivery commitments, action items, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Coordinate technical reviews, architecture discussions, and release readiness activities.
• Analyze program metrics, delivery performance, and operational KPIs.
• Support strategic planning, roadmap development, and prioritization activities.

Skills

Program management discipline

Executive communication

Technical acumen

Cross-functional leadership

OEM/Enterprise initiatives

Dependency and risk management

Tools

RAID logs

Dashboards

Program artifacts

Roadmap development

Release planning

Job description

Jobtailor in the United States seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead strategic OEM and Enterprise initiatives, coordinating between OEM partners, CDK stakeholders, product management, and technology teams.

You will own end-to-end program execution, track roadmaps and milestones, drive complex technical initiatives, and manage cross-team dependencies while mitigating risks. Strong communications and executive-level artifacts are essential.