Strategic Program Manager - SaaS R&D Delivery

Aderant North America, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aderant North America, Inc. is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead cross-functional R&D initiatives, ensuring predictable delivery and clear decision-making across complex programs.

You will drive planning, governance, milestone tracking, and release readiness to keep teams aligned with business goals. You will partner with Engineering and Product leaders to translate strategy into executable plans, manage dependencies, run ceremonies, produce concise status updates, and create

Qualifications

• 4-7 years' experience in Program Management / Technical Program Management / Product Ops / Delivery roles in SaaS organizations.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
• Strong written and verbal executive communication – can produce crisp updates and facilitate decisions.
• Comfortable with modern tooling (e.g., Jira/Confluence, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Smartsheet).
• Strong fundamentals in scope management, sequencing, risk management, and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience with SaaS platforms, enterprise customers, regulated/contract-heavy environments, or release governance.
• Preferred experience standing up program governance (intake, prioritization, portfolio views).
• Familiarity with SDLC / release management concepts and metrics (cycle time, throughput, predictability).
• Experience partnering with Support/Services on release readiness, communications, and customer impact.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program delivery for cross-functional R&D initiatives: planning and governance, milestone and dependency tracking, stakeholder engagement, and release readiness.
• Build operating rhythms for your programs: execution reviews, decision logs, stakeholder updates, and quarterly planning inputs.
• Create visibility that leaders trust: status narratives, dashboards, and what matters / what changed / what we need updates.
• Drive dependency management across teams - identify blockers early, negotiate sequencing, and escalate with clear options.
• Improve execution systems: standardize templates and frameworks, intake workflows, program artifacts, and ways of working.
• Facilitate planning: support quarterly planning, capacity conversations, and tradeoff decisions using data and clear problem statements.
• Partner with Engineering & Product leaders to translate strategy into executable plans and ensure delivery aligns to outcomes.
• Run clean ceremonies when helpful (kickoffs, sprint planning, retros, release readiness reviews, stakeholder demos).

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Jira/Confluence

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Smartsheet

Release governance

SDLC

Tools

Jira/Confluence

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Smartsheet

Job description

Aderant North America, Inc. is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead cross-functional R&D initiatives, ensuring predictable delivery and clear decision-making across complex programs.

You will drive planning, governance, milestone tracking, and release readiness to keep teams aligned with business goals. You will partner with Engineering and Product leaders to translate strategy into executable plans, manage dependencies, run ceremonies, produce concise status updates, and create