Strategic Programs Lead: Drive Cross-Functional Impact

Seneca Resources; Vienna (VA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Seneca Resources seeks an experienced Strategic Program Manager to lead high-impact programs across a cross-functional environment. You will translate organizational strategy into actionable roadmaps, governance structures, and measurable business outcomes while partnering with senior leadership.

The role requires governance, executive communication, change management, and portfolio execution capabilities in a hybrid Vienna, VA setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Strategy, Operations, Project Management, or related field.
• Extensive experience leading multiple strategic programs in cross-functional environments.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into executable roadmaps and governance models.
• Strong program and project management expertise across scope, schedule, and budgets.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leadership and influencing without authority.
• Experience developing governance, executive reporting, and decision-making frameworks.
• Experience leading business transformation, organizational change, and adoption initiatives.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, priorities, and complex dependencies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with actionable recommendations.
• Experience defining and tracking KPIs, outcomes, and benefits realization.
• Exceptional facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple large-scale strategic programs and projects with measurable outcomes.
• Translate strategy into integrated roadmaps, workstreams, milestones, and plans.
• Establish program governance including charters, roles, and escalation processes.
• Partner with executives and stakeholders to define objectives, KPI, and success criteria.
• Drive cross-functional alignment and timely decision-making.
• Manage programs through full lifecycle: intake, prioritization, planning, execution, adoption, and benefits realization.
• Develop and maintain schedules, resource plans, budgets, and dependencies across workstreams.
• Monitor KPI trends, risks, and gaps; propose corrective actions.
• Identify and mitigate strategic and operational risks and dependencies.
• Prepare concise executive reports, dashboards, and decision materials.
• Build stakeholder relationships and communication strategies for accountability.
• Lead business readiness and organizational change activities with adoption measurement.
• Facilitate requirements gathering and future-state process design.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and ROI; adjust plans to improve outcomes.
• Oversee budgets, resources, vendor coordination, and change impacts.
• Maintain comprehensive program documentation and lessons learned.
• Provide strategic guidance to project managers and teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of PMO methodologies and governance.
• Support enterprise initiatives with significant impact.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder engagement

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Ambiguity management

Analytical thinking

KPI tracking

Facilitation

Negotiation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Management/Strategy/Operations/PM

Job description

Seneca Resources seeks an experienced Strategic Program Manager to lead high-impact programs across a cross-functional environment. You will translate organizational strategy into actionable roadmaps, governance structures, and measurable business outcomes while partnering with senior leadership.

The role requires governance, executive communication, change management, and portfolio execution capabilities in a hybrid Vienna, VA setting.