Strategic Programs Lead – Enterprise Delivery

Jackson Lewis P.C.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Jackson Lewis P.C. seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead large, cross‑functional programs spanning technology and business operations. You will drive disciplined PMO practices, governance, and executive reporting while aligning demand intake with strategic objectives in a law‑firm environment.

You will partner with senior leaders to shape priorities, manage risks, and deliver measurable enterprise value. Strong communication and stakeholder management are essential in this role at Jackson Lewis

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience leading complex, cross-functional enterprise projects and programs.
• PMP or comparable project management certification.
• Demonstrated experience managing strategic initiatives involving multiple business units, executive sponsors, and senior stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of project, program, and portfolio management principles, including governance, prioritization, risk management, dependency management, and benefits realization.
• Experience with enterprise project management tools.
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and successfully navigate complex organizational environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent strategic initiatives while balancing competing priorities, resource constraints, and executive expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex enterprise projects and programs from initiation through closure using disciplined project and program management methodologies.
• Develop and maintain integrated project and program plans, including roadmaps, schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, budgets, risks, issues, assumptions, and governance activities.
• Partner with senior business leaders to facilitate project demand intake, clarify strategic objectives, assess readiness, identify dependencies, and develop prioritization recommendations.
• Support enterprise portfolio management by providing visibility into project and program health, resource capacity, risks, and competing priorities.
• Design, establish, and maintain effective governance structures, steering committees, executive reporting, decision logs, and escalation paths.
• Build trusted relationships with executive sponsors, senior business leaders, and cross-functional teams as a strategic advisor.
• Monitor portfolio, program, and project health; identify risks; recommend mitigation strategies; elevate key decisions with options and impacts.
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies to ensure alignment across initiatives and maximize organizational efficiency.
• Drive organizational change by partnering with business leaders to prepare stakeholders for new processes, technologies, and ways of working.
• Develop and maintain project artifacts, status reporting, executive presentations, communications, and governance documentation.
• Mentor and coach project managers and program managers on PMO standards, governance, and delivery disciplines.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Skills

PMP certification

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Governance

Cross-functional leadership

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT or related field

Tools

Enterprise project management tools

Job description

Jackson Lewis P.C. seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead large, cross‑functional programs spanning technology and business operations. You will drive disciplined PMO practices, governance, and executive reporting while aligning demand intake with strategic objectives in a law‑firm environment.

You will partner with senior leaders to shape priorities, manage risks, and deliver measurable enterprise value. Strong communication and stakeholder management are essential in this role at Jackson Lewis