Strategic Project Director, Implementations & Governance

Centric Software; Campbell (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Centric Software is seeking a Project Director for New Implementations in Campbell, CA. This senior role leads executive governance, defines program roadmaps, and ensures alignment between delivery and client strategy.

You will manage complex stakeholder relationships at C-suite levels, oversee budgets and P&L, and mentor PMs to apply Centric PMO standards across large-scale implementations. This is a full-time, high-impact leadership position in a fast-growth environment.

Qualifications

• Executive Governance & Reporting: Establish and chair the client-side Steering Committee meetings, providing strategic updates, managing high-level risks, and securing executive sign-off on major program milestones and funding.
• Strategic Program Ownership: Define the overall program roadmap and business case for multi-year, multi-phase engagements, ensuring alignment between technical delivery and the client’s long-term strategic objectives.
• Complex Stakeholder Management: Navigate and resolve political or organizational blockers at the C-suite and VP level on both the client and Centric side.
• Risk Mitigation: Conduct strategic reviews of individual project plans managed by PMs, proactively identifying systemic risks, resource conflicts, and commercial threats before they impact delivery.
• Commercial & Financial Oversight: Oversee the consolidated program budget, manage the P&L for the entire engagement, and ensure all contract terms, change orders, and invoicing milestones are met to maximize commercial success.
• Methodology Adherence: Mentor Project Managers (PMs) on applying Centric PMO methodology to extremely large-scale and non-standard project environments while ensuring core compliance standards are maintained.

Responsibilities

• Executive Governance & Reporting: Establish and chair the client-side Steering Committee meetings, providing strategic updates, managing high-level risks, and securing executive sign-off on major program milestones and funding.
• Strategic Program Ownership: Define the overall program roadmap and business case for multi-year, multi-phase engagements, ensuring alignment between technical delivery and the client’s long-term strategic objectives.
• Complex Stakeholder Management: Navigate and resolve political or organizational blockers at the C-suite and VP level on both the client and Centric side.
• Risk Mitigation: Conduct strategic reviews of individual project plans managed by PMs, proactively identifying systemic risks, resource conflicts, and commercial threats before they impact delivery.
• Commercial & Financial Oversight: Oversee the consolidated program budget, manage the P&L for the entire engagement, and ensure all contract terms, change orders, and invoicing milestones are met to maximize commercial success.
• Methodology Adherence: Mentor Project Managers (PMs) on applying Centric PMO methodology to extremely large-scale and non-standard project environments while ensuring core compliance standards are maintained.

Job description

Centric Software is seeking a Project Director for New Implementations in Campbell, CA. This senior role leads executive governance, defines program roadmaps, and ensures alignment between delivery and client strategy.

You will manage complex stakeholder relationships at C-suite levels, oversee budgets and P&L, and mentor PMs to apply Centric PMO standards across large-scale implementations. This is a full-time, high-impact leadership position in a fast-growth environment.