Tech Program Director - AI, Data & Cross-Team Delivery

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient is seeking a senior program manager to serve as the central coordination point for technology programs within a defined domain. You will lead a portfolio of complex engineering initiatives, partnering with engineering, product, and business leaders to translate strategic priorities into coordinated technology programs and roadmaps.

You will drive execution, governance, risk management, and executive reporting across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience leading portfolios of complex engineering programs.
• Experience coordinating multi-team, multi-workstream initiatives with dependencies.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into executable programs and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution and planning for a portfolio of engineering initiatives.
• Partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to translate priorities into programs, roadmaps and milestones.
• Drive program planning, milestone tracking, prioritization, and cross-team coordination.
• Identify and manage complex dependencies across teams to mitigate risk.
• Establish and maintain program governance, roadmap alignment, risk management, and reporting.
• Coordinate workstreams involving data platforms, analytics, AI-enabled technologies, and solutions in roadmaps.
• Support responsible AI governance and alignment when AI is used in programs.
• Develop executive-ready communications on status, priorities, risks, and decisions.
• Facilitate collaboration to remove blockers and align priorities, resources, execution.
• Advance the CTO Office PM practice with scalable approaches and awareness of AI/data tech in healthcare.

Skills

Portfolio management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Relevant degree preferred

Job description

Vizient is seeking a senior program manager to serve as the central coordination point for technology programs within a defined domain. You will lead a portfolio of complex engineering initiatives, partnering with engineering, product, and business leaders to translate strategic priorities into coordinated technology programs and roadmaps.

You will drive execution, governance, risk management, and executive reporting across multiple teams.