Technical Program Management, Director – Advisory

Jobtailor; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior program manager to lead execution, coordination, and governance for a portfolio of engineering initiatives within a healthcare technology domain. You will translate strategic objectives into coordinated roadmaps, milestones, and execution plans across engineering, data, AI, platform, and related teams.

The role emphasizes risk and dependency management, executive reporting, and collaboration with product, architecture, and business units to remove blockers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience leading complex engineering programs.
• Experience translating priorities into executable programs across multiple teams.
• Experience with program governance, roadmap alignment, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Technical fluency across software engineering, data platforms, analytics, AI-enabled technologies, cloud platforms.
• Understanding of responsible AI governance and AI capabilities in technology initiatives.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of healthcare supply chain and spend management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution, integrated planning, and coordination for a portfolio of engineering initiatives.
• Translate strategic objectives into coordinated programs, roadmaps, milestones, and execution plans.
• Drive program planning, milestone tracking, prioritization, and cross-team coordination across engineering, data, AI, platform, and other technology teams.
• Identify and manage dependencies across engineering, IT, product development, R&D, and related functions.
• Establish governance, progress reporting, risk management, escalation paths, and executive visibility.
• Coordinate technical workstreams involving data platforms, analytics, AI-enabled technologies, and other roadmap solutions.
• Support responsible AI governance and alignment.
• Develop executive-ready communications covering status, priorities, risks, dependencies, decisions, and delivery progress.
• Facilitate collaboration across product, engineering, architecture, and business teams to remove blockers and align priorities.

Skills

Program Management

Roadmap Alignment

Dependency Management

Data Platforms

Analytics

Cloud Platforms

Software Engineering

Technical Fluency

AI Capabilities

Healthcare Supply Chain

Education

Relevant degree

Job description

• Lead execution, integrated planning, and coordination for a portfolio of engineering initiatives supporting a defined technology domain
• Translate strategic objectives into coordinated technology programs, roadmaps, milestones, and execution plans
• Drive program planning, milestone tracking, prioritization, and cross-team coordination across engineering, data, AI, platform, and other technology teams
• Identify and manage complex dependencies across engineering, corporate IT, product development, R&D, and related functions
• Establish and maintain program governance, progress reporting, risk management, escalation paths, and executive visibility
• Coordinate technical workstreams involving data platforms, analytics capabilities, AI-enabled technologies, and other engineering-roadmap solutions
• Support responsible AI governance and alignment
• Develop executive-ready communications covering program status, priorities, risks, dependencies, decisions, and delivery progress
• Facilitate collaboration across product, engineering, architecture, and business teams to remove blockers and align priorities, resources, and execution
• Advance the Office of the CTO’s technology program management practice through scalable approaches
• Maintain awareness of emerging AI-enabled and data-driven technologies relevant to healthcare supply chain and spend management

Requirements

• Relevant degree preferred
• 7 or more years of relevant experience required
• Experience leading portfolios of complex technical or engineering programs involving multiple teams, workstreams, and dependencies
• Experience partnering with engineering, product, technology, and business leaders to translate strategic priorities into executable programs
• Experience with program governance, roadmap alignment, portfolio prioritization, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting
• Technical fluency across software engineering, data platforms, analytics, AI-enabled technologies, cloud platforms, or enterprise technology
• Understanding of responsible AI governance and AI capabilities in technology initiatives
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and influencing skills
• Ability to drive alignment without formal authority
• Ability to navigate complex organizational environments, manage competing priorities, and provide clear visibility into portfolio health and execution
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and data-driven solutions relevant to healthcare supply chain and spend management preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in program management, including governance, risk management, and milestone tracking across engineering and technology domains. Proficient in translating strategic objectives into actionable technology programs while fostering collaboration among cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Program Governance
• Risk Management
• Executive Communication
• AI-Enabled Technologies
• Portfolio Prioritization

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Program Management
• Roadmap Alignment
• Dependency Management
• Data Platforms
• Analytics
• Cloud Platforms
• Software Engineering
• Technical Fluency
• AI Capabilities
• Healthcare Supply Chain

Soft Skills

• Relationship-Building
• Facilitation
• Influencing
• Collaboration
• Alignment Without Authority

Industry Keywords

• Technology Domain
• Emerging Technologies
• Spend Management
• Complex Technical Programs
• Cross-Team Coordination