The posting
About the role
The Senior Program Manager leads complex, cross-functional programs that carry elevated business importance, technical complexity, execution risk, or leadership visibility.
The role drives disciplined execution, manages dependencies, prepares decision-ready governance inputs, and leads the recovery planning when programs deviate from commitments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead complex programs or major cross-functional workstreams from initiation through launch.
- Manage integrated schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, resource constraints, and business commitments.
- Drive recovery planning and corrective actions when programs are off track.
- Coordinate cross-functional deliverables and ensure program decisions translate into action.
- Prepare accurate governance, risk, launch readiness, and leadership review materials.
Strategic Responsibilities
- Provide program feasibility, timing, risk, dependency, and resource inputs to segment planning discussions.
- Identify risks that may affect broader portfolio timing, capacity, launch readiness, or customer commitments.
- Recommend program recovery options, schedule adjustments, mitigation plans, or escalation actions.
- Support PMO methods, governance adoption, and lessons learned from complex program execution.
Decision Authority
- Authorized to lead assigned complex program plans, risks, recovery actions, governance preparation, and cross-functional follow-up.
- Can recommend mitigation plans, escalation actions, and program recovery options.
- Escalates unresolved resource, timing, quality, or launch risks through PMO channels.
- Does not own segment PM people leadership, portfolio prioritization, or PMO operating model decisions.
Scope
- Assigned complex programs or major workstreams.
- Cross-functional execution across technical, product, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, finance, and business stakeholders.
- Program risk, recovery, governance, and launch readiness management.
Key Interfaces
- PMO Segment Leader for execution expectations, recovery plans, and escalation decisions.
- Lead / Principal Program Manager for portfolio-slice coordination or dependency management when applicable.
- Program team members and functional partners for deliverables, readiness, and issue resolution.
- PMO Operations & Capability Leader for governance standards, reporting tools, and portfolio data expectations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3 + years of experience leading complex programs, major projects, product development initiatives, and/or cross-functional workstreams
- 3 + years of demonstrated ability to manage schedules, risks, recovery plans, and stakeholder alignment
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Operations, Program Management, or related discipline.
- Experience in NPD, PDP, Passport, stage-gate, manufacturing, or technical product development environments.
- Project management certification or formal PM training.
- Experience supporting leadership reviews or executive program updates.
- Strong communication, issue-resolution, and cross-functional leadership skills.



