Job Role – Sr. Lead Program Management
Location – 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30328 (3 days onsite a week) (Look for local candidates)
Contract
Experience range – 15 – 20 years
Interview process – 2 internal and 1 client
Job Description:
- The Sr. Lead, Program Management is a senior technical program management role responsible for leading large-scale, high-complexity enterprise technology programs and initiatives.
- This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and serves as a trusted advisor to senior and executive leadership, facilitating successful delivery of critical technology programs.
- The Sr. Lead drives cross-functional alignment, manages complex dependencies, and champions continuous improvement in program management practices across the organization.
- The right individual brings deep technical program management expertise, exceptional leadership capabilities, and the ability to navigate ambiguity across a matrixed environment.
- This role will report directly to the Sr. Director, Program Management and is a key contributor to the success of enterprise-wide technology initiatives.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Program Leadership & Delivery
· Lead and manage large-scale, enterprise-level technical programs involving multiple cross-functional teams in an Agile delivery and matrixed environment.
· Oversee all phases of the program lifecycle including initiation, planning, risk assessment, team formation, execution, and post-program evaluation.
· Define and maintain program roadmaps, integrated master schedules, and delivery milestones, ensuring alignment to business outcomes.
· Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
· Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make trade-offs, and balance business needs against technical constraints.
· Ensure all teams follow organizational AI policies and standards.
· Monitor AI tool reliability across teams. Create backup plans for system failures. Maintain project delivery capabilities without AI while preserving human skills and judgment.
· Lead AI adoption leveraging clear messaging, benefiting the teams and connecting human / AI value.
· Stakeholder Engagement
· Serve as a trusted advisor to senior and executive leadership, frequently consulted to lead high-impact initiatives.
· Build and maintain strong relationships with program stakeholders across technology, product, business, and operations.
· Communicate program status, risks, issues, and decisions clearly and effectively to audiences at all organizational levels.
· Facilitate senior leadership forums, steering committees, and program governance sessions.
· Risk, Issue & Dependency Management
· Identify, analyze, and manage risks, issues, and dependencies critical to ensuring program success and realization of business outcomes.
· Develop contingency plans, identify trigger events, and ensure timely escalation and resolution of program impediments.
· Proactively manage changes to baselined scope, schedule, and cost, communicating impacts and facilitating timely decisions.
· Financial Management
· Manage program budgets and funding channels, including creation, tracking, and variance analysis against approved budgets.
· Provide accurate forecasting, estimate-to-actual variance reporting, and financial status updates to leadership.
· Vendor & Resource Management
· Manage and coordinate multiple vendor engagements across a diverse program portfolio, including contract oversight and performance management.
· Partner with resource and delivery system leaders to ensure appropriate staffing and capacity planning across programs.
· Process Improvement & Governance
· Champion organizational change by enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of program management practices and frameworks.
· Launch and guide process improvement initiatives, applying lessons learned and advanced program management methodologies to drive continuous improvement.
· Provide input to refine established PM methodology and ensure alignment with delivery systems and enterprise standards.
· Develop and deliver program management deliverables in compliance with approved methodology requirements.
· Coaching & Mentorship
· Mentor and coach program and project managers across the organization, sharing expertise and elevating overall PM capability.
· Influence and guide individuals at all levels of the organization to adopt best practices in program delivery.
Key Skills to focus on.
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning
- Risk & Dependency Management
- Executive Communication
- Governance & Delivery Oversight
