Senior Program Manager
- Austin, United States
- Senior Level
- 12+ years
- Bachelor's degree
- Posted
Skills
Required
- Program Management
- Supply Chain
- project management
- ERP systems
- Jira
Preferred
- lifecycle
- ERP
- milestone reviews
- Microsoft Dynamics
Join our team as a Senior Program Manager, where you will play a crucial role in advancing successful program execution through strategic planning, customer engagement, and cross-functional leadership. You will lead complex, high-value programs, evaluate program risks, and implement execution strategies that achieve customer commitments while supporting long-term business objectives. This role requires effective communication, influencing, and collaboration skills, as well as strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Responsibilities
- Lead execution of complex, high-value programs by developing integrated program strategies, execution plans, schedules, milestones, and performance objectives.
- Serve as the primary customer interface for complex programs and strategic customer engagements, leading customer program reviews, executive briefings, milestone reviews, and contractual discussions.
- Coordinate proposal transition, contract execution, production readiness, product delivery, and lifecycle support activities, while ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, company procedures, and customer expectations.
- Business intelligence and reporting tools, e.g. Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent applications
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, e.g. Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, or equivalent platforms
- Expertise in program lifecycle management, strategic planning, financial management, risk management, contract execution, and cross-functional leadership
- Demonstrates commercial insight by balancing customer success, program performance, financial objectives, and long-term business growth
- Applies strategic thinking when balancing customer objectives, contractual commitments, business priorities, and program execution
- Extensive knowledge of program management, customer relationship management, integrated product development, and operational execution
Requirements
- Effective communication, influencing, and collaboration skills with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, Product Management, Business Development, executive leadership, and customers
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to lead multiple complex programs and strategic organizational priorities
- Attention to detail when managing contractual performance, financial objectives, integrated schedules, customer communications, and program documentation
- Program and project management applications, e.g. Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Primavera, or equivalent applications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Program Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain, or a related field with 12–15 years of related experience, or a Master's degree with 8–12 years of related experience in program management, project management, operations, engineering, manufacturing, or a related discipline
- Proficiency in utilizing program management tools, ERP systems, business reporting applications, and program performance metrics
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams
