Associate Director – Program Management
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Associate Director leading enterprise transformation programs and PMO governance. Managing portfolios, executive stakeholders, risks, budgets, and cross-functional delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and oversee strategic transformation initiatives across business functions
- Establish program structures, governance frameworks, delivery methodologies, and execution standards
- Manage multiple concurrent projects within the transformation portfolio
- Track milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and critical decisions across programs
- Ensure transformation objectives align with business strategy
- Develop and maintain PMO governance processes, tools, templates, and reporting standards
- Facilitate steering committee meetings, executive reviews, and status reporting
- Provide portfolio-level visibility into program health, resource utilization, budget, and KPIs
- Drive accountability across workstreams and stakeholders
- Collaborate with senior leaders, business teams, IT, operations, finance, HR, and external partners
- Serve as a trusted advisor to program sponsors and leadership teams
- Influence decision-making and drive alignment across competing priorities
- Facilitate communication across all levels of the organization
- Support organizational change management activities
- Identify process improvement opportunities and implement best practices
- Promote standardized project management methodologies and tools
- Drive operational excellence and continuous improvement
- Monitor program budgets, forecasts, and resource plans
- Identify and mitigate delivery risks and escalations proactively
- Ensure compliance with organizational policies and governance standards
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations, or related field
- 8–12+ years of experience in PMO, program management, transformation, or strategic initiatives
- Proven experience independently leading large-scale, enterprise-wide transformation programs
- Strong understanding of project/program management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid)
- Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders in matrix organizations
- Excellent executive communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities
Benefits:
- Fully remote work arrangement
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