Program Manager - Enterprise IT

Position Description

The Program Manager will lead the successful delivery of large, high-risk, mission-critical, and complex strategic enterprise programs consisting of multiple related projects. This position is responsible for producing long-term organizational improvements while managing program scope, schedules, activities, resources, budgets, risks, quality, and stakeholder expectations throughout the complete delivery lifecycle.

The ideal candidate is an experienced, hands-on program leader who can coordinate multiple business and technology initiatives within a global manufacturing environment. This individual will lead cross-functional teams, manage vendors, advise project managers, oversee program financials, and ensure projects collectively achieve the program’s strategic objectives.

The Program Manager will also support the continued development and adoption of Project Management Office methodologies, standards, procedures, processes, and tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple interrelated projects within large, complex, and strategically important enterprise programs.
• Plan, direct, facilitate, and coordinate program activities and resources to achieve business objectives on time, within budget, and at the required level of quality.
• Manage program scope, schedules, budgets, dependencies, deliverables, risks, issues, resources, and success criteria.
• Ensure individual projects remain aligned with the program’s overall strategic objectives and anticipated organizational benefits.
• Identify and coordinate the business, IT, technical, and vendor resources required to build high-performing program teams.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, project schedules, work breakdown structures, estimates, resource plans, milestones, and dependency maps.
• Establish strong relationships with business stakeholders and ensure program activities support organizational goals.
• Facilitate and document program charters, business requirements, approvals, governance materials, and other program-specific documentation.
• Coordinate program reviews and obtain required stakeholder and executive approvals.
• Develop the overall testing strategy and oversee integration testing, user acceptance testing, defect resolution, and implementation readiness.
• Identify, document, escalate, and manage complex program risks and issues through closure.
• Analyze complex situations and data to determine appropriate solutions and achieve the best possible program outcomes.
• Maintain program-level risk, issue, action, dependency, and decision logs.