Program Manager, Talent Programs

Program Manager, Talent Programs

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365 is a SaaS company disrupting the restaurant industry! Our cloud-based platform provides a unique, centralized solution for accounting and back-office operations for restaurants. Restaurant
365's culture is focused on empowering team members to produce top-notch results while elevating their skills. We're constantly evolving and improving to make sure we are and always will be "Best in Class"... and we want that for you too!

R365's Talent Solutions team brings the full talent lifecycle together—connecting Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Capabilities, and Learning & Development to attract exceptional people, build capability, accelerate performance, and help our people and business thrive.

As Program Manager, Talent Programs, you will be responsible for the day-to-day execution of assigned Talent Programs, as a pivotal part of our AI-forward Talent Solutions team. You'll bring start-to-finish program execution excellence to assigned talent programs and work streams across Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Capabilities, and Learning & Development. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact across the People Team as department and R365 as a whole.

This role is ideal for individuals skilled at program coordination, delivery, stakeholder management, and driving meaningful outcomes, while also experimenting with ways to use AI and modern tools to improve outcomes, gain efficiencies, and improve programs in meaningful ways. The Program Manager, Talent Programs, serves as a trusted point of contact for program participation and internal and external stakeholders. Your attention to detail will directly impact the R365 employee experience.

Some immediate programs might include annual performance management, career leveling, and new manager development.

Travel is required 1 to 2 times per year with advance notice for team meetings at one of our offices:
Irvine, CA, Akron, OH, or Austin, TX. This is a hybrid role requiring in-office presence on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for cross-functional collaboration.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage learning and development and performance management programs from inception through close-out, including defined work streams within larger initiatives, using established templates, tools, and processes.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned programs, ensuring a consistent experience for leaders, participants, and People team partners across cohorts and offerings.
• Coordinate dependencies, track progress, and ensure on-time delivery across assigned programs and work streams.
• Prioritize tasks, stakeholder needs, and competing program demands to keep multiple initiatives on track and deliverables on time.
• Close out assigned programs and work streams in a documented and structured way, capturing lessons learned, final metrics, and handoff notes for future program cycles.

Stakeholder & Communication

• Schedule and facilitate recurring program meetings, setting agendas, keeping discussions on track, and capturing decisions and action items.
• Prepare status materials ahead of reviews using established templates and processes, ensuring stakeholders have current progress, risks, and open decisions in advance.
• Track follow-through between meetings, flagging risks and communicating program impacts, risks, and updates to the Senior Manager before they escalate.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with People Business Partners, People Operations & Technology, Workforce Strategy, Total Rewards, subject matter experts, and vendors.
• Navigate competing stakeholder priorities and escalate unresolved tensions or decisions to the Senior Manager with clear context and a recommended path forward.

Reporting & Insights

• Maintain accurate and timely program reports, dashboards, and metrics including participation, completion, retention, and ROI against KPIs established by the Senior Manager.
• Ensure program data is consistently defined and properly maintained before reporting, flagging gaps or inconsistencies to the Senior Manager.
• Support the analysis of engagement, adoption, and effectiveness data to surface trends and insights.
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