Senior Director, Program Management

• Bachelor’s degree required

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The Sr. Director Program Management is responsible for leading a complex, enterprise-wide transformation program and broader business transformation initiatives. This role will provide strategic leadership, governance, and execution oversight across multiple work streams spanning systems, processes, and operating model changes.

Reporting to the VP, Governance & PMO, the Program Director will lead a team of Senior Program Managers and work closely with business leaders, IT, and implementation partners to ensure successful delivery of program objectives, milestones, and business outcomes.

• Lead the overall planning, governance, and execution oversight of a large, complex transformation program and related initiatives
• Provide leadership and direction to a team of Senior Program Managers responsible for major program work streams
• Ensure alignment of program scope, priorities, milestones, resources, and business outcomes across all work streams
• Establish and maintain program governance, reporting, escalation, and decision-making processes
• Oversee integrated program plans, cross-functional dependencies, risks, issues, and action tracking
• Prepare and deliver executive updates, dashboards, and materials for governance and steering committee meetings
• Partner with business, IT, and external implementation partners to drive alignment, accountability, and execution discipline
• Ensure implementation partners and vendors are effectively managed against agreed deliverables and commitments
• Support organizational readiness, change coordination, and business adoption efforts to help ensure successful implementation and sustained outcomes
• Monitor program budget, resource needs, and delivery health, escalating issues and recommending actions as needed

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 15+ years of experience in program management, transformation leadership, or related roles
• Proven experience leading large, complex, cross-functional enterprise programs
• Experience leading SAP, ERP, or similarly complex business and technology transformation initiatives
• Experience managing direct reports, including senior-level program or project leaders
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
• Demonstrated experience in governance, integrated planning, risk management, and issue resolution
• Experience working with system integrators, external vendors, and cross-functional business and technology teams
• Experience in program financial management
• Experience in Project Management tools like Clarity / Planview/ SPM / any other

• Experience leading major ERP transformation programs
• Experience in enterprise transformation involving systems, processes, and operating model changes
• Familiarity with change management, business readiness, and adoption planning
• PMP, PgMP, Agile, SAP, or related certifications preferred
• Advanced degree preferred

• Strategic leadership
• Program governance and execution oversight
• Team leadership and coaching
• Executive presence and communication
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Risk and issue management
• Program Budget Management
• Partner and vendor management
• Business outcome orientation

Success in this role will be demonstrated through effective leadership of a complex transformation program, strong coordination across work streams and stakeholders, timely and transparent executive reporting, proactive management of risks and dependencies, and delivery of targeted business outcomes.

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental,…