Senior Program Manager

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At Circle K,our mission is simple: to make our customer’s lives a little easier everyday. You may have already stopped for coffee, refueling your car, or eating something on the go. Then, you know what Couche-Tard/Circle K is. We have grown into a successful global company with over 16,000 stores in 29 countries, serving almost 9 million customers every day. In total, more than 150,000 people work in our stores and offices.

We make journeys easier by offering fast and friendly service. We care about our people and our communities, and we look for ways to uplift people first. Wherever your journey’s going, we can help you get there. Are you ready to grow your career? Let's grow together!

We are seeking an experienced, strategic Senior Program Manager to join Circle K’s Strategy and Transformation team, reporting to Enterprise Director, Program & Portfolio Management, and leading enterprise-wide initiatives that drive operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and long-term growth in a fast-paced retail environment. In this role, you will scope, organize, and deliver complex programs with a collaborative approach, ensuring cross-functional alignment and transformative outcomes.

You will partner closely with senior leaders across operations, IT, finance, marketing, merchandising, and supply chain to advance Circle K’s Core + More strategy. The ideal candidate has a strong track record managing complex initiatives, building trusted relationships across stakeholder groups, navigating ambiguity, and delivering high-impact results in matrixed organizations. The ideal candidate is strategic, organized, and big-picture oriented, bringing clarity, structure and progress on top company priorities, and has excellent collaboration skills working with different teams and stakeholders.

You can navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with a high degree of independence, and together with teams provide clarity and drive progress and results for key leaders across the company.

This is a high-visibility opportunity to shape Circle K’s future by leading transformative programs and partnering with senior leaders to drive meaningful, enterprise-wide impact.

Here are just a few ways that you’ll help make journeys better:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, multiyear programs, including strategic scoping, detailed planning, execution, monitoring, and closure, ensuring stakeholder alignment and measurable business impact.
• Partner with senior leaders at the portfolio level to assess interrelated programs, prioritize initiatives, and lead tradeoff discussions with an enterprise-wide perspective.
• Develop and manage comprehensive program plans incorporating timelines, milestones, dependencies, resource allocation, and scenario modeling to optimize large-scale outcomes.
• Establish and facilitate strong governance structures, including RACI frameworks, stakeholder engagement plans, and escalation protocols to maintain alignment and resolve issues efficiently.
• Build influential executive relationships to secure buy-in, negotiate priorities, and deliver compelling, data-driven materials that inform strategic decisions.
• Partner with change management experts to design and execute adoption strategies, including training, readiness assessments, and success metrics to maximize ROI.
• Oversee multimillion-dollar budgets, including forecasting, variance analysis, and cost optimization to ensure financial performance and efficiency.
• Manage cross-functional and external partner/vendor relationships, negotiate contracts, ensure integration, and drive accountability for high-quality, timely deliverables.
• Collaborate with key partner companies to develop and deploy innovative, new-to-company solutions from problem identification through go-live.
• Contribute to the continued development of strong program and change management capabilities within the centralized PM/CM team.

We want you to join our team! Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Project Management, Operations, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred. Strong retail or program management…