Sr. Program Manager, Elevation , US Posted ago

## Sr. Program Manager, Elevation Chicago/Aon Center, Illinois, United States of America Apply Now Job :
R-105444

Date posted:
10/20/2026

Team:
Manufacturing

Location:

Chicago, IL, USThe Senior Manager, Strategic Programs is responsible for defining program requirements, setting objectives, developing integrated project plans, and leading complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives that support business growth, infrastructure modernization, operational excellence, and network optimization objectives. This role serves as the overall program leader for assigned initiatives and is accountable for technical and program feasibility, governance, workstream integration, executive reporting, risk management, stakeholder alignment, process improvement, and successful delivery of program objectives.##

Job Description
** Essential Functions & Responsibilities
** Program & Project Management:
* Lead complex capital programs from requirements definition and conceptual design through execution, commissioning, vertical startup, and handover.
* Define program objectives, scope, budgets, schedules, success measures, and execution plans aligned to approved business cases.
* Support Capital Appropriation Request submissions and serve as the program advocate to capital investment committees.
* Develop integrated program roadmaps that sequence work streams, milestones, dependencies, resources, and key decision points.
* Provide technical guidance to influence design decisions, resolve technical challenges, and ensure feasible, scalable, compliant solutions.
* Establish the program structure, resource model, technical capabilities, and external partner support needed to deliver scope, schedule, and budget commitments.
* Provide cross-functional leadership across Engineering, Finance, Operations, HR, Legal, R&D, EHS, FSQ, Procurement, and external partners.
* Align sponsors, functional leaders, and portfolio governance teams on program scope, trade-offs, priorities, risks, value realization, and escalation needs.
* Manage cross-functional dependencies, decision interlocks, critical path constraints, and prioritization conflicts across work streams, sites, suppliers, and partners.
* Establish governance cadence, including workstream reviews, leadership updates, decision forums, action tracking, escalation pathways, and decision records.
* Develop and manage risk, issue, assumption, and dependency processes to identify, monitor, mitigate, and escalate factors that may affect delivery.
* Communicate program health, milestones, budget, risks, dependencies, decisions, and required leadership actions through clear, decision-oriented reporting.
* Lead operational readiness, change adoption, training coordination, readiness criteria, and sustained ownership planning with site and functional teams.
* Ensure safety, environmental, compliance, and operational requirements are embedded from design through operational verification and value realization.

Program Management Standards, Tools
* Work with PMO and functional partners to drive continuous improvement of capital project management activities, workflows, tools, methodologies, and governance practices across KHC entities to improve efficiency, consistency, scalability, and execution quality.
* Develop and share best practices, reporting standards, reusable program artifacts, templates, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track program progress, financial performance, schedule performance, risk, and total cost of ownership (TCO).
* Lead post-implementation reviews and lessons learned activities to capture insights, identify improvement opportunities, and incorporate learnings into future program standards, tools, governance practices, and execution playbooks.
** Expected Experience & Required Skills
*** Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited engineering school or related field is required.
* 6+ years experience in engineering, project management, program management, and/or technical leadership across multiple sites. Prior experience in an in-plant technical role such as Operations, Maintenance, or Plant Engineering is preferred.
* Demonstrated success in project and program management execution, including requirements definition, scope, schedule, budget, governance, reporting, risk, dependency, resource planning, execution, monitoring/control, closeout, roadmap development, cross-workstream dependency management, and decision cadence; familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or other iterative delivery…