Program Manager

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Program Manager!

Location:

Angers (Beaucouzé), France or Eden Prairie, MN

Job

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

Secure Issuance, part of HID Global, offers the world’s broadest and most sophisticated portfolio of card printers, laser engravers, encoders and software. For more than 25 years, organizations across a variety of industries — from enterprise corporations and government agencies to financial institutions and universities — have relied on HID Global Secure Issuance for the custom personalization and issuance of secure identity credentials and financial cards.

With a history of pioneering patented technologies and expertise, business integrity and long-standing customer confidence, HID Global is a global leader in secure card issuance innovation.

We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead and coordinate new strategic initiatives aligned to our Desktop strategy within SI. In this role, you will drive complex, cross-functional and cross-site programs, ensuring strong alignment between engineering teams, product stakeholders, and platform governance bodies. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, execution, and coordination. You will join at a critical moment, as the organization is defining and deploying a new Innovation Execution Model.

The ability to onboard quickly, bring structure to emerging topics, and contribute immediately is essential to the success of this role.

• Lead the planning, execution, and follow-up of programs across multiple teams and geographic locations.
• Ensure effective coordination and alignment between cross-functional stakeholders, including Engineering, Product Management, Quality, Operations, and Architecture.
• Build, maintain, and communicate a clear program roadmap, including milestones, dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Facilitate decision-making and ensure timely escalation and resolution of issues.
• Drive transparent communication across teams and proactively identify misalignments or execution risks.
• Prepare and present regular status updates, dashboards, and executive-level reports for leadership and steering committees.
• Ensure synchronization and close collaboration with brand-specific project managers to maintain alignment across related initiatives.

• 10+ years of proven experience as a Project Manager or Program Manager in complex, international, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong experience working with distributed, multi-site teams across different time zones and cultures.
• Demonstrated capability in cross-functional coordination involving engineering, product management, and system or platform architecture teams.
• Solid background in program governance, planning, dependency management, and risk management.
• Ability to operate autonomously in fast-paced and evolving environments, with a strong aptitude for structuring ambiguous or early-stage topics.
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken); proficiency in French is highly desirable.

Angers (Beaucouzé), France - required travel 25% (US)

Eden Prairie, MN - required travel 25%-50% (France)

On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something. HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries. We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go – without having to think about it.

When you join our HID team, you’ll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You’ll have 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.