Program Manager

Program Manager
** An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Program Manager!
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* 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.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here:  and
** Secure Issuance (SI):
** 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
** Key Responsibilities*
* • 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.
** Required

Skills & Qualifications *
* • 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.

Location Angers (Beaucouzé), France - required travel 25% (US)
Eden Prairie, MN - required travel 25%-50% (France)     
*** French Version  *
* * HID permet de sécuriser l’identité des personnes, des lieux et des objets dans le monde entier, afin que chacun puisse effectuer des transactions en toute sécurité, travailler efficacement et voyager librement.
Nous sommes une entreprise de haute technologie spécialisée dans les logiciels, dont le siège est situé à Austin, au Texas, et qui compte plus de 4 500 employés à travers le monde.
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** Secure Issuance (SI)
** Secure Issuance, une division de HID Global, propose le portefeuille le plus vaste et le plus sophistiqué au monde en matière d’imprimantes de cartes, de graveurs laser, d’encodeurs et de…