Program Manager

Preferred candidates should be based in or willing to work from one of the following Southern California locations:

Orange County, CA

Santa Ana, CA

Irvine, CA

Brea, CA

We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead and oversee complex technology transformation, application modernization, and managed services initiatives across multiple work streams. The Program Manager will serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, delivery teams, technology leadership, and external partners to ensure successful program execution, governance, financial management, and business outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in enterprise application delivery, cloud technologies, managed services operations, and stakeholder management, with proven experience driving large-scale programs from initiation through execution and stabilization.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic technology programs across multiple teams and vendors.
• Establish program governance, steering committees, status reporting, and executive communications.
• Define program objectives, milestones, KPIs, and success criteria.
• Drive issue resolution, risk mitigation, dependency management, and escalation processes.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for executive sponsors and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate regular stakeholder reviews and program governance meetings.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives and delivery execution.
• Communicate program status, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.

• Oversee planning, execution, and successful delivery of projects within the program.
• Manage cross-functional teams including architects, developers, cloud engineers, business analysts, and third-party vendors.
• Ensure adherence to project schedules, scope, quality standards, and budget commitments.
• Track program health and proactively address execution challenges.
• Manage program budgets, forecasts, resource plans, and utilization targets.
• Partner with recruitment and delivery teams to ensure timely fulfillment of staffing requirements.
• Monitor program financial performance and identify optimization opportunities.
• Support contract governance and vendor management activities.

• Identify and manage program-level risks and dependencies.
• Develop mitigation plans and track resolution through closure.
• Ensure compliance with organizational standards, policies, and security requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence.

• Build trusted relationships with customer leadership teams.
• Support strategic planning discussions and roadmap development.
• Identify opportunities for service expansion and value realization.
• Drive customer satisfaction and successful business outcomes.

• 8+ years of technology program and project management experience.
• 5+ years managing large-scale enterprise technology initiatives.
• Experience leading global delivery teams across onsite and offshore models.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing application development, cloud, infrastructure, data, or managed services programs.
• Proven track record of delivering programs within budget and schedule commitments.
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and leadership skills.

• Experience managing enterprise application portfolios including Salesforce, SAP, Informatica, Azure, or similar platforms.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar technology programs.
• Strong vendor and stakeholder management experience.
• Experience working directly with executive leadership and steering committees.