Senior Program Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Remote

Enterprise Imaging Senior Program Manager

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The Enterprise Imaging Senior Program Manager is responsible for leading operational execution, governance, and contract compliance for strategic Enterprise Imaging partnerships and programs.

This role serves as the programmatic owner for Statements of Work (SOWs), Master Relationship Agreements (MRAs), milestone tracking, financial administration, vendor governance, risk escalation, and executive-ready reporting across the Enterprise Imaging portfolio.

Reporting through Business Development, this individual partners closely with Product Management, Operations, Solution Architecture, Vendor Management, Legal, Finance, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams to ensure partnership commitments translate into measurable operational and business outcomes.

Role Mission:
Drive disciplined partnership execution by ensuring vendors and internal stakeholders deliver against contractual commitments, milestone acceptance criteria, financial obligations, operational readiness, and commercialization objectives.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Own operational management of Enterprise Imaging partner agreements, including SOWs, MRAs, amendments, renewals, and associated governance activities
• Establish and maintain contract compliance tracking mechanisms that clearly define obligations, deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, owners, due dates, and approval requirements
• Coordinate with Business Development, Legal, Finance, Product, and Vendor Management to support contract execution, modifications, renewals, and risk reviews
• Maintain organized, audit-ready documentation for contract artifacts, milestone sign-offs, decision records, and vendor commitments

• Lead cross-functional programs supporting strategic Enterprise Imaging partnerships, integrations, operational onboarding, and commercialization initiatives
• Develop and manage integrated program plans that define scope, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and stakeholder ownership
• Drive milestone acceptance processes and obtain formal stakeholder sign-offs required for contractual, operational, and financial commitments
• Facilitate governance forums, milestone reviews, business reviews, and leadership updates with clear agendas, decisions, action items, and follow-up

• Manage contract-related budgets, invoices, funding commitments, payment milestones, and financial tracking in partnership with Finance and Business Development leadership
• Validate invoice timing and milestone alignment against contract terms, acceptance criteria, and documented approvals
• Support business case tracking, financial reporting, and operational performance visibility for active partner programs
• Identify opportunities to improve vendor performance, execution discipline, operational efficiency, and governance consistency

• Proactively identify legal, financial, compliance, operational, vendor, and delivery risks that may impact partnership execution or commercialization outcomes
• Develop mitigation plans, drive issue resolution, and escalate material risks to the appropriate leadership forums
• Ensure vendor deliverables and internal work streams remain aligned with contractual commitments, business objectives, launch readiness needs, and customer expectations
• Provide concise executive-ready status reporting on program health, risks, dependencies, decisions, and required leadership actions

• Drive collaboration across Business Development, Product Management, Operations, Engineering, Solution Architecture, Vendor Management, Legal, Finance, and Go-to-Market teams
• Influence stakeholders without direct authority to maintain momentum, resolve ambiguity, and drive accountability across a matrixed organization
• Support partner onboarding, operational transition planning, commercialization readiness, post-launch governance, and continuous improvement activities
• Lead multiple concurrent partner and program initiatives while balancing competing priorities, resource constraints, and changing business needs

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

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