Principal IT Program Manager - Remote

Futures start here. Where first steps, new friendships, and confident learners are born. At Kinder Care Learning Companies, the first and only early childhood education provider recognized with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award
, we offer a variety of early education and child care options for families. Whether it’s Kinder Care Learning Centers, Champions, or Crème de la Crème, we build confidence for kids, families, and the future we share. And we want you to join us in shaping it—in neighborhoods, at work, and in schools nationwide.

At Kinder Care Learning Companies, you’ll use your skills and expertise to support the work (and fun) that happens in our sites and centers every day. From marketers and strategists to financial analysts and data engineers, and so much more, we’re all passionate about crafting a world where children, families, and organizations can thrive.

Kinder Care is seeking a strategic and experienced Principal IT Program Manager to lead complex technology initiatives across Technology Operations and Information Security & Compliance. In this role, you will oversee portfolio governance, strategic planning, delivery, risk management, and executive reporting while leading and developing a team of project managers.

As the Principal IT Program Manager, you will partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Security, Finance, Operations, vendors, and business leaders to translate priorities into executable roadmaps, manage dependencies, allocate resources, and drive successful outcomes.

• Lead and develop project managers while establishing consistent program management practices, standards, and delivery disciplines
• Oversee portfolio health, priorities, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, capacity, budgets, risks, and outcomes to support effective prioritization and resource allocation
• Establish program governance, charters, decision rights, escalation paths, reporting standards, and appropriate delivery frameworks for complex initiatives
• Drive high-impact, complex, regulated, and executive-sponsored initiatives while ensuring operational readiness, security, compliance, vendor, and change-management requirements are addressed
• Leverage Jira, Confluence, automation, and AI-enabled workflows to improve portfolio visibility, reporting, decision-making, and continuous improvement

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience, with 10+ years of progressive project or program management experience leading complex technology initiatives
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing project or program management professionals while influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority
• Knowledge of Technology Operations, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, compliance, and other complex technology environments
• Expertise in scope, schedule, budget, risk, dependencies, resource management, governance, and stakeholder management across Agile, predictive, hybrid, and product-based delivery models
• Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, portfolio management, and data-driven reporting tools and practices

We’re here to help our employees navigate the integration of work and life:

• - Know your whole family is supported with discounted child care benefits.
• Breathe easy with medical, dental, and vision benefits for your family (and pets, too!).
• Feel supported in your mental health and personal growth with employee assistance programs.
• Feel great and thrive with access to health and wellness programs, paid time off and discounts for work necessities, such as cell phones.
• - … and much more.

We operate research-backed, accredited, and customizable programs in more than 2,000 sites and centers…