Vice President, Digital Product and Program Management Office - Remote

Location Beaverton, Oregon, 97007 This job is associated with 2 categories Req  Work From Home OR

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.

As Vice President, Digital Product and Program Management Office (PMO), you'll set the enterprise vision for digital product management and the broader IT portfolio delivery, translating company strategy and customer needs into prioritized investments and measurable business outcomes.
You'll own the product operating model along with the program and project management frameworks, establish governance and decision‑making standards while ensuring cross‑functional teams deliver the highest‑value initiatives with speed, quality, and accountability. Partner closely with executive leaders across Operations, Marketing, IT, Finance, HR, and other functions to align product roadmaps, enterprise programs, resources, and adoption plans.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the enterprise product vision, strategy, and multi‑year roadmap, grounded in family insights, center staff feedback, market trends, business priorities, and technology capabilities.
• Lead the IT PMO and product management organization, including the selection, prioritization, planning, governance, and delivery of strategic products, programs, and projects.
• Establish a consistent product and portfolio operating model with clear intake, business‑case, prioritization, funding, stage‑gate, risk, dependency, and benefits‑realization practices.
• Partner with executive leadership to translate strategic objectives into an integrated portfolio; recommend tradeoffs based on customer value, strategic alignment, capacity, risk, cost, and expected return.
• Own portfolio performance and executive reporting, providing transparent views of investment, progress, outcomes, risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and decisions required.
• Build and maintain outcome‑based product roadmaps and delivery plans. Define key performance indicators and use data, customer research, experimentation, and financial analysis to guide investment and product decisions.
• Champion a customer‑centered product culture and ensure solutions deliver intuitive, inclusive, and high‑quality experiences for families, employees, and business partners.
• Create strong partnerships among stakeholders to clarify ownership, accelerate decisions, and remove barriers to delivery.
• Proactively identify and mitigate portfolio‑level risks and dependencies; lead recovery planning for critical initiatives and elevate issues with clear options and recommendations.
• Oversee product and portfolio budgets, workforce plans, vendor relationships, and resource allocation to optimize investment and organizational capacity.
• Lead organizational change and adoption strategies so that new products, capabilities, and processes achieve intended business outcomes.
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