Technology Program Manager

6-12 month contract with strong potential for extension and/or hire

Hybrid based in St. Louis, MO

We are seeking a Technology Program Manager to help coordinate delivery across a growing Business Technology organization. This role will provide structure, visibility, and governance across multiple technology initiatives and teams, ensuring dependencies, risks, priorities, and delivery timelines are effectively managed.

Reporting to a Director of Technology Delivery, the Technology Program Manager will serve as a key connector across technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership. The ideal candidate is highly organized, comfortable working in a matrixed environment, and able to translate complex delivery information into clear, actionable business updates.

• Track dependencies, risks, issues, and blockers across multiple technology initiatives and work streams.
• Maintain a portfolio-level roadmap and identify sequencing conflicts, resource constraints, and potential delivery impacts.
• Facilitate coordination across teams when initiatives have shared dependencies or competing priorities.
• Escalate significant delivery risks and blockers to appropriate technology and business leadership.

• Track key delivery metrics and provide visibility into project and program health.
• Maintain appropriate documentation, decision records, approvals, and delivery artifacts.
• Establish consistent reporting practices across teams and initiatives.
• Help ensure technology delivery processes and governance standards are followed consistently.

• Build and maintain dashboards, status reports, and other portfolio-level reporting.
• Prepare materials and updates for leadership meetings and strategic reviews.
• Translate technical delivery information into clear, concise, business-focused communications.
• Provide leadership with visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and upcoming priorities.

• Partner with Product Owners, Technical Analysts, Project Managers, and technical leads to improve delivery processes.
• Help establish and refine templates, workflows, prioritization practices, and delivery ceremonies.
• Identify opportunities to improve consistency, efficiency, and transparency across technology initiatives.
• Support the continued development and maturity of the organization's technology delivery practice.

Required

• 4+ years of experience in technology project or program management.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, work streams, or initiatives.
• Strong understanding of traditional delivery metrics, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, and dependencies.
• Familiarity with software and technology delivery metrics such as cycle time, deployment frequency, quality, and defect rates.
• Experience establishing or maintaining cross-team dependency, risk, and issue management processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred

• Experience working with AI-assisted, automation, or emerging technology delivery practices.
• Interest in understanding how AI and automation may impact technology delivery, governance, risk, and quality.
• Experience in construction, engineering, manufacturing, field services, or another project-driven industry.
• Experience with project or portfolio management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, , Microsoft Project, or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting technology transformation, digital modernization, or enterprise technology initiatives.

• Establish strong visibility into cross-team dependencies, risks, and delivery priorities.
• Build effective relationships with technology leaders, delivery teams, and business stakeholders.

• Portfolio reporting provides clear visibility into the status and health of key initiatives.
• Risks, dependencies, and delivery concerns are identified and escalated proactively.
• Teams are consistently using established delivery processes and reporting standards.

• Cross-team planning and sequencing becomes increasingly proactive and coordinated.
• Leadership has a reliable source of truth for technology portfolio status, risks, and priorities.
• The Technology Program Manager is recognized as a key connector across technology teams and business stakeholders.

• Help strengthen the organization's technology delivery practice through effective governance, communication, process improvement, and portfolio visibility.