About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director of Program Management based in the United States.
This is a senior program leadership role at the center of a growing Data & Technology organization. You will drive execution across Product, Engineering, Design, Platform, and business teams, turning strategic priorities into measurable outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Drive cross-functional execution against organizational objectives, strategic priorities, and measurable business outcomes.
- Orchestrate complex initiatives across Product, Engineering, Design, Platform, and business teams, managing dependencies, sequencing, risks, and delivery.
- Partner with functional and executive leaders to translate strategy into coordinated plans, clear ownership, and effective execution.
- Lead organizational readiness and adoption initiatives for new systems, workflows, operating practices, and ways of working.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable operating rhythms, planning processes, program frameworks, and execution methodologies.
- Establish alignment and accountability through program reviews, stakeholder communications, progress tracking, and executive-level reporting.
- Identify systemic blockers, surface risks and dependencies, and facilitate the cross-functional decisions required to keep strategic initiatives moving.
- Drive programs from strategic definition through tactical execution, ensuring teams remain aligned on objectives, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
- Evolve agile practices and AI-enabled tools to improve planning, coordination, reporting, and operational workflows.
- Support integrations, migrations, organizational changes, and other complex initiatives through implementation and adoption.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in program management, technical program management, product operations, or a related discipline within software or technology organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to design programs by working backward from ambitious business objectives, identifying leverage points and gaps, and navigating complex organizations to achieve outcomes.
- Proven experience leading complex programs across multiple companies, business functions, and product and technology teams.
- Experience managing integrations, migrations, organizational change, or other initiatives requiring sustained implementation and adoption.
- Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and tactical levels, from executive alignment and organizational planning to hands-on program execution.
- Experience applying agile methodologies and AI-enabled tools to improve planning, coordination, reporting, decision-making, and operational workflows.
- Strong systems-thinking and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguity and identify interconnected organizational challenges.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to establish alignment, accountability, and clear decision-making across organizational boundaries.
- Experience driving execution across distributed teams and multiple time zones.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, complex dependencies, and evolving requirements while maintaining focus on measurable outcomes.
Conditions
- Remote work arrangement within the United States.
- Annual compensation range of $180,000–$200,000 CAD, with final compensation determined based on experience, skills, and overall fit for the role.
- Opportunity to lead high-impact, cross-functional programs within a growing Data & Technology organization.
- Exposure to Product, Engineering, Design, Platform, and business operations.
- Opportunity to shape scalable operating practices and introduce agile and AI-enabled approaches to organizational execution.
- Opportunity to work with distributed teams and influence strategic initiatives across the organization.