Lead Program/Project Manager - Remote based in the US

Role summary

Portfolio and program leadership

• Own portfolios of multiple related and unrelated programs for strategic outcomes and business value.
• Develop program strategy aligned with business goals and stakeholder priorities.
• Coordinate cross-project dependencies and strategic alignment.
• Partner with the Portfolio Owner from ideation through implementation, including business cases, KPI definition and collection, financial matters, and implementation.
• Bridge strategy and execution and adapt initiatives to changing business goals.

Team and project management

• Guide teams through challenges, make decisions, establish new responsibilities, and foster collaboration.
• Engage delivery managers, plan capacity, and assign, prioritize, and recruit delivery managers and FTEs or contractors.
• Oversee project health and implementation across planning, resources, risks, issues, finances, execution, communication, phase gates, deliverables, and KPI collection.
• Coach program leads, project managers, and project specialists; review delivery manager work.
• Uphold Enterprise PMO governance and procedures; escalate issues and proactively mitigate risks.
• Develop and maintain project dashboards and performance reports covering schedule, scope, quality, and budget.
• Manage project budgets and financial reporting, resources, contractor setup, hardware and software provisioning, and access management.
• Manage vendor deliverables and contract performance for compliance and timely delivery.

Cross-functional delivery

• Drive project delivery improvements and shared ownership of IT services from business initiatives through implementation and operational sustainment.
• Work across business and technical stakeholders and partner with Portfolio, CDL, and other IS Towers.
• Develop business cases, contribute to RFI and RFP processes, and coordinate discovery efforts.
• Facilitate time tracking, analyze activity, and generate accountability and efficiency reports.
• Coordinate portfolio roadmaps and governance meetings; support adoption and change across initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of strategic program management experience.
• 10–12 years of hands-on large-scale and complex project implementation experience.
• Domain knowledge specific to infrastructure and cyber systems.
• Critical thinking and ability to analyze information, question assumptions, evaluate arguments, and solve problems effectively.
• Strong planning, organizing, time, task, resource, and risk management skills.
• Strong financial acumen, including business case development and financial impact modeling.
• Ability to establish, review, and adjust progress metrics.
• Self-initiated problem ownership, strong communication, C-level interaction, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to matrix-manage stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Compensation

• Base pay is $114,192–$155,000 annually, depending on location, qualifications, and experience.
• The role may be eligible for an annual incentive plan bonus of 10%–50%, depending on role level.
• Management-level positions may be eligible for sign-on and relocation bonuses.

Benefits

• Benefits, subject to employment status, include medical, dental, vision, disability, AD&D, and life insurance; 20 manager time-off days; discretionary 401(k) match; and 10 paid holidays.
• Additional offerings include health savings and flexible spending accounts and voluntary coverage such as pet, legal, accident, critical illness, long-term care, elder and childcare, auto, and home insurance.
• Colorado employees may receive paid leave under the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.

Workplace

• The title identifies the role as remote and based in the United States.