Principal Program Manager

Role overview

Program delivery

• Drive customer outcomes through SAS Viya integration, migration, and adoption.
• Provide governance, risk oversight, value realization, executive engagement, and delivery predictability.
• Orchestrate multiple workstreams, guide cross-functional teams, and manage key projects when needed.
• Strengthen executive relationships, customer adoption, business value realization, and delivery of contracted backlog.

Planning and commercial management

• Align program scope with business objectives and recommend strategic plan refinements.
• Plan and adjust schedules, scope, resources, and quality standards.
• Support contract negotiations and coordinate proposals, work statements, specifications, budgets, and financial terms.
• Manage expenditures, identify trends, and provide ongoing financial reporting to stakeholders.

Stakeholder and governance duties

• Maintain program documentation and coordinate activities across internal and external stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary contact for business and technical matters.
• Facilitate program goals, business outcomes, and technical requirements.
• Follow applicable security policies and processes supporting secure software development goals.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Business, Marketing, Accounting, or a related field, or relevant military background, or equivalent experience and qualifications.
• Relevant program management experience, ideally in financial services, technology development, or technology adoption.
• Strong leadership, consensus-building, conflict-resolution, analytical, negotiation, facilitation, presentation, and communication abilities.
• Willingness and availability to travel to customer sites as required.

Preferred certification

• PMP or PgMP certification is preferred.