Program Manager

🧾 Job Title: Exempt Program Manager, Talent Management

Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Contract

🎯 Role Summary

The Program Manager, Talent Management is responsible for leading strategic and operational programs that support Talent & Organizational Development (OD&L). This role owns end-to-end program delivery, including planning, execution, change management, and performance tracking.

You will work cross-functionally to drive talent, learning, leadership development, and engagement initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple talent and organizational development programs
• Define and execute program strategy, roadmap, and objectives
• Drive end-to-end project management (scope, timelines, budget, risks)
• Develop and track KPIs, dashboards, and performance metrics
• Provide regular updates to leadership and executive stakeholders
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support learning, leadership, and engagement initiatives
• Apply change management principles to drive adoption and impact
• Facilitate presentations, workshops, and executive briefings
• Ensure alignment with organizational priorities and talent strategy

✅ Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Organizational Development, I/O Psychology, or related field
• Master’s degree (preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in:
• Program or project management
• Talent management / Learning & Development
• Organizational development or change management

🧠 Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong program & project management skills
• Experience managing cross-functional initiatives
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Strong analytical skills (KPIs, reporting, dashboards)
• Experience with change management and organizational behavior
• Ability to influence and present to executive leadership
• Familiarity with Agile or human-centered design approaches

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

• Certification or experience with assessments such as:
• Hogan
• Birkman
• DiSC
• StrengthsFinder
• 360 Assessments

Pride Global and its affiliates offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Pride Global and its affiliates are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

Pride Global and its affiliates are a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.