Job Title: Senior Program Manager
Location: Woodland Hills, CA (Hybrid)
Compensation: $180,000 base salary + 10% bonus
Overview
We are seeking a highly strategic and execution-focused Senior Program Manager to lead large-scale technology initiatives and governance programs across multiple engineering teams. This role will partner closely with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment between technology delivery and business objectives.
The ideal candidate comes from a top-tier consulting background (Big 4 or equivalent) and has extensive experience building program governance frameworks, managing complex technology programs, and communicating with senior executives.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Governance Leadership
- Oversee and optimize engineering delivery pipelines across multiple initiatives.
- Design and implement scalable program governance frameworks and operating models to ensure consistent execution of technology programs.
- Track program milestones, dependencies, and outcomes to ensure projects deliver on time and within scope.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the primary liaison between engineering, product, and executive leadership including VP, SVP, CFO, and Director-level stakeholders.
- Facilitate alignment across business and technical teams to ensure technology investments drive measurable business value.
- Define program goals, success metrics, and implementation roadmaps.
Executive Communication
- Develop and present executive-level presentations, strategy decks, and program updates to senior leadership and cross-functional audiences.
- Translate complex technical initiatives into clear business narratives supported by quantitative and qualitative insights.
- Provide strategic recommendations to leadership based on program performance and operational data.
Technical Governance
- Establish and maintain program governance frameworks including:
- Change request management
- RAID tracking (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)
- Authorization and approval processes
- Release planning and cross-team coordination
- Ensure transparency, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration across technology teams.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of program or project management experience leading large-scale technology initiatives.
- Prior consulting experience at a Big 4 or top-tier consulting firm such as
- Deloitte, EY, BCG, Accenture, PwC, or KPMG.
- Strong experience designing and implementing program governance and operating models.
- Proven ability to work with executive stakeholders (VP, SVP, CFO, C-suite).
- Demonstrated success delivering complex technology or engineering programs across multiple teams.
- Advanced presentation and executive communication skills, including building strategy decks and executive briefings.
