Lead Technology Program Manager Lead Technology Program Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Partner cross-functionally with teams such as Corporate Communications, Marketing, Digital Business, Legal, and IR to plan and execute Go To Market communications strategies, ensuring messaging alignment for internal and external audiences.
• Build and maintain relationships as the primary liaison to executive/senior leaders, technology sponsors, customers, vendors, and other key stakeholders for strategic and functional initiatives requiring alignment and coordination.
• Coordinate logistics and content for conferences, leadership updates, and internal events to highlight technology-driven initiatives and share success stories.
• Support the socialization of wins and drive awareness of technology portfolio progress through storytelling, newsletters, town halls, and digital channels.
• Act as a communications bridge across teams, ensuring program outcomes are clearly articulated and understood across diverse stakeholder groups, reinforcing transparency, alignment, and enterprise adoption.
• Influence and drive the prioritization and alignment of strategic and functional imperatives, deliverables, and decisions necessary for optimal delivery in an agile, product environment.
• Communicate and document initiative risks, impediments, decisions, and scope changes critical for Go To Market planning.
• Monitor technology trends and influence leaders and teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
• At least 8 years of experience in IT or a technology-focused business area.
• Minimum of 6 years experience leading and influencing technology portfolio, program, or product teams, including providing direction, coaching, and mentoring.
• At least 3 years experience supporting complex initiatives in a product and/or agile operating model, using tools like JIRA for work transparency and tracking.
• Experience translating data into quantifiable actions and deliverables.
• Experience working closely with senior leadership cross-functionally in a large organization.

Nice to Have

• Experience using formal business process improvement methodologies.
• Corporate retail experience.
• PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-CACP).
• Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP).
• Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC).
• Other portfolio management certifications (e.g., SAFe LPM, ICP-LPM, CSM, RTE, PMP).
• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS, or related field with 3-5 years supporting complex initiatives using scaled agile environments.

Benefits & Perks

• 401k with up to 4.25% match.
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount of strike price).
• Tuition-Free Education.
• 10-week Maternity/Parental Leave.
• 10% Associate Discount.