Program Manager

Job Description

Role: Program Manager (Automotive industry experience)

Location: Newark, CA (Onsite - 5 Days/Week)

Duration: 6+ Months

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to lead and deliver large-scale enterprise technology programs. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, executing, and managing complex initiatives while overseeing budgets, schedules, risks, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to ensure successful business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT programs from initiation through closure.

Define program scope, objectives, milestones, budgets, and resource requirements.

Develop and maintain integrated program plans and roadmaps.

Manage multiple project workstreams, dependencies, risks, issues, and change requests.

Drive governance, executive reporting, and stakeholder communications.

Collaborate with business leaders, product owners, architects, engineering teams, and vendors.

Ensure alignment between business goals and technology solutions.

Facilitate stakeholder meetings, steering committees, and program reviews.

Monitor program performance against scope, schedule, budget, and quality targets.

Lead geographically distributed and cross-functional teams.

Drive organizational transformation, modernization, and process improvement initiatives.

Implement Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.

Required Skills

Program Management

Program & Project Management

Program Planning & Execution

Portfolio Management

Budget & Financial Management

Resource Planning

Risk & Issue Management

Change Management

Vendor Management

Governance & Compliance

Technical Skills

SDLC & Software Delivery Lifecycle

Agile, Scrum, SAFe Frameworks

Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform)

DevOps & CI/CD Concepts

Enterprise Applications & Integrations

Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project

IT Infrastructure & Digital Transformation Programs

Leadership Skills

Stakeholder Management

Executive Communication

Strategic Thinking

Negotiation & Conflict Resolution

Team Leadership

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Influencing Without Authority

Required Qualifications

Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

MBA or master s degree preferred.

PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent certifications preferred.

Proven experience managing multi-million-dollar technology programs.

Demonstrated success delivering enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.

Experience working with geographically distributed teams.

Skills

Mandatory Skills : Account Management & Mining, Benefits Management, Project Governance, Risk/Crisis Management, Stakeholder Management