Director, Program Management - Client Programs
ADP · Augusta, GA · 6 days ago
HybridInformation Technology$115k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Lead the Client Success contribution to strategic client programs, including Meeting of the Minds (MOTM), Client Advisory Boards, certifications, and other enterprise client initiatives.
- Serve as the Client Success lead for client experience and content strategy, partnering closely with Marketing, Events, and Production teams.
- Maintain a holistic view of client experience programs to drive consistency, visibility, and quality across initiatives.
- Define and implement a persona-based experience strategy across client programs, ensuring alignment to client roles, industries, products, and lifecycle stages.
- Design end-to-end client journeys within programs (e.g., MOTM), ensuring experiences are intentional, relevant, and differentiated across client segments.
- Align session tracks, learning paths, and engagement models to support client maturity, product adoption, and value realization.
- Design and operationalize a structured content governance model across client programs to ensure alignment, consistency, and quality, while translating product expertise into cohesive, client-relevant program content.
- Introduce structured processes such as content intake, review cycles, and alignment checkpoints to improve coordination and effectiveness.
- Identify and address content gaps, redundancies, and inconsistencies to strengthen overall storytelling and client value.
- Guide and enable distributed content contributors by providing tools, structure, and support without centralizing all content creation.
- Partner with Marketing, Events, and Production teams to ensure programs are executed in alignment with intended client experience and content strategy.
- Provide leadership during program execution to maintain continuity, resolve issues, and uphold quality standards.
- Ensure a seamless, high-quality experience for both clients and internal stakeholders across all program touchpoints.
- Establish frameworks for audience segmentation and experience design to improve overall program effectiveness.
- Ensure content aligns to client needs, business priorities, and product strategy while maintaining consistency across sessions and program elements.
- Implement and support structured executive engagement within client programs, ensuring alignment, preparedness, and consistency in messaging.
- Develop executive-ready updates, insights, and reporting to support visibility and decision-making.
- Serve as a central point of contact for internal stakeholders seeking program information or guidance.
- Leverage Client Success insights, feedback, and engagement data to ensure the client perspective is embedded across all programs.
- Act as a champion for the voice of the client, ensuring experiences, content, and priorities align to real client needs and outcomes.
Requirements
- 8–12+ years of experience in client programs, customer experience, content strategy, learning programs, or related cross-functional leadership roles.
- Experience leading complex, client-facing programs, including client events and conferences, in a highly matrixed environment.
- Strong understanding of content governance, learning design, and client engagement strategies.
- Experience partnering with Product, Product Marketing, Marketing, Learning & Development, and Client Success organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to translate client insights into actionable programs and experiences.
- Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Prominent ability to influence across teams without direct authority.
- Travel up to 10% of the time.
- Bonus points for:
- Excels at building strong cross-functional relationships and navigating complex organizational dynamics.
- Brings a strategic mindset with the ability to operationalize and execute effectively.
- Demonstrates strong judgment in balancing stakeholder needs, client priorities, and business objectives.
- Has a passion for creating meaningful, high-quality client experiences.
- Thinks in terms of systems, frameworks, and scalability—not one-off solutions.
- Communicates proactively with clarity, structure, and influence.
- Maintains a strong focus on client relevance, educational value, and experience consistency.
- Thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Experience with virtual and onsite event coordination, including issue resolution.
- Experience with mobile applications and mobile app content validation.
- Experience in the Human Capital Management (HCM) Industry.
- Industry recognized professional certifications, including: PMP, PgMP, PHR, SPHR, CCMP.