IT Program Manager III
BCforward · Addison, TX · 1 mo ago
Finance$67.69/hrContract
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Delivery Lead, IT Program Manager to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in leading multi-team delivery across product and platform initiatives, dependency and risk management, and data-driven delivery flow and a proven ability to orchestrate complex programs end to end, improve predictability through automation-first practices, and deliver outcomes aligned to business goals.
Responsibilities
- Lead multi-team programs from initiation through delivery aligned to scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
- Translate business strategy into actionable plans, milestones, and clear deliverables.
- Orchestrate cross-team execution, proactively managing dependencies, risks, and integration points.
- Promote automation-first delivery to improve flow, reduce manual effort, and increase predictability.
- Provide concise reporting using real-time delivery and operational data to enable decision making.
- Partner with product, engineering, platform, and shared services to deliver program and platform outcomes.
- Manage intake and prioritization to match capacity and maintain sustainable work-in-progress limits.
- Support operational readiness including testing, environments, controls, and support transition.
- Maintain compliance with enterprise change, security, and audit standards.
- Drive continuous improvement through metrics, flow diagnostics, and structured feedback loops.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Program leadership across product, platform, or enterprise environments.
- Cross-team coordination, dependency and risk management, and RAID rigor.
- Delivery flow management, intake governance, and enforcement of WIP limits.
- Agile and Lean mindset with familiarity in AI-accelerated workflows.
- Proficiency with delivery planning, documentation, and workflow tools.
- Experience with enterprise change, security, and compliance processes.
- Knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, security scanning, and release automation concepts.
- Experience with delivery metrics and value stream or flow-oriented practices.
- Familiarity with operational readiness, SLOs, and support models.
- Financial acumen in budgeting and forecasting.
- 7+ years leading multi-team delivery in relevant roles such as Program Manager, Project Manager, or Delivery Lead.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with platform rollouts, modernization, or technical migrations.
- Experience using AI tools for story refinement, documentation, or delivery automation.