Senior Director, Program Management & Strategic Initiatives

About the role

Serve as the operational bridge between the Segment President’s strategic priorities and the day-to-day execution required to advance them across the business.

Own the program management infrastructure for the segment’s most critical initiatives, including go-to-market transformation, product launches, M&A integration, organizational redesign, and high-priority special projects.

Define scope, success criteria, milestones, dependencies, and governance models that create clarity, accountability, and measurable progress.

Build and manage project plans that hold up under pressure, identifying risks early and driving resolution before issues escalate.

Lead cross-functional workstreams across sales, product, engineering, content, consulting, and customer experience to ensure teams deliver against commitments.

Design the segment’s operating cadence and create the visibility mechanisms the Segment Leadership Team needs to make fast, informed decisions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the operational bridge between the Segment President’s strategic priorities and the day-to-day execution required to advance them across the business.
• Own the program management infrastructure for the segment’s most critical initiatives, including go-to-market transformation, product launches, M&A integration, organizational redesign, and high-priority special projects.
• Define scope, success criteria, milestones, dependencies, and governance models that create clarity, accountability, and measurable progress.
• Build and manage project plans that hold up under pressure, identifying risks early and driving resolution before issues escalate.
• Lead cross-functional workstreams across sales, product, engineering, content, consulting, and customer experience to ensure teams deliver against commitments.
• Design the segment’s operating cadence and create the visibility mechanisms the Segment Leadership Team needs to make fast, informed decisions.

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on project and program management experience, with a demonstrated record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives on time and on scope.

Background in top-tier management consulting and/or senior PM roles within large, matrixed technology or life sciences organizations.

Mastery of project planning, risk management, resource coordination, and executive-level reporting.

Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or data and technology sectors.

It would be great if you also have an MBA or equivalent advanced degree.

Qualifications

Seasoned program leader who can bring clarity to ambiguity, establish operating discipline at scale, and serve as a trusted partner to senior executives while advancing complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution.

Skills

• Hands-on project and program management experience
• Experience in top-tier management consulting and/or senior PM roles within large, matrixed organizations
• Mastery of project planning, risk management, resource coordination, and executive-level reporting
• Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or data and technology sectors
• Seasoned program leader with ability to bring clarity to ambiguity and establish operating discipline at scale

Benefits

Flexible working hours to collaborate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders across global time zones.

Pay

Negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time position.