Sr. Program Manager, IP Strategy

Our client is a nonprofit professional association serving the global engineering community. Established in 1880, it supports all engineering disciplines by facilitating collaboration, knowledge exchange, and professional development. The organization produces codes and standards, publications, conferences, and continuing education programs that advance technical innovation and safety worldwide. Its membership includes students, engineers, executives, researchers, and academic leaders.

About the Role

The Senior Program Manager, IP Strategy leads operational and programmatic initiatives for the organization’s IP Strategy Office. This role manages strategic programs, coordinates cross-functional activities, oversees intake and governance processes, and ensures disciplined execution of the IP Office’s operating model. The position supports intellectual property and AI governance, executive reporting, and enterprise-wide process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic initiatives under the IP Strategy Office roadmap, tracking plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, and decision points across workstreams.
• Coordinate delivery of licensing assessments, governance implementations, AI and Supply Lifecycle Management response processes, pilot initiatives, and process automation.
• Administer centralized intake processes for licensing and AI-related requests, governance certifications, and guidance.
• Maintain routing logic, escalation paths, documentation, decision trees, and governance workflows.
• Coordinate execution across Legal, IT, Compliance, Customer Experience, Standards, Publishing, and Business Unit teams.
• Promote adoption of IP governance processes through clear communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Support enterprise-wide licensing inventory and assessment efforts, maintaining visibility into agreement status, gaps, and risks.
• Develop and maintain executive dashboards covering governance, licensing, AI inquiries, milestones, risks, and program performance.
• Prepare materials for leadership, board, and advisory audiences and support governance reporting and strategic communications.
• Support AI governance documentation and identify opportunities to improve workflows through automation and process optimization.
• Coordinate Knowledge Unit pilot activities, including data collection, readiness metrics, reporting, and integration with organizational planning.
• Monitor program performance and recommend improvements to strengthen governance, accountability, and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 7–10+ years of experience in program management, business transformation, PMO, governance, operations, or enterprise initiative leadership.
• Proven experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and business functions.
• Strong executive-facing program management skills, including strategic planning, reporting, dashboard development, and governance support.
• Experience improving intake processes, governance workflows, escalation paths, and performance metrics.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Preferred experience in governance, compliance, risk management, knowledge management, intellectual property, content operations, publishing, or standards development.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, project and portfolio management tools, workflow automation platforms, dashboards, process mapping, and AI productivity tools.

Pay

Estimated New York metro salary range of $125,000–$135,000 per year.