Program Manager - Hybrid

**Join a leading organization at the forefront of innovation, partnering with Aquent to deliver groundbreaking solutions that shape the future!**

We are seeking a highly motivated and impactful individual to join our client's dynamic team. This is an extraordinary opportunity to drive complex initiatives and deliver significant business, operational, and technical improvements across multiple teams and organizations. As a pivotal force, you will not only define and steer critical programs but also ensure their successful execution and adoption, leaving a lasting mark on strategic objectives and the overall success of our client's endeavors. Your expertise will directly influence how cross-functional challenges are overcome, how change is managed, and how alignment is achieved at the highest levels.

In this exciting role, you will be instrumental in:

* **Strategic Program Leadership:** Independently defining, driving, and owning comprehensive program charters that encompass scope, timelines, objectives, resourcing, and risk management for moderately complex programs. You will translate ambitious goals into clear, measurable objectives and milestones, determining the optimal level of program management required for each initiative.

* **Structured Planning & Execution:** Crafting detailed project plans that break down initiatives into discrete, stakeholder-aligned phases, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and constraints. You will establish effective program phasing and metrics to drive continuous improvement, including robust resource stewardship, and optimize regular checkpoints and performance dashboards.

* **Influential Communication & Alignment:** Designing and delivering optimized communication strategies, including executive and key partner communications, to articulate program vision and progress across all touchpoints. You will ensure stakeholders are fully aligned on strategic program pivots.

* **Proactive Change Management:** Anticipating change management needs and independently developing comprehensive rollout plans, including impact analysis. You will proactively drive necessary pivots, monitor the progress of change initiatives, resolve misalignments, and define future change management requirements.

* **Senior Stakeholder Engagement:** Building and nurturing trusted relationships with senior program stakeholders to facilitate effective decision-making, resolve prioritization conflicts, and proactively manage program escalations.

* **Data-Driven Governance:** Independently determining and collecting the necessary data to govern programs effectively and inform stakeholder decisions. You will maintain project trackers and status reports, identify and execute program tasks, proactively manage dependencies, and integrate values such as Product Excellence, Product Inclusion, and brand trust.

* **Operational Excellence:** Creating automated processes to enhance velocity and monitoring, defining robust program governance structures that include effective management of mitigations, postmortems, and escalation reports, and leading impactful program stakeholder meetings.

This role offers a unique chance to collaborate with diverse teams, innovate solutions, and contribute significantly to a forward-thinking organization. Your leadership will be key in fostering cross-functional success and delivering impactful outcomes.

**Qualifications to excel in this role:**

**Must-Have Qualifications:**

* Proficiency in Portfolio Management (PgM/TPM)

* Expertise in Team Management

* Strong background in Continuous Improvement (PgM/TPM)

* Demonstrated ability in Managing Organizational Change (PgM/TPM)

* Exceptional Communications Management (PgM/TPM) skills

* Advanced Planning (PgM/TPM) capabilities

* Proven success in Stakeholder Management (PgM/TPM)

* Proficiency in Execution and Governance (PgM/TPM)

* Strong Technical Judgment (TPM)

* Deep User understanding and empathy

**About Aquent Talent:**

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.