Senior Program Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 18, 2026.
Our client’s hardware, services, and subscriptions business is rapidly scaling its brand portfolio. In this high-impact role, you will apply deep program management expertise, strategic foresight, and creative problem-solving to drive the highest-priority initiatives across global, regional, and local teams. You will foster cross-functional collaboration, design scalable governance frameworks, and build a cohesive community across the organization.
As the Senior Program Manager for P&D Marketing, you will own the full execution lifecycle of marketing projects and processes—from intake and strategic roadmap forecasting, to executive review orchestration, cross-functional solutioning, and continuous improvement. Sitting within the Strategy, Insights, Analytics, and Operations group, your mandate is to bridge high-level business goals with execution reality, cut through organizational ambiguity, manage critical information flow to Senior Leadership Teams, and ensure operational efficiency across complex global initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Program & Product Leadership: Guide stakeholders through new product initiatives, driving daily prioritization, requirements, and schedule management.
Change Management & Adoption: Lead organizational change across Marketing by establishing processes, holding teams accountable, and reinforcing program usage.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Align diverse cross-functional teams to streamline workflows, enhance efficiency, and build a transparent, inclusive culture.
Stakeholder & Risk Management: Lead large-scale alignment meetings (50+ stakeholders), proactively mitigating risks and negotiating timeline delays.
Executive Communication: Deliver executive-level presentations and maintain clear communication cadences on project status, resource needs, and priorities.
Process Architecture & Governance: Design realistic governance frameworks, review cadences, and templates that streamline execution without operational friction.
Strategic Forecasting & Capacity: Map project timelines against annual business goals to evaluate organizational bandwidth and manage capacity effectively.
Data-Driven Strategy & Problem Solving: Scope ambiguous problems, analyze complex data points, and drive strategic buy-in through data-driven storytelling.
Knowledge, Skills + Experience
8+ years leading complex, end-to-end marketing campaigns, production lifecycles, and high-impact program initiatives within global matrixed organizations.
Design and scale frictionless governance frameworks, review cadences, and operational templates to streamline campaign execution.
Align project timelines with annual business goals, assess organizational bandwidth, and forecast upstream and downstream impacts.
Lead organizational adoption and drive consensus across diverse teams through clear accountability, positive reinforcement, and structured problem-solving.
Facilitate large-scale alignments (50+ stakeholders), resolve cross-functional delays, and deliver solution-oriented executive escalations.
Analyze complex data points to uncover stakeholder needs, present clear project status updates, and secure alignment through data-driven storytelling.
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) with 2+ years navigating complex, large-scale organizations.
Specialized in marketing, program management, building scalable processes, and utilizing project management software.
Balances long-term strategic vision with near-term delivery, distilling complex data into compelling narrative insights.
Delivers clear written, visual, and oral presentations to effectively influence peers, cross-functional leads, and leadership.