Maplewood , Minnesota
|Onsite
|Contract
Maplewood, Minnesota
|Onsite
|Contract
Take on a high-impact Senior Program Manager role leading technology delivery for a major commercial transformation program. You’ll guide an integrated SaaS platform, its supporting integrations, and the analytics layer that helps business teams make faster, smarter decisions.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery across the program, from planning through go-live and post-launch stabilization.
- Build and manage delivery structure across multiple technical workstreams, including milestones, dependencies, and accountability.
- Keep scope, priorities, and commitments aligned by proactively addressing changes and emerging risks.
- Coordinate execution across internal engineering and data teams as well as external vendors and implementation partners.
- Act as the central point of collaboration between business leaders, technology teams, and vendors to keep delivery moving forward.
- Track risks, decisions, and dependencies, and drive issues to resolution with clear follow-through.
- Lead executive-level governance and provide leadership with clear, concise updates on progress, challenges, and next steps.
- Escalate issues early and constructively while maintaining strong working relationships across stakeholders.
Skills
- 10+ years of experience leading complex enterprise programs.
- Experience presenting to and working directly with VP/SVP-level stakeholders.
- Strong program management skills across scope, risk, dependency, financial, and delivery oversight.
- Proven ability to lead multiple technical workstreams at once.
- Experience managing vendors and holding teams accountable to milestones and deliverables.
- Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred Skills
- Program management certification such as PMP, PgMP, or an equivalent credential.
- Agile or SAFe experience, or a similar delivery framework background.
- Experience supporting pricing-related programs.
- SAP experience.
- Comfort operating in complex, shifting, and ambiguous environments.
- Confidence making sound decisions and driving action without needing close direction.
Horizontal is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where different perspectives are valued and everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply if you’re excited about the role and meet the core qualifications.
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