Program Manager.
Aderant is scaling how we plan, execute, and collaborate to strengthen the way we work. This role will drive clarity, delivery, and decision-making across complex initiatives - ensuring teams ship predictably while leaders have real-time visibility into progress, risks, and tradeoffs.
What you'll do in this role:- Own end-to-end program delivery for cross-functional R&D initiatives: planning and governance, milestone and dependency tracking, stakeholder engagement, and release readiness.
- Build operating rhythms for your programs: execution reviews, decision logs, stakeholder updates, and quarterly planning inputs.
- Create visibility that leaders trust: status narratives, dashboards, and "what matters / what changed / what we need" updates (not just activity reporting).
- Drive dependency management across teams - identify path blockers early, negotiate sequencing, and escalate with clear options.
- Improve execution systems: standardize templates and frameworks, intake workflows, program artifacts, and ways of working (lightweight but consistent).
- Facilitate planning: support quarterly planning, capacity conversations, and tradeoff decisions using data and clear problem statements.
- Partner tightly with Engineering & Product leaders to translate strategy into executable plans and ensure delivery aligns to outcomes.
- Run clean ceremonies when helpful (kickoffs, sprint planning, retros, release readiness reviews, stakeholder demos).
What success looks like:- Priority programs ship with predictable delivery and fewer late surprises.
- Leadership gets clear, consistent visibility (risks, decisions, tradeoffs) and faster alignment.
- Teams spend less time in status churn and more time executing because systems + artifacts are reusable.
- Dependencies and scope changes are managed proactively with crisp decision points.
What we're looking for:- 4-7 years' experience in Program Management / Technical Program Management /
- Product Ops / Delivery roles in SaaS organizations.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
- Strong written and verbal executive communication - can produce crisp updates and facilitate decisions.
- Comfortable with modern tooling (e.g., Jira/Confluence, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Smartsheet).
- Strong fundamentals in scope management, sequencing, risk management, and stakeholder alignment.
- Experience with SaaS platforms, enterprise customers, regulated/contract-heavy environments, or release governance.
Preferred experience:- Experience standing up program governance (intake, prioritization, portfolio views).
- Familiarity with SDLC / release management concepts and metrics (cycle time, throughput, predictability).
- Experience partnering with Support/Services on release readiness, communications, and customer impact.
