Job Summary:
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Senior Governance Program Manager supporting strategy execution, governance operations, and program delivery for a large technical organization. The ideal candidate combines strong technical program management, structured problem-solving, and executive-ready communication skills with the ability to translate complex business and technology needs into scalable operating models, intake processes, Azure DevOps architecture, decision frameworks, policies, and delivery plans. This role partners with business, technical, and governance stakeholders to improve how work is submitted, triaged, prioritized, governed, tracked, and communicated throughout the process, from intake through implementation and measurement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead cross-functional technical programs from discovery and planning through implementation, adoption, and measurement.
- Design and mature governance operating models, including decision rights, lifecycle stages, escalation paths, and success measures.
- Create decision-ready materials for leadership and governance forums, including decision packets, recommendations, options, risks, and expected outcomes.
- Design and operate end-to-end intake models, including request forms, triage criteria, prioritization and routing rules, and approval workflows.
- Understand Azure DevOps architecture, setup, and governance, including work-item types, fields, workflow states, and permissions.
- Develop and maintain program assets such as governance playbooks, process maps, templates, work instructions, and executive presentations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, synthesize research and feedback, clarify business problems, and translate ambiguous needs into actionable plans and deliverables.
- Facilitate rhythm-of-business activities, working sessions, decision forums, and action tracking.
- Identify opportunities to improve standardization, automation, data quality, transparency, and scalability across program operations, and present recommendations to stakeholders for prioritization and implementation decisions.
Required Qualifications:
- 5-7+ years of experience in technical program management, product or project management, business operations, governance, or a related discipline
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional programs and influencing stakeholders
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps or comparable work-management platforms, including backlog design, taxonomy, reporting, and process governance
- Ability to synthesize complex information and create clear, executive-ready recommendations, presentations, policies, and decision materials
- Strong understanding of technical delivery concepts, business processes, data structures, and operating-model design
- Excellent facilitation, organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with AI governance, responsible AI, and automation
Benefits
Company-sponsored Health, Dental, and Vision (HDV) insurance, 401(k) with match, Flex PTO, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and optional supplemental benefits designed to support your well-being and success.
Salary
$90,000-$105,000
