DocuSign

Senior Program Manager

DocuSign • $164K — $266K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience
  • 12+ years of program management/change management experience in customer-facing roles
  • Proven track record in leading cross-functional projects
  • Strong analytical skills using data to drive decisions
  • 5+ years optimizing customer processes for software deployments
  • Ability to manage multiple initiatives while ensuring accountability
  • Experience in risk assessment and unlocking execution efficiencies

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional projects that boost customer activation and retention
  • Collaborate with senior leaders to execute comprehensive programs
  • Enhance processes across teams to identify and eliminate barriers
  • Set project goals and deliverables to align team purpose
  • Serve as a Directly Responsible Individual on multi-system initiatives
  • Analyze metrics with Analytics/Product Ops for data-driven improvements
  • Roll out standardized global playbooks for Customer Success teams
  • Deliver regular program updates to ensure stakeholder alignment
  • Incorporate AI tools to enhance operational workflows

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off, including company holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave of up to six months
  • Full health benefits from day one
  • Retirement plans with employer contributions
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Compassionate care leave for personal events
Full Job Description
What you'll do

As Senior Program Manager, you will drive the execution of initiatives to enhance the IAM customer experience, adoption, and retention. You will collaborate across Customer Success, Product, Operations, and GDA to lead a cross-functional program team focused on the following key areas: Work in partnership with the Customer Value Program Director to orchestrate cross-functional teams to develop strategies, playbooks, and programs to drive customer activation, product adoption, and retention. Establish a regular rhythm of inspection to analyze retention, churn, and growth causality to facilitate data-driven program improvements. Assemble and deliver executive reporting and meeting cadences to ensure seamless cross-functional alignment and accountability. Support the operation and modification of the IAM adoption program across different segments and geographies.

This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Group Vice President of Global Enterprise Customer Success.

Responsibility
  • Lead end-to-end cross-functional projects and programs that optimize customer activation, product adoption, and long-term retention
  • Work in close concert with the GVP of Global Enterprise Customer Success and GVP of Global Commercial Customer Success and the Customer Value Program Director, to drive and execute a comprehensive program that ensures milestones, manages cross-functional dependencies and risks, and measures and impacts cross region and cross segment IAM adoption
  • Architect process and workflow improvements across Customer Success teams to uncover root causes, eliminate systemic barriers, and enhance effectiveness
  • Establish project goals and minimum viable products/deliverables (MVPs/MVDs) while ensuring shared understanding of purpose across cross-functional teams
  • Operate as a core contributor or Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) on multi-system initiatives, balancing creativity with feasibility to deliver scalable solutions
  • Collaborate with Analytics and Product Operations to analyze adoption, churn, and usage metrics, facilitating data-driven program iterations
  • Coordinate the rollout of standardized global playbooks and adoption plays for field Customer Success teams, embedding customer feedback into team rituals
  • Establish regular reporting cadences and deliver transparent program status updates to ensure alignment among internal stakeholders and executive leadership
  • Adopt modern operational tools, including AI-enabled efficiencies, to improve organizational workflows and embed continuous learning


Job Designation

Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)

Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

What you bring

Basic
  • BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience
  • 12+ years of experience in program management or change management supporting Customer Success, Education, Services programs, or other customer facing groups
  • Experience leading cross-functional projects and driving disciplined execution
  • Experience using data analytics to drive decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups
  • 5+ years experience with supporting software customer process optimization and change management with a focus on supporting cross functional software deployments and/or complex customer implementations
  • Experience driving decision making process across multiple senior stakeholders
  • Experience identifying and derisking key dependencies and unlocking execution efficiencies within cross-functional programs
  • Experience simultaneously steering multiple independent initiatives, keeping contributors accountable and on schedule, and streamlining work tracking with consistent processes


Preferred
  • Experience evaluating and adopting AI capabilities or automation tools to improve team efficiency
  • Ability to independently solve multi-step operational challenges across multiple systems
  • Experience with Jira for program backlogs and sprint execution planning
  • Deep technical aptitude and ability to understand software products to connect capabilities to customer needs
  • Exceptional organizational skills for identifying dependencies and unlocking execution efficiencies
  • Communication experience with a record of public speaking and writing on technical topics
  • Strong communication skills to convey overall program objectives, success strategies, and insights for key stakeholders including but not limited to ability to support executive level presentations


Wage Transparency

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

California: $164,700.00 - $266,000.00 base salary

This role is also eligible for the following:
  • Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
  • Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).


Global benefits provide options for the following:
  • Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
  • Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
  • Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
  • Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
  • Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
  • Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events

Work Authorization Notice: Please note that we do not provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this position. Applicants must already be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis without the need for current or future sponsorship.

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About DocuSign

DocuSign is a software company that provides electronic signature technology and digital transaction management services for facilitating electronic exchanges of contracts and signed documents. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. DocuSign's cloud-based platform allows users to sign, send, and manage documents anytime, anywhere, and from any device. The company's customers include individuals, small businesses, and large enterprises across a variety of industries, including real estate, financial services, healthcare, and government. DocuSign has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States and has received numerous awards for its innovative technology and business practices.
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Size
7,461 employees
Market Cap
$10.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$243.2 million
Founded
2003
5 Year Trend
+40.8%
Revenue
$1.4 billion
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