Sr. Principal Program Manager - AI Transformation

G-P

$176K — $221K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years in Program Management
  • Experience managing $20M+ portfolios in a global SaaS environment
  • Strong matrixed leadership across Engineering and Finance/Legal teams
  • Advanced proficiency in PMP/PgMP frameworks
  • Domain experience in HRIS and Legal environments
  • Flexible U.S. location, with openness to strong candidates from Latin America.

Responsibilities

  • Lead collaboration between business areas and enterprise tech teams for AI-enabled solutions
  • Collaborate on roadmap impact measurement and enablement
  • Navigate cross-functional dependencies, ensuring milestone delivery and ROI
  • Establish project intake standards for Finance, HRIS, and Legal
  • Oversee AI capability rollout and manage pilot-to-production lifecycle
  • Identify and manage critical path dependencies and resource contention
  • Chair high-level steering committees for portfolio health and timelines.

Benefits

  • Generous paid parental leave
  • Flexible time off
  • Spending accounts
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Sabbatical after 5 years
  • Additional benefits beyond standard offerings.
Full Job Description
About The Position

As a Sr. Principal Program Manager you will be the connective tissue between the functional business areas, their AI transformation and the enterprise tech teams developing automation and agentic solutions. This role is about architecting the shift from traditional roles to tech enabled automation and agentic AI workflows that redefine how our teams work.

This role is responsible for the rigorous management of a multi-year roadmap that integrates corporate initiatives with a global Finance, HRIS, and Legal transformation.

You will serve as the primary operational link between Finance, HRIS, and Legal business stakeholders. You will ensure that high-stakes workstreams are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with corporate ROI targets, while maintaining a focus on a seamless, AI-augmented operational flow.
What You'll Do
  • Lead the collaboration between the business areas and aligned enterprise tech team to ensure alignment between changing ways of working and tech/AI enabled automation and agentic solutions.
  • Collaborate with functional leaders and enterprise tech team on the roadmap and measurement of impact/benefits, adoption and enablement.
  • Navigate complex cross-functional dependencies to keep the engine moving-holding engineering, enterprise applications, and business teams accountable for hitting milestones and delivering measurable ROI on agentic initiatives.
  • Portfolio Governance & Roadmap Orchestration: Establish the standards for project intake, prioritization, and status reporting for the Finance, HRIS, and Legal infrastructure. Manage the "Golden Path" of initiatives that optimize the workflow journey.
  • AI Program Lifecycle: Oversee the programmatic rollout of AI-forward capabilities (e.g., automated legal review, automated financial workflows). Manage the pilot-to-production lifecycle and measurable business impact.
  • Dependency & Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify and manage critical path dependencies between Finance, HRIS, and Legal engines and the backend financial/contracting systems. Mediate resource contention across matrixed engineering and design teams.
  • Executive Steering & Communication: Chair high-level steering committees (SVP/C-Suite) to provide data-driven insights into portfolio health, budget variance, and risk-adjusted delivery timelines.
What we're looking for:
Minimum Requirements:
  • 15+ Years in Program Management
  • Proven track record of managing $20M+ portfolios within a global enterprise SaaS environment.
  • Matrixed Leadership: Expert experience working across Enterprise Application Engineering and Finance/Legal teams to deliver unified business solutions.
  • Methodology Mastery: Advanced proficiency in PMP/PgMP frameworks, focusing on Risk Management, Resource Leveling, and Value Realization.
  • Domain Experience: Must-have experience within HRIS and Legal environments.
  • Location: Candidates can be in any US time zone (limited to the US, but open to strong candidates from Latin America).
Preferred Requirements:
  • Experience with Workday ERP, Workday HRIS, and Workday Adaptive.
  • Experience with DocuSign.
  • Experience with incentive/compensation systems, specifically CaptivateIQ.


The annual gross base salary range for this position is $176,000 - $221,000 plus variable compensation.

Actual compensation for this position may vary and will depend on multiple factors such as relevant qualifications, experience, education, and geographic location. For Full-Time Regular Employees, this position is also eligible for additional compensation as follows:

  • Sales Roles: This position is eligible for a commission structure in addition to base salary.
  • Non-Sales Roles: This position is eligible for an annual bonus which is paid dependent on various factors, including and without limitation, individual and company performance in addition to base salary.

Benefits

G-P values its employees and offers excellent benefits and perks including generous paid parental leave, flexible time off, spending accounts, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, sabbatical after 5 years and more.

Individuals residing, or applying to work, in the United States: California or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, please review the following additional information:

G-P will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles City Fair Chance Act Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Act Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Act Ordinance. Los Angeles applicants can review additional information regarding the Los Angeles City Fair Chance Act here: Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Philadelphia applicants can review information pertaining to Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance here: Fair Chance Poster. Any consideration of a candidate's background check with arrest or conviction records will include an individualized assessment based on the factors required by applicable law, including the candidate's specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job.

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