Kiewit Corporation

Sr Program Manager

Kiewit Corporation • $110K — $130K *
Omaha, NE 68104In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in IT, product delivery, or program management.
  • Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional programs for measurable outcomes.
  • Strong executive presence with excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to lead change and guide teams through ambiguity.
  • Experience in a matrixed organization, effectively working across all levels.
  • Self-motivated, accountable with a history of delivering results.
  • Strong relationship-building skills across business and technology teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead program planning and execution with stakeholders to align outcomes with strategic objectives.
  • Develop and maintain integrated program plans and manage risks and dependencies.
  • Communicate program status and changes to stakeholders at all levels.
  • Establish and communicate vision and execution strategy for programs.
  • Oversee program roadmaps to ensure alignment with strategies.
  • Engage stakeholders to gather feedback and drive adoption.
  • Coordinate business, product, and technology workstreams to support objectives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents.
  • Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Retirement plans with matching contributions.
  • Generous paid time off policy.
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 182462

Job Level: Senior Level

Home District/Group: DHO Information Technology Group

Department: Technology Group

Market: Corporate Home Office

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

The position is responsible for leading strategic technology programs from planning through delivery across Kiewit business functions. This role ensures program outcomes, roadmaps, and delivery plans support the company's overall strategy and measurable business goals. This position will coordinate teams across Kiewit Technology Group and external stakeholders. The role requires a strategic mindset, executive-level relationship and communication skills, strong delivery discipline, and demonstrated leadership behaviors. The ability to effectively communicate and operate in a dynamic, matrixed environment is key. This position is responsible for leading cross-functional program teams, aligning stakeholders, managing dependencies, and driving execution across product, business, and technology groups.

Location

This is a full time in office role located on our LaVista, NE campus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead program planning and execution with business stakeholders and technology teams to align priorities, timelines, and outcomes with strategic objectives.Provide leadership to cross-functional teams, enabling success in a dynamic and evolving technology environment.
  • Develop and maintain integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and decision logs.
  • Communicate program status, progress, risks, decisions, and changes to stakeholders at all levels.
  • Establish and communicate the vision and execution strategy for assigned programs.
  • Oversee program roadmaps and delivery plans, ensuring alignment with business and technology strategies.
  • Engage stakeholders to understand priorities, gather feedback, drive adoption, and measure value realization.
  • Coordinate business, product, and technology workstreams to ensure resources and delivery approaches support program objectives.
  • Collaborate across technology teams to manage dependencies, align efforts, and improve delivery effectiveness.Advocate for business needs by representing stakeholder priorities to technology teams.
  • Partner with vendors, external partners, and internal teams to remove obstacles and maintain program momentum.


Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Information Technology, product delivery, or program management.
  • Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional programs with the ability to align stakeholders, manage dependencies, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
  • Strong executive presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead change, create urgency, and guide teams through ambiguity.
  • Experience working effectively across all levels of a matrixed organization.
  • Self-motivated and accountable, with a track record of delivering results and following through on commitments.
  • Strong relationship-building and influencing skills across business and technology teams.
  • Ability to drive alignment and decision-making among stakeholders with competing priorities.
  • Experience with budget management, forecasting, resource planning, or program financials preferred.
  • Experience with vendor management, contract negotiation, Agile delivery, product management, or change management is a plus.

Other Requirements:
  • Regular, reliable attendance
  • Work productively and meet deadlines timely
  • Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
  • Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
  • Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
  • May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.


We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

About Kiewit Corporation

Kiewit Corporation is an employee-owned Fortune 500 contractor based in Omaha, Nebraska. Privately held, it is one of the largest contractors in the world. Recent projects have included several bridge retrofittings in the San Francisco Bay Area, Interstate H-3 project in Hawaii, and building the world's largest geodesic dome at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Along with significant mining and off-shore operations, the company also contracts small grading (dirt moving) projects for residential or commercial development.

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Size
22,000 employees
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Founded
1884
* Ladders Estimates

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