Job Summary:
HDR is a company committed to creating a welcoming environment where employee-owners are valued and respected. The IT Program Manager is responsible for leading complex, cross-functional programs, ensuring alignment between technology delivery and business strategy, while managing resources, risks, and program outcomes.
Responsibilities:
• Lead multiple related projects as an integrated program, Manage cross project dependencies, risks, and resource allocation
• Provide direct and indirect leadership across multiple project teams, driving shared accountability, execution discipline, and consistent decision‑making. Coach and guide resources within the program
• Influence cross‑functional partners and senior stakeholders to align priorities, resolve conflicts, and optimize program outcomes.
• Model strong leadership behaviors and serve as a role model for delivery excellence across the project management community.
• Establish and maintain clear, consistent communication rhythms across projects, ensuring alignment and transparency. Produce integrated, insight‑focused program reporting for senior leaders and governance bodies.
• Communicate integrated program status, risks, and outcomes to senior leaders and steering committees.
• Translate complex technical, financial, and delivery information into executive‑level insights to support informed decision‑making.
• Integrate project‑level plans into a cohesive program roadmap, managing interdependencies, sequencing, and critical milestones.
• Facilitate governance ceremonies, steering committees, and program reviews to ensure effective oversight and timely decisions.
• Adapt delivery approaches as conditions change while maintaining progress, stability, and accountability.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks and issues that span multiple projects or functional areas.
• Anticipate systemic delivery risks and proactively drive corrective actions. Ensure appropriate and timely escalation aligned with program governance thresholds.
• Manage program‑level budgets, forecasts, and financial health, balancing cost, value, and risk.
• Forecast and optimize resource capacity across projects, resolving constraints and competing priorities.
• Ensure alignment of scope across projects, managing impacts of change while protecting program objectives. Drive and track delivery of measurable business outcomes and validate that program results achieve intended value
• Use ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) to manage program planning, financials, resourcing, and reporting.
• Coordinate technical changes and release activities across projects, ensuring governance compliance, readiness, and risk mitigation.
• Align delivery practices with organizational standards, policies, and PMO expectations.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Minimum 5 years of IT project/program management or leadership experience
• Proven experience managing complex IT programs involving multiple projects and executive level stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinking and financial acumen. Advanced analytical and problem‑solving skills with a data‑driven decision‑making mindset.
• Demonstrated success in program planning, financial management, risk management, and outcomes realization.
• Experience working within structured PMO and governance environments.
Preferred:
• PgMP or SAFe Program Consultant certification
• Experience in large scale digital or enterprise transformation
Company:
HDR is an employee-owned design firm specializing in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. We’re ranked No. Founded in 1917, the company is headquartered in Omaha, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.