Program Manager, Data & Analytics - hybrid | 1061771

The Global Operations COE is building the company’s data and analytics backbone - a spend cube, an enterprise ontology, executive dashboards, and a growing set of AI/agent use cases. The work is a mile wide and moving fast, and it needs one person who owns the planning, organization, and execution of it end to end.

We are seeking a hands-on Program Manager to be the operational right hand to the Head of the COE. This is not a strategy/transformation role and not an ERP implementation - it is a detail-obsessed delivery role. You turn a wide, fast-moving stream of requests into an organized, prioritized, visible, on-track portfolio. Technical leads own the “how”; you own the what, when, who, and where-it-stands., * Single front door - capture, triage, and prioritize all D&A requests so nothing is lost and the team works on what matters most.

• One master portfolio in Asana - every initiative with an owner, scope, stage, priority, and due date.
• Weekly intake/prioritization review - convert approved requests into structured plans.

Delivery Execution

• Own the integrated plan - drive the critical path and clear blockers before they escalate.
• Keep every project moving - chase owners, dependencies, and decisions; hold the team accountable to dates with data, not just reminders.
• Scope discipline - separate committed work from nice-to-have enhancements.

Cadence & Reporting

• Run the operating cadence - weekly status and a leadership review with clear, at-a-glance RAG reporting.
• One trustworthy view - give the Head of COE a single picture of everything in flight: on track, at risk, needs a decision.
• Decision & action logs - track commitments to closure.

Risk, Issues & Dependencies

• Live RAID log - surface risks early with recommended mitigations and owners.
• Coordinate dependencies - across the team and with partner functions (Procurement, Finance, Technology, Enterprise Solutions).

Team & Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner with technical leads - supply the structure, sequencing, and follow-through that turns their work into delivered outcomes.
• Translate complexity - clear, business-facing updates; accountability, no jargon.

First 90 Days - Success Looks Like

• A single Asana portfolio and intake process live - every active D&A request captured, owned, prioritized, dated.
• A weekly cadence and a one-page leadership dashboard the Head of COE trusts.
• Visible movement on the top initiatives - blockers cleared, decisions logged, dates met.
• They need a middle person who can keep the train running.

• 5+ years in program/project management, PMO, or chief-of-staff roles
• Strong RAID/RAG reporting and governance instincts, * 5+ years in program/project management, PMO, or chief-of-staff roles running multiple workstreams at once; consulting or in-house background welcome, not required.
• A true operator who is all over the details - organized, relentless on follow-through, energized by bringing order to a sprawling set of priorities.
• Strong RAID/RAG reporting and governance instincts - structure without bureaucracy.
• Expert command of portfolio tools - Asana strongly preferred (Jira/Smartsheet/MS Project also relevant); fluent in Excel/PowerPoint and Slack/Teams/SharePoint.
• Enough data & analytics fluency to ask the right questions and challenge assumptions - you need not build the models, but must understand the work well enough to sequence and de-risk it.
• Executive presence: concise, direct, credible; thrives in ambiguity; holds teams accountable with data. Media & entertainment experience a plus.

• Run the operating cadence - weekly status and a leadership review with clear, at-a-glance RAG reporting.
• Expected Overtime: Around 5 to 10 a week.
• Expected travel: 20% primarily US based