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# Senior IT Program Manager

- **Company:** CYNET SYSTEMS INC.
- **Location:** Springfield, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $161,720.0 - $172,120.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Application Portfolio Management, Data Retention, Software Asset Management, Software Licensing
- **Published:** October 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us248808216754a5afc4498b53a447b883

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
 * 10+ years of project, program, portfolio, or technology delivery management experience.
 * 7+ years leading large, complex, cross-functional business and technology programs.
 * Experience managing significant budgets, forecasts, vendors, contracts, resources, and enterprise dependencies.
 * Experience leading organizational change and enterprise transformation initiatives.
 * Advanced knowledge of program governance, financial management, risk management, and delivery methodologies., * PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent program/project management certification.
 * Financial Services, Insurance, Wealth Management, or related industry experience.
 * Experience leading technology modernization, application rationalization, application decommissioning, and operational simplification programs.
 * Knowledge of software asset management, software licensing, vendor management, and contract governance practices.
 * Expertise in Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, and scaled delivery methodologies.
 * Strong executive presence with exceptional communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
 * Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, drive strategic decisions, and lead large-scale organizational change.
 * Experience managing matrixed teams and influencing stakeholders across all organizational levels.

## Description

The Program Manager operates within a dynamic delivery organization focused on executing strategic initiatives across business, technology, operations, architecture, procurement, finance, legal, risk, and vendor partners. This role partners closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to drive enterprise transformation, modernization, application portfolio optimization, and operational efficiencies in support of long-term strategic goals.
The Impact:
The Program Manager serves as the primary point of accountability for the strategic planning, governance, execution, management, implementation, and reporting of multiple large-scale projects and complex enterprise programs. Programs may involve significant organizational change, evolving scope, substantial risk, large cross-functional teams, and enterprise-wide business and technology impacts.
Responsibilities:

 * Lead complex enterprise programs comprised of multiple interdependent projects, workstreams, products, and stakeholder groups.
 * Translate strategic business objectives into integrated program roadmaps, delivery plans, milestones, governance frameworks, and measurable outcomes.
 * Drive program execution while managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, risks, issues, dependencies, and benefits realization.
 * Establish and maintain effective governance structures, executive reporting, performance metrics, program controls, and decision-making processes.
 * Manage program financials, including business cases, funding requests, budgets, forecasts, vendor expenditures, and resource investments.
 * Provide strategic leadership across business, technology, operations, architecture, procurement, finance, legal, risk, compliance, and vendor organizations.
 * Lead enterprise risk, issue, dependency, and organizational change management activities to ensure successful program outcomes.
 * Drive stakeholder engagement, executive communications, organizational readiness, and adoption strategies for transformational initiatives.
 * Lead application rationalization initiatives, including evaluation of application portfolios, identification of consolidation opportunities, and execution of modernization and simplification strategies.
 * Oversee application decommissioning programs, ensuring appropriate planning, dependency management, operational transitions, data retention compliance, and retirement of legacy technologies.
 * Partner with technology, procurement, finance, and vendor management teams to optimize software licensing, technology investments, utilization, renewals, and vendor performance.
 * Govern strategic vendor contracts and technology agreements, ensuring delivery commitments, financial stewardship, compliance, and alignment with business objectives.
 * Identify opportunities to reduce technology debt, eliminate redundant capabilities, simplify the application landscape, and improve operational efficiency.
 * Champion and contribute to the advancement of organizational delivery methodologies, governance frameworks, standards, tools, and best practices.