Principal IT Program Manager

KinderCare Learning CompaniesEarly childhood education

United StatesFull-TimePrincipal

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Experience: 10+ years of progressive project or program management experience leading complex technology initiatives
Required Skills: AgileCybersecurityJiraConfluence

Have a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Bring 10+ years of progressive project or program management experience leading complex technology initiatives.
Have experience leading, coaching, and developing project or program management professionals.
Be able to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
Have knowledge of Technology Operations, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, compliance, and other complex technology environments.
Demonstrate expertise in scope, schedule, budget, risk, dependencies, resource management, governance, and stakeholder management.
Have experience with Agile, predictive, hybrid, and product-based delivery models.
Be proficient in Jira, Confluence, portfolio management, and data-driven reporting tools and practices.

Lead and develop project managers while establishing consistent program management practices, standards, and delivery disciplines.
Oversee portfolio health, priorities, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, capacity, budgets, risks, and outcomes to support prioritization and resource allocation.
Establish program governance, charters, decision rights, escalation paths, reporting standards, and delivery frameworks for complex initiatives.
Drive high-impact, complex, regulated, and executive-sponsored initiatives while addressing operational readiness, security, compliance, vendor, and change-management requirements.
Use Jira, Confluence, automation, and AI-enabled workflows to improve portfolio visibility, reporting, decision-making, and continuous improvement.

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