Director, Program Execution & Excellence - Virtual

Overview As Director, Program Execution Excellence, you will lead a Technology execution capability that ensures complex, technology-enabled programs are staffed and governed effectively. You will build and scale a PM/TPM/PMO organization, set standardized planning and governance, and drive continuous improvement across lifecycle practices. You’ll partner with Product, Engineering and Delivery to ensure end-to-end accountability, impact, and delivery readiness. This role shapes how technology work is planned, executed and reported at scale. Compensation / Benefitshealth, dental and vision coverages starting Day Onewellbeing programsretirement plans with contribution matchinggenerous time offparental leavecontinuing education and career growth opportunities ResponsibilitiesLead the integrated execution of technology programs, projects and initiatives across Product, Technology, Delivery and functionsSet and enforce planning, governance, milestones, dependencies, budgets/forecasts, RAID, and accountability standardsIntervene to correct off-track work and escalate systemic constraintsMaintain clear allocation of Product, Engineering and execution responsibilitiesBuild and nurture a high-performing PgM/TPM/PM talent pool with clear standardsAllocate practitioners based on complexity, cross-functional needs and risk, not just countsEstablish technology-wide standards for planning, governance, requirements artifacts, health measures and escalationDrive adoption of PLDC, SDLC and AI-DLC practices with boundaries to Engineering methodologiesStandardize reporting across Technology with consistent status definitions and executive cadenceConduct health assessments, identify failure patterns, and translate learnings into improved standardsPartner with other functions to ensure execution standards align with the operating modelEstablish governance and readiness expectations for material technology changesProvide leadership with actionable execution-health and capacity insights Key requirements12+ years of progressive experience in program/project management or related disciplines with significant people leadershipProven experience leading complex cross-functional technology programs and managing a scaled PgM/TPM/PM organizationKnowledge of program governance, integrated planning, financial management, risk and dependency management and executive escalationExperience establishing or improving SDLC/lifecycle, PMO or execution-management standards in a large Technology organizationleadershipcross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingprogram managementtechnical program managementproject management