Program Executive Role

OpenDataJobs • Washington, DC

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About The Position

Program Executives lead portfolios of data, artificial intelligence, and technology work where delivery quality, client trust, and organizational growth meet. They are accountable across engagements, not only for what teams promise and deliver, but also for the leaders, operating standards, and relationships that make sustained performance possible. The role stays close to the work. Program Executives set direction, allocate leadership and resources, resolve cross-program risks, maintain candid executive communication, and intervene when delivery needs authority or clarity. They also build the next layer of leaders and help organizations recognize where strong delivery can open the next valuable problem.

Requirements

• A record of senior leadership across multiple programs, engagements, contracts, or major workstreams.
• Experience owning delivery outcomes, executive relationships, financial or resource tradeoffs, and material risk.
• Fluency in data, artificial intelligence, software, cloud, governance, or security to lead technical portfolios credibly.
• The ability to develop leaders, set operating standards, make difficult decisions, and create accountability without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Executive communication, negotiation, organizational judgment, and experience operating in regulated or federal-sector environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolios that connect client priorities, delivery commitments, resources, risks, and measurable outcomes.
• Build executive relationships sustained through accurate status, sound advice, and direct handling of difficult news.
• Develop leadership systems that develop program managers, technical leaders, and successors rather than concentrating every decision at the top.
• Establish and maintain quality and governance standards that remain consistent across teams, contracts, partners, and changing assignments.
• Drive growth grounded in delivery credibility, informed opportunity shaping, and a realistic view of organizational capability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed