Project Director

Centric Software • Campbell, CA

10d • Remote

About The Position

Centric Software® is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market. Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional. The Project Director is the executive owner and governor for the company’s most complex, high-value, and strategically important software implementation programs. This role is accountable for managing executive-level client relationships, navigating organizational politics, managing multi-project dependencies, and ensuring the overall realization of client business value, often spanning multiple years and workstreams. The PD provides high-level guidance and oversight to the Project Managers (PMs) assigned to their programs.

Requirements

• Required Technical Mastery: Expert, demonstrable experience leading, multi-year, multi-stream software implementation programs.
• Deep understanding of financial management, revenue recognition, and program control frameworks.
• Organizational Knowledge: Extensive experience successfully executing programs within complex, global enterprise client environments, particularly navigating matrixed organizational structures.
• Leadership/Influence: Proven executive presence and a track record of driving large-scale change, influences strategies and securing commitments from senior, often resistant, stakeholders

Nice To Haves

• Specific Certification/Training: Advanced Program Management is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Executive Governance & Reporting: Establish and chair the client-side Steering Committee meetings, providing strategic updates, managing high-level risks, and securing executive sign-off on major program milestones and funding.
• Strategic Program Ownership: Define the overall program roadmap and business case for multi-year, multi-phase engagements, ensuring alignment between technical delivery and the client’s long-term strategic objectives.
• Complex Stakeholder Management: Navigate and resolve political or organizational blockers at the C-suite and VP level on both the client and Centric side.
• Risk Mitigation: Conduct strategic reviews of individual project plans managed by PMs, proactively identifying systemic risks, resource conflicts, and commercial threats before they impact delivery.
• Commercial & Financial Oversight: Oversee the consolidated program budget, manage the P&L for the entire engagement, and ensure all contract terms, change orders, and invoicing milestones are met to maximize commercial success.
• Methodology Adherence: Mentor Project Managers (PMs) on applying Centric PMO methodology to extremely large-scale and non-standard project environments while ensuring core compliance standards are maintained.
• Forecast: Review the budget forecast and resource allocation forecast prepared by the PMs and ensure its comprehensiveness and accuracy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees