Senior Program Manager, Transformation

Advance Auto Parts•Raleigh, NC

About The Position

The Senior Program Manager, Transformation joins the Corporate Strategy & Transformation team and manages complex, cross-functional programs, leading business process redesign and implementation across multiple functions and teams. The role assesses business problems and proposed initiatives, translates strategic priorities into actionable plans, recommends transformation approaches, and leads programs from planning through implementation and stabilization. It also establishes program governance, coordinates workstreams, aligns initiatives with business objectives, monitors performance and expected benefits, and communicates recommendations and program status to stakeholders across the organization.

Requirements

7+ years of progressive experience leading increasingly complex cross-functional projects, programs, or business transformations involving multiple functions and workstreams.
Experience leading business process redesign and implementation efforts that delivered measurable operational, financial, customer, or organizational improvements.
Experience leading implementation through business readiness, rollout, stabilization, and transition to ongoing business ownership.
Strong program management experience across integrated planning, financials, resources, governance, risks, dependencies, and executive reporting.
Business and financial acumen, including interpreting KPIs, evaluating performance, and connecting program decisions to operational and financial outcomes.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Background in corporate strategy, finance, management consulting, business operations, or a related discipline.
Advanced degree in Business Administration (MBA), Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Technology, Organizational Development, or a related field.
PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable certification.

Responsibilities

Assess complex business problems and initiatives to clarify current state, desired outcomes, scope, ownership, dependencies, risks, readiness, and success measures.
Plan transformation initiatives with business sponsors and functional leaders, translating strategic priorities and business needs into actionable work.
Recommend transformation approaches, sequencing, governance, and support based on initiative complexity, value, and cross-functional impact.
Lead complex cross-functional programs from planning through implementation and stabilization, remove execution barriers, and drive measurable business outcomes.
Develop and manage integrated program plans covering scope, milestones, financials, resources, risks, dependencies, and governance.
Establish workstream ownership, decision-making processes, and executive reporting; coordinate stakeholders and workstreams toward program objectives.
Lead current-state assessments and future-state process design with business owners and subject matter experts.
Identify opportunities to improve business performance through process, organizational, and operational changes.
Define workflows, roles, decision points, controls, performance measures, and implementation requirements for future-state processes.
Translate process designs into coordinated implementation plans across business, process, technology, and change workstreams.
Align programs with business objectives, strategic priorities, and enterprise initiatives.
Partner with leadership to establish KPIs, expected benefits, and success metrics.
Apply consistent governance, reporting, and delivery practices to improve portfolio visibility and decision-making.
Evaluate initiative performance, identify delivery gaps, and recommend actions to realize expected business value.
Build alignment and momentum with business sponsors, functional leaders, and workstream owners.
Facilitate decisions across teams with competing priorities and objectives.
Communicate recommendations on complex issues, trade-offs, risks, implementation considerations, and program status to stakeholders at all levels.
Influence outcomes and drive accountability in a matrixed environment without direct authority.