Senior Program Manager - Virtual

Alight•Virtual, TX

14h•$187,000 - $218,000•Remote

About The Position

Alight is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead complex, technology-enabled programs and enterprise transformation initiatives. This senior individual-contributor role connects strategy to execution across Business, Product, Engineering, Finance, Operations, client delivery, and external partners. The Program Manager brings structure to complex initiatives, aligns stakeholders around priorities and dependencies, manages program financials and risks, and drives execution from planning through launch and stabilization. The role requires influencing decisions across organizational boundaries without direct authority.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive program delivery experience, including leadership of complex enterprise, technology-enabled, or business transformation initiatives.
Experience leading large, interconnected programs involving multiple teams, functions, and stakeholders.
Ability to create structure from incomplete or evolving information and translate strategy into executable plans.
Experience managing cross-program dependencies, critical paths, risks, decisions, scope changes, and delivery milestones.
Experience with program financial management, including resource planning, vendor spend, forecasting, and variance management.
Ability to influence senior business and technology leaders, navigate competing priorities, and build alignment without direct authority.
Experience communicating complex program information and recommendations clearly to executive audiences.
Working knowledge of Product/PdLC, Engineering/SDLC, Agile and hybrid delivery models, and business, client, and operational readiness.

Nice To Haves

Experience with technology modernization, digital products, enterprise transformation, operating model change, regulatory initiatives, or complex business process transformation.
Experience working with external vendors or strategic partners on large-scale initiatives.
Experience improving program management practices, governance, or execution standards.
Familiarity with PPM, AI, or automation tools used to support program planning, reporting, and risk identification.
PgMP, PMP, Agile, or similar credentials; these are helpful but not required when supported by relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Translate business objectives into actionable program roadmaps with milestones, dependencies, owners, resource needs, and measurable outcomes.
Coordinate work across Business, Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, client teams, and external partners to advance interconnected initiatives.
Identify risks and issues early, evaluate impacts, and work with stakeholders on practical solutions and recovery plans.
Manage program financials with Finance and business leaders, including resource assumptions, vendor spend, forecasts, actuals, and estimates to complete.
Provide leaders with concise, fact-based program updates, options, recommendations, and potential impacts to support decisions.
Coordinate requirements, delivery, testing, business and client readiness, deployment, operational handoffs, and post-launch stabilization.
Improve consistency in planning, governance, risk management, and execution, and share effective practices across teams.
Maintain current program plans, decisions, risks, and key documentation to support continuity as priorities evolve.