Sr. Program Manager, Data Transformation

Main Digital•McLean, VA

16h

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Program Lead to serve as a key partner within a large-scale enterprise data transformation initiative. This role is ideal for someone who excels at bringing clarity to complex challenges, facilitating alignment across diverse stakeholder groups, and driving progress in environments where priorities, perspectives, and solutions are not always clear. The ideal candidate combines strong program leadership capabilities with exceptional facilitation, communication, and analytical skills. We are looking for someone who can connect disparate initiatives, navigate conflicting viewpoints, and help organizations move from ambiguity to action. Success in this role requires the ability to influence without authority, synthesize complex information, and create structure around some of the organization's most challenging strategic and operational questions. Reporting to program leadership, as a Full-Time Specialist on our team, you will serve as a strategic partner supporting enterprise data modernization initiatives across business, technology, operations, and governance organizations. You will work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to facilitate discussions, develop roadmaps, resolve complex issues, and create alignment around future-state operating models and transformation priorities. This role serves as a key facilitator and integrator across multiple workstreams, helping stakeholders establish common understanding, reconcile competing viewpoints, and build consensus around critical decisions. You will be responsible for developing actionable plans and artifacts that enable teams to align around shared objectives and execute effectively.

Requirements

8+ years of Program Management, Strategy, Management Consulting, Business Transformation, or related experience
Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups and competing priorities
Demonstrated ability to facilitate alignment across stakeholders with conflicting priorities, perspectives, and objectives
Experience framing complex business and data challenges and guiding teams toward actionable decisions
Proven ability to influence outcomes and drive progress without direct authority
Comfortable operating in highly ambiguous environments where requirements, ownership, and desired outcomes are not always clearly defined
Exceptional facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Strong ability to frame ambiguous problems, structure discussions, and guide teams toward practical outcomes
Experience creating strategic roadmaps, operating models, governance frameworks, and executive-level deliverables
Ability to synthesize large volumes of information from diverse sources into clear recommendations and actionable plans
Proven success driving alignment and progress in environments characterized by uncertainty, organizational complexity, and conflicting perspectives
Experience supporting enterprise data, technology, governance, or modernization programs preferred
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to quickly understand complex business and technical concepts
Experience working within financial services or highly regulated industries preferred
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Teams, SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, and related collaboration tools

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic facilitator across enterprise data modernization initiatives, helping stakeholders align around priorities, objectives, and solutions
Lead cross-functional discussions involving business, technology, operations, governance, and data stakeholders to drive consensus and decision-making
Identify the appropriate stakeholders, subject matter experts, and decision-makers required to advance complex initiatives
Frame and articulate complex business and operational challenges, ensuring teams share a common understanding of objectives, constraints, and desired outcomes
Facilitate resolution of conflicting viewpoints, assumptions, and requirements across multiple constituencies
Develop strategic roadmaps that integrate dependencies, modernization initiatives, business demand, and technology timelines into a coherent future-state plan
Partner with leadership teams to consolidate and align multiple transformation efforts into a unified enterprise roadmap
Create and maintain artifacts that support planning, alignment, governance, and executive decision-making
Help define and operationalize cross-functional processes, governance structures, and operating models supporting enterprise data initiatives
Drive progress on complex issues that span organizational boundaries, ensuring accountability, transparency, and follow-through
Support proof-of-concept initiatives by facilitating stakeholder alignment around scope, requirements, expected outcomes, and implementation approaches
Partner with program leadership to identify risks, dependencies, unresolved questions, and strategic decisions requiring executive attention