Manager, Program Management

Job Title: Project / Program Manager - Hybrid

Duration (Contract): 12 Months

Client Location: OFallon Missouri

Location Preference: Hybrid

Job Description:
as a Project / Program Manager you are responsible for establishing and running a disciplined scalable governance and operating model that guides product initiatives from concept through commercialization. You will partner closely with Product Engineering Finance Risk/Compliance Legal and Go to Market teams to ensure initiatives are properly assessed for readiness governed through defined lifecycle decision points tracked at the portfolio level and supported with clear operating standards. You will also act as a trusted operating partner to product teams helping them navigate governance expectations efficiently and consistently. This role is well suited for someone who excels at orchestration structure and enablement bringing clarity to complex cross functional product environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Lifecycle Governance & Readiness:

• Establish and operate an industry standard phase-based governance model (e.g. stage gate / phase gate) to guide initiatives from idea through launch and scale.
• Define readiness criteria required artifacts and decision standards for major lifecycle milestones (e.g. concept validation business case approval build readiness launch readiness).
• Partner with product teams to assess readiness across value feasibility risk delivery and operational preparedness before advancement decisions.
• Ensure governance enables speed and quality by clarifying expectations early and reducing late-stage surprises.

Governance Cadence & Decision Management:

• Plan facilitate and support governance forums such as product reviews portfolio reviews and leadership checkpoints.
• Prepare agendas pre reads decision summaries and action tracking to ensure decisions are clear documented and followed through.
• Maintain decision logs and advancement tracking to ensure transparency and accountability across the portfolio.

Portfolio Operations & Metrics:

• Track and monitor the SME product portfolio across lifecycle stages milestones risks and dependencies.
• Develop and maintain portfolio level metrics and reporting (e.g. progress cycle time readiness health value indicators).
• Surface insights trends and bottlenecks to support leadership decision making and prioritization discussions.

Intake Prioritization & Operating Standards:

• Support intake and prioritization workflows by ensuring initiatives are framed consistently and evaluated against defined criteria.
• Partner with product and engineering leaders to support capacity aware planning and sequencing.
• Establish templates tools and operating standards that make governance repeatable and lightweight.

Enablement & Partnership:

• Educate and coach product teams on governance expectations readiness standards and portfolio processes.
• Act as the SME portfolio governance partner helping teams navigate decision pathways efficiently.
• Continuously improve governance practices based on feedback outcomes and portfolio performance.

Required Skills Experiences Education and Competencies:

• Bachelor s degree in business operations engineering or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in product operations program management portfolio management or PMO type roles supporting cross functional product delivery.
• Demonstrated experience implementing or running structured governance models for product or initiative lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of product development lifecycles launch readiness and cross functional dependency management.
• Experience tracking and reporting portfolio level metrics and translating data into leadership ready insights.
• Excellent facilitation communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to influence without authority and bring structure to ambiguous environments.
• Experience in regulated or enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with Lean Agile or hybrid delivery models.
• Certifications such as PMP SAFe Lean or Six Sigma.

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $60.00 to $90.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills experience location and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.