Strategy Execution Program Manager

Responsible for facilitating the planning coordination and execution of a portfolio of initiatives aligned with one or more enterprise strategic priorities. This role provides program-level oversight and governance to ensure initiatives are effectively planned monitored and executed in alignment with organizational objectives. Partners with priority sponsors initiative sponsors and cross-functional teams to manage interdependencies risks issues and decisions across initiatives. Supports the deployment and continuous improvement of standard project and program management methodologies tools templates governance routines and reporting practices throughout the Strategy Execution Office.
This roles focus is on strategic oversight governance executive collaboration dependency management program documentation and structured execution.

Location: Springfield IL

Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelors degree in Business Healthcare Administration Project Management Organizational Development Information Systems or related field required.
Graduate degree in Business Healthcare Administration Project Management Organizational Development or related field preferred.

Licensure/Certification/Registry:
Project Management Professional Program Management Professional Lean Six Sigma or related certification required.

Experience:
Five or more years of experience in structured project management program management strategy execution operations transformation or related work required.
Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives or programs with multiple workstreams required.
Experience working with executive sponsors senior leaders project teams and operational stakeholders required.
Experience managing initiative schedules milestones risks issues decisions dependencies and status reporting required.
Healthcare experience preferred.
Experience supporting enterprise strategy execution transformation project portfolio management or EPMO/PMO functions preferred.
Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Demonstrated knowledge of project and program management principles methodologies tools and governance practices.
Ability to facilitate planning execution monitoring and closure of complex initiatives.
Ability to manage interdependencies risks issues decisions and resource constraints across multiple initiatives.
Strong analytical planning organizational and problem-solving skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership.
Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and build alignment across cross-functional teams.
Ability to support structured decision-making prioritization and escalation processes.
Proficient with Microsoft Office products including Word Excel and PowerPoint required.
Experience with Smartsheet Microsoft Project Project Web Application strategic portfolio management systems Visio or similar tools preferred.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Facilitates project and program planning for a portfolio of initiatives aligned with one or more enterprise strategic priorities.
2. Partners with priority sponsors initiative sponsors and cross-functional teams to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans milestones deliverables and success measures.
3. Provides program-level oversight to ensure assigned initiatives remain aligned with strategic objectives approved scope timelines resources and expected outcomes.
4. Manages initiative interdependencies risks issues decisions and resource constraints across the portfolio; escalates barriers and facilitates resolution with appropriate leaders.
5. Establishes and maintains governance routines including sponsor check-ins workstream meetings decision forums reporting cadences and escalation pathways.
6. Develops and maintains program documentation including charters workplans milestone plans RAID logs status reports and executive summaries.
7. Monitors initiative progress milestone achievement risks issues and value realization; provides timely updates and recommendations to leaders and stakeholders.
8. Supports prioritization and sequencing of initiatives to maintain alignment with enterprise strategy organizational capacity and operational readiness.
9. Coordinates with change management communications analytics finance operations quality technical and other enabling functions to support integrated execution.
10. Identifies opportunities to improve Strategy Execution Office processes governance tools templates and ways of working.
11. Maintains professional knowledge of project management program management strategy execution and healthcare industry trends.
12. Performs other related work as required or requested.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.