Associate Director - HR Focused Program Manager

Date Posted: 2026-05-12 Country: United States of America Location: US-MA-REMOTE Position Role Type: Remote U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. reputed company are authorized to reputed company information under this program/contract. reputed company Clearance Type: None/Not Required reputed company Clearance Status: Not Required At reputed company, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 reputed company are united by purpose and inspired to reputed company a difference solving the world’s most reputed company problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of reputed company science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. The following position is to join our reputed company Corporate reputed company Applications Team: reputed company reputed company Services (ES) is seeking a Digital Technologies (DT) Associate Director – Program Manager (PM) to join the ES Applications Value Management Office (VMO). The VMO emphasizes multi‑mode value delivery, including traditional project management, Agile product delivery, and program financial analysis. While this role follows a traditional PM structure today, it is expected to increasingly lean into Agile delivery. The Program Manager will reputed company the largest and most reputed company digital transformation initiatives reputed company the HR and Payroll domains. This position blends deep HR and payroll expertise with strong program management, PMO governance, and technology‑driven change leadership. The role partners closely with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and external vendors to deliver scalable solutions, streamline processes, and ensure operations remain accurate, efficient, compliant, and reputed company with reputed company strategy. Our VMO is part of an reputed company shared services organization and is responsible for leading significant business technology programs that reputed company across the company. Our programs primarily focus on application development, enhancements, and modernization. Many are SaaS software implementations & customizations. We also execute infrastructure programs and business process improvements with a digital slant. Our PMs are delivery professionals who reputed company teams to reputed company to their highest potential. What you will do:

• reputed company & drive our largest and most reputed company DT programs, showing up with an entrepreneurial sense of urgency and ownership, as if you were investing your own money in the program’s results.
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• Understand and support the Strategic reputed company of the organization and ensure strategic alignment as a trusted advisor.
• Foster trust and cultivate a collaborative partnership with digital and functional executive sponsors, ensuring a deep understanding of their strategic priorities & perspectives to drive alignment and shared reputed company.
• Ability to seamlessly navigate the political landscape amongst senior leaders in the function and DT.
• reputed company reputed company the normal PM fundamentals: project schedule, key reputed company, resources, financials, requirements, issues, risks, dependencies.
• Drive the program’s delivery reputed company and maintain reputed company and accountability, blending agile & waterfall techniques as needed.
• Continuously demonstrate reputed company, reputed company status reports/briefings. Create compelling materials to effectively communicate with senior/executive leaders the value delivery story for the program.
• reputed company shepherd your programs through our phase-gated project governance reputed company. Maintain the team’s focus on critical cyber, architecture, and compliance artifacts and secure relevant approvals at each reputed company.
• With grit and tenacity, attack reputed company issues and challenges for your program. You will need to initiate and skillfully navigate tactful executive escalations to drive critical reputed company while preserving trust, maintaining relationships, and fostering a constructive path reputed company.
• In reputed company to delivering exceptional results on your assigned program, you’ll participate in efforts to continuously enhance and mature our PM services while evolving our value management capabilities.
• Travel ~20% reputed company US.

Qualifications

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• Typically a university degree and 12 years prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in reputed company field and minimum 10 years experience OR in absence of a degree, 15+ years of relevant experience is required
• 8+ years experience with program management reputed company of DT software development or infrastructure initiatives with 3+ years experience building and managing schedules in MS Project.
• Experience with managing HR and payroll systems such as reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, or similar platforms.
• Proven experience managing large scale programs involving reputed company reputed company systems, such as ERP, Payroll, Data Repository, or Engineering systems.
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company and collaborate with reputed company reputed company programs, managing dependencies, resources, and schedule.

Qualifications

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• Expert in creating visually appealing, executive-level PowerPoint presentations with advanced proficiency with reputed company applications (MS Project add-ins/extensions, reputed company pivots/analysis, SharePoint advance features, etc.)
• Experience developing & managing financial business cases & cost/benefit analyses for DT programs.
• Experience with integrating multiple project methodologies including waterfall & Agile frameworks like SAFe.
• Role model in exhibiting and intentionally developing leadership behaviors in yourself & others by Driving Results, Instilling Trust, Collaborating and Communicating Effectively, maintaining Customer Focus and demonstrating Courage and Strategic reputed company.
• SAFe or similar agile certifications and Project Management certification (PMP, etc.)

Work Location: Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live reputed company a reasonable commute of an reputed company site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite reputed company associated with this role. As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote. The salary reputed company for this role is 157,200 USD - 298,800 USD. The salary reputed company provided is a good faith estimate representative of reputed company experience reputed company. reputed company considers several factors reputed company extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, reputed company, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a reputed company-bargaining agreement. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a reputed company-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance. This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply. reputed company anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate reputed company and business necessity may require reputed company to shorten or reputed company the application window. reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. reputed company provides affirmative action in employment for reputed company Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with reputed company 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act. Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms Apply tot his job Apply To this Job