Program Lead

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3 Locations
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Senior level
Digital Media • News + Entertainment
The Role
Lead multi-project programs across Digital, Creative, and Technology, building client relationships, managing interdependencies and risks, tracking KPIs, optimizing resources, and driving measurable outcomes and innovation.
Summary Generated by Built In

Our Delivery Solutions Team is dedicated to driving excellence in project execution and program delivery. We work across all client accounts, ensuring that delivery aligns with client objectives and contributes to business growth. As part of the team, you’ll collaborate with cross-disciplinary colleagues and external stakeholders to shape solutions that deliver exceptional value and foster lasting client relationships.

We are better together. Each one of us has a role in making iCrossing an energizing and inspiring place to work.

 

iCrossing offers a range of employee benefits including flexible working, life assurance, a monthly wellbeing allowance, charity and study days, enhanced parental pay, and much more. 

Responsibilities

What you’ll do 

 

  • Program Leadership: Lead the delivery of multi-project programs, ensuring alignment with client business objectives and driving strategic value.

  • Client Partnerships: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.

  • Strategic Oversight: Manage program interdependencies, identify risks, and proactively develop mitigation plans to ensure program success.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate across Digital, Creative, and Technology teams to integrate innovative solutions that meet client goals.

  • KPI Management: Monitor and report on program performance against established KPIs, ensuring measurable outcomes are achieved.

  • Operational Excellence: Drive efficiencies within program execution, optimizing resources and maintaining high-quality delivery standards.

  • Innovation: Foster a culture of curiosity and exploration, identifying new opportunities for client growth and partnership expansion.

  • Ambassadorship: Represent iCrossing’s values and foundational principles in all client and internal interactions.

  • Ad Hoc Responsibilities: Perform additional duties as required to support the success of the Delivery Solutions Framework Team.

Qualifications

We are looking for a passionate and experienced leader with a proven ability to drive client success through program management. You should bring a combination of strategic thinking, operational expertise, and client-centric focus to the role. Additionally, we’re seeking someone who demonstrates:

Core Skills:

  • A deep understanding of Digital, Creative, and Technology services, with proven experience in integrating solutions across these pillars.

  • Strong leadership capabilities, including the ability to inspire and manage cross-functional teams.

  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering measurable business outcomes.

  • Exemplary communication skills, capable of articulating complex ideas in a clear and impactful way.

  • Exceptional stakeholder management, building trust with both clients and internal teams.

  • Proactive risk management, with a track record of navigating challenges effectively.

  • Proven experience in program management, delivery solutions, or a similar field.

Additionally, the following could be beneficial:

 

  • A proven ability to manage multi-service programs with budgets exceeding £2M.

  • Experience in driving client satisfaction improvements and achieving >95% on-time delivery.

  • Familiarity with tools and methodologies for resource optimization and delivery tracking.

Skills Required

  • Deep understanding of Digital, Creative, and Technology services and integrating solutions across these pillars
  • Strong leadership capabilities, including inspiring and managing cross-functional teams
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills focused on delivering measurable business outcomes
  • Exemplary communication skills, able to articulate complex ideas clearly
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and ability to build trust with clients and internal teams
  • Proactive risk management with a track record of navigating challenges effectively
  • Proven experience in program management, delivery solutions, or a similar field
  • Ability to manage multi-service programs with budgets exceeding £2M
  • Experience driving client satisfaction improvements and achieving >95% on-time delivery
  • Familiarity with tools and methodologies for resource optimization and delivery tracking

Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
3,010 Employees
Year Founded: 1887

What We Do

Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.

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