Program Management Director

At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.

The Program Management Director leads the enterprise Program Management function for Digital, ensuring complex technology-enabled programs are aligned to business strategy, governed effectively, and delivering measurable business value. This role provides strategic leadership across program standards, governance, prioritization, risk and dependency management, resource alignment, and value realization. The director partners with business, technology, portfolio, and executive leaders to drive clarity, accountability, and decision-making across high-impact initiatives, while building and developing a high-performing team capable of advancing enterprise transformation, adoption, and operational outcomes.

• Own and advance the enterprise Program Management function, including standards, governance, maturity, and continuous improvement.

• Drive alignment between enterprise strategy, portfolio priorities, and program investments to focus resources on highest-value outcomes.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, providing recommendations, trade-off analysis, and decision support for complex initiatives.

• Establish and oversee governance frameworks, decision rights, performance measures, and risk/dependency escalation across programs.

• Provide financial stewardship for program investment planning, budget performance, resource allocation, and value realization.

• Lead and develop a high-performing organization through talent strategy, workforce planning, succession management, coaching, performance management, and leadership development.

• Foster an inclusive, high-performance culture that drives employee engagement, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.

• Build cross-functional partnerships with business, technology, and portfolio leaders to influence priorities and accelerate execution.

• Ensure complex programs deliver enterprise outcomes, sustainable adoption, operational improvement, and measurable business value.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required.

• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Organizational Leadership, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field preferred.

• Required: One or more recognized certifications in program management, portfolio management, project management, Agile delivery, governance, risk management, or business transformation. Examples include PgMP, PMP, PfMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe SPC, SAFe LPM, ITIL, CSP, or similar credentials. Certification alone does not substitute for direct experience leading complex, cross-functional programs with executive governance, financial oversight, risk/dependency management, and measurable business outcomes.

• Twelve (12) or more years of diversified IT experience required.

• Five (5) or more years directly managing professional staff required.

• Experience leading enterprise Program Management, Portfolio Management, or PMO functions across multiple business units and strategic priorities preferred.

• Experience establishing and governing enterprise portfolio management frameworks, investment prioritization processes, and strategic planning alignment preferred.

• Experience presenting recommendations, risk analyses, funding requests, and investment tradeoff decisions to executive leadership teams, governance boards, and steering committees preferred.

• Expectation of approximately 25% travel.

• Adaptability - Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful

• AI Fundamentals - Understanding of core AI concepts and methods, ability to apply AI to job-relevant use cases and capacity to contribute to organizational AI reimagination.

• Change Management - Change Management refers to a systematic approach for defining and implementing procedures and/or technologies to deal with changes in the environment. It can mean adapting to change, controlling change and/or effecting change.

• Authentic Communicator - Expresses ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, clearly and credibly. Listens to understand and fosters constructive dialogue.

• Business Acumen - Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry, and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.

• Continuous Improvement Mindset - Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.

• Data-Driven Decision Making – Applies data to make informed decisions with a priority on using real-time data, analytics, and insights to optimize operations, improve safety, and enhance the company's competitive edge.

• Digital Awareness - Actively explore, learn, and implement emerging digital tools, technologies, and trends. Involves seeking out new information, asking insightful questions, and testing innovative approaches to understand how digital solutions can create value, improve processes, or enhance experiences. Demonstrates openness to change, continuous learning, and adapting to the evolving digital landscape.

• Energizing the Organization - Creates a purposeful, engaged, optimistic workforce.

• Influencing Others - The ability to garner support for initiatives by gaining the respect of others and inspiring trust and confidence.

• Ongoing Learning & Self-Development - Regularly determines new areas for learning and acquires strategies and best practices for gaining/improving knowledge, behaviors, and skills.

• Results Driven - Drives operational and process excellence and innovative behavior by empowering others, collaborating, taking appropriate risks, making timely decisions, and holding people accountable for results.

• Selecting and Developing People - Recognizes and selects high caliber talent, accurately assesses abilities and potential, coaches to develop capabilities and builds high- performing teams.

• Strategic Outlook - Examines issues, generates ideas, creates future scenarios, and develops plans with a long-term perspective. Ensures short-term goals support long-term strategy and that organizational/functional strategy aligns with and supports MPC’s overall business strategy.

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