Top Program Director Jobs

Leads and manages YMCA aquatics programs, including pool operations, swim lessons, water fitness, swim teams, adaptive programs, and safety compliance. Recruits, trains, schedules, and supervises lifeguards, instructors, staff, and volunteers. Develops and evaluates programs, provides instruction, conducts certifications and safety training, builds member relationships, and expands programming to meet community needs.

Leads the CDL education program by overseeing curriculum, Driver Trainers, student advising, retention, faculty development, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. The role recruits and evaluates instructors, supports students facing academic or engagement barriers, analyzes program data, assists with recruitment and accreditation reporting, and performs full-time Driver Trainer duties, including hands-on commercial driving instruction.

Leads a commercial driver licensing program by overseeing curriculum, Driver Trainers, student advising, retention, faculty development, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. The role recruits and evaluates instructors, supports students at risk, contributes to accreditation reporting and budgeting, trains account management staff, and performs full-time Driver Trainer duties, including demonstrating commercial vehicle operation and safety procedures.

Leads the CDL training program, overseeing curriculum, Driver Trainers, faculty development, student advising, retention, compliance, reporting, and continuous improvement. Provides subject matter expertise, supports recruitment and orientation, evaluates instructional performance, resolves personnel issues, and ensures adherence to accreditation, FMCSA, DMV, and institutional standards. The role also performs Driver Trainer duties and demonstrates commercial vehicle operation and safety procedures.

Leads the daily operations of a youth development club, overseeing programs, staff, facilities, budgets, safety, community partnerships, reporting, and family relationships. Ensures high-quality, outcomes-focused programming; manages personnel and financial sustainability; develops school and community partnerships; supports continuous improvement; and maintains compliance with Washington licensing and workforce requirements.

Leads Zip’s highest-priority cross-functional programs, special projects, integrations, and organizational transitions. Translates enterprise strategy into execution through roadmaps, governance, risk management, decision-making, executive communication, and measurable outcomes. Partners across Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, People, Commercial, and Delivery, while improving repeatable program-management practices using Jira, Confluence, AI, and automation.

Leads the Mobile Crisis Response program, overseeing daily operations, staff supervision, service quality, compliance, scheduling, documentation, billing, and reporting. Builds community partnerships and resource networks for youth and families, supports outreach and program development, participates in hiring and staff training, and provides crisis consultation through an evening and weekend on-call rotation.

Leads the CDL training program by overseeing curriculum, Driver Trainers, faculty development, student advising, retention initiatives, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. The role hires and evaluates instructors, monitors instructional quality, supports student success, contributes to accreditation reporting and program planning, and provides CDL subject-matter expertise to internal teams. It also performs full-time Driver Trainer duties, including demonstrating vehicle operations, inspections, and safe driving techniques.

Manages all operations of a Rock Steady Boxing program for residents with Parkinson’s disease. Develops and leads exercise curricula, schedules classes, administers assessments, tracks participant progress, prepares equipment, manages inventory, coordinates volunteers, builds community partnerships, supports marketing, and addresses complaints. The role also requires continuing education on Parkinson’s disease, maintaining safe fitness-center conditions, and attending community events.

Oversees YMCA before- and after-school care, preschool, 4K, camp, and summer programs. Manages director-level staff, curriculum, licensing compliance, safety procedures, budgets, participant records, program evaluations, community relationships, and multiple work sites. Responsible for hiring, training, staff development, family and school communication, complaint resolution, and maintaining high-quality educational and childcare programming.

Leads residential services for individuals with developmental disabilities, overseeing program operations, staffing, budgets, compliance, quality assurance, resident care, documentation, incident response, and safety. Supervises management and direct-care staff, implements care and behavior plans, manages corrective actions and vendor relationships, and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and organizational leadership. Requires on-call availability, flexible shifts, travel, direct-service capability, and multiple certifications.

Teach broadly across commercial music, including production, technology, entrepreneurship, performance, songwriting, theory, and history. Lead development of the new B.A. in Commercial Music by shaping curriculum, building industry and community partnerships, developing internships, recruiting students, and expanding experiential learning opportunities. Collaborate with faculty, professional musicians, churches, studios, arts organizations, and other partners while integrating Christian faith into teaching and professional practice.

Leads multiple complex pharmaceutical manufacturing and capital programs within Engineering. Directs cross-functional teams, establishes program strategy and timelines, manages budgets and risks, supports regulatory requirements, resolves conflicts, and communicates decisions and progress to senior stakeholders. Requires strong pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain, CMC, project management, strategic leadership, and technical problem-solving expertise in global, multicultural environments.

Leads business and program development for Strategic Philanthropy, developing fundraising strategies, cultivating UHNW philanthropists and institutional funders, securing major gifts, managing partnerships, and stewarding donor relationships. Oversees a small business development team, supports financial planning and communications, integrates partners into events and programs, and represents the Institute at philanthropic convenings. Requires extensive fundraising or business development experience, executive presence, strong communication, project management, and occasional domestic and international travel.

Leads a portfolio of applied airport and transportation research projects, overseeing quality, delivery, risks, sponsors, contractors, and volunteer committees. Supervises 5–6 professional staff, sets priorities, manages performance and development, and aligns team work with program objectives. The role also prepares executive communications, supports governance and stakeholder engagement, manages complex initiatives, and improves project tracking, workflows, and operational processes.

Leads the development, management, evaluation, and growth of federally funded research fellowship programs. Oversees program strategy, financial management, staffing, sponsor relationships, proposals, contracts, outreach, marketing, and compliance with contractual obligations. Manages a mid-sized team, mentors employees, negotiates funding, supports organizational planning, and represents programs with sponsors and external stakeholders.

Provides senior leadership for a portfolio of applied transportation research projects. Oversees research quality, project delivery, risks, sponsors, contractors, volunteer committees, governance, and stakeholder engagement. Supervises 5–6 professional staff, manages workloads and performance, develops work plans, resolves complex issues, prepares executive communications, and improves project-management processes. The role requires substantial independent judgment, strategic alignment, and collaboration across transportation research programs.

Provides social services to low-income individuals, families, older adults, and children through client assistance, case management, service coordination, education, academic enrichment, and community outreach. Supports stable housing, resident empowerment, after-school programming, and resilient community development.

Leads the long-term vision, strategy, growth, and profitability of a strategic HVAC service portfolio. Oversees product and program development, pricing, scheduling, business planning, technology adoption, and cross-functional execution. Builds new service offerings, manages budgets and forecasts, resolves program issues, and ensures timely delivery. Leads, coaches, and mentors 7–10 product managers while driving collaboration across engineering, sourcing, and global business teams.

Leads and develops a US-based technical program management team responsible for advanced ASIC programs from architecture through production release. Oversees milestone planning, dependencies, execution reviews, risk mitigation, budgeting, resource allocation, and readiness for tapeout, power-on, validation, qualification, and manufacturing. Partners with engineering, executives, customers, and external partners while driving consistent reporting, accountability, and cross-functional issue resolution.

Supports residential program operations for individuals with developmental disabilities by overseeing compliance, staffing, audits, documentation, quality assurance, resident services, and health and safety. Supervises and develops direct-care staff, supports hiring and training, reviews incidents and corrective actions, ensures implementation of care and behavior plans, and maintains audit readiness. Requires frequent on-site presence, emergency on-call availability, driving, travel as needed, and completion of multiple required certifications and training programs.

Leads supply chain project and program portfolios spanning network optimization, capacity planning, commercialization, productivity, and manufacturing transformation. Owns innovation-to-market processes, project governance, budgets, timelines, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and site readiness. Partners with Engineering, Manufacturing, R&D, Commercial, Finance, and supply chain teams to execute strategic initiatives, improve productivity, and deliver growth. Builds cross-functional teams and drives continuous improvement using LEAN, Six Sigma, Agile, and Stage-Gate methodologies.

Oversee residential and/or day programs serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Responsibilities include personnel management, staff training, program coordination, individual goal planning, operational and financial oversight, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, team leadership, and direct care as needed.

Lead the enterprise portfolio function to provide end-to-end visibility and capacity scorecards, align strategic priorities with engineering execution, build and scale a program management team, drive portfolio governance and operating cadence, support executive decision-making, manage resource allocation and capacity planning, and integrate financial tracking and ROI into portfolio reporting.

Leads a CDL training program, oversees curriculum, instructional quality, faculty development, student advising, retention, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. Hires, mentors, evaluates, and supports Driver Trainers while monitoring student progress and program performance. Provides CDL subject-matter expertise, participates in curriculum development, supports accreditation reporting, and performs full-time Driver Trainer duties, including hands-on vehicle instruction. The role requires 100% travel and compliance with CDL and DOT physical standards.