Top Program Director Jobs

The role requires driving operational efficiencies by leading transformation initiatives, optimizing processes, and collaborating across teams to align with organizational goals and performance metrics.

Leads cross-functional biotech R&D development programs from strategy through execution, coordinating matrix teams, integrated development plans, timelines, budgets, governance, reporting, risk mitigation, and executive stakeholder communication. Partners with program leads to drive asset strategies, resolve complex issues, improve team effectiveness, and deliver small-molecule drug development objectives. Requires substantial biotech or pharmaceutical experience, program management expertise, scientific knowledge, strategic leadership, and proficiency with project planning and tracking tools.

Provides clinical leadership and operational oversight for an EPSDT nursing program serving Medicaid-eligible individuals under 21. Responsibilities include supervising nurses, overseeing assessments and care plans, ensuring documentation and regulatory compliance, coordinating member care, conducting quality audits, managing staffing and workflows, supporting orientations, and improving program outcomes. Requires travel across designated New Mexico service areas and collaboration with families, providers, care coordinators, and personal care attendants.

Leads global development strategy, execution, and governance for in vivo CAR-T programs from IND-enabling studies through clinical development, registration, and lifecycle management. Chairs cross-functional teams, aligns research, clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, commercial, and business objectives, manages risks, budgets, timelines, and milestones, and supports regulatory submissions and external partnerships. Presents recommendations to executive leadership, drives portfolio decisions, and mentors program management and cross-functional team members.

Provides strategic and operational leadership across multiple pharmaceutical development programs, coordinating Research, Development, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Business Strategy, and external partners. Oversees milestones, governance, integrated plans, risks, budgets, scenario planning, executive reporting, and cross-functional decision-making. Leads late-stage solid tumor oncology programs and registrational trials, mentors program managers, and advances program management processes and organizational capabilities.

Lead cross-functional technical programs for email and messaging platforms, building next-generation Marketing Cloud and Data Cloud solutions. Align executives and teams, drive Agile delivery, remove obstacles, run steering committees, manage releases, and deliver metrics and program reviews to support CMO/CDO priorities.

Drive planning, execution, and delivery of therapeutic programs, managing internal teams and partner relationships while maintaining timelines and resources.

The Director will lead the Global Program Management function for Air & Car, defining strategies and frameworks to optimize relationships with airline and transportation partners globally.

Lead cross-functional program execution for an orexin 2 receptor agonist development program. Translate strategy into integrated plans, manage budgets and timelines, drive governance, mitigate risks, facilitate decision-making, and improve program management tools and processes to ensure delivery across drug development stages.

Assist the Director of Nursing in planning, implementing, and evaluating the prelicensure RN program. Oversee faculty recruitment, development, supervision, curriculum and LMS use, clinical placements, compliance with BRN and accreditation standards, student advising, program evaluation, and departmental reporting.

Lead programmatic execution for complex aerospace/space development programs: track technical scope, budget, schedule, and risk; develop recovery plans; manage contractual data deliverables; drive finance, procurement, planning, and proposal sign-off; and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to deliver program objectives for safe human spaceflight.

Lead and grow a team of technical and non-technical program managers while owning a portfolio of complex, cross-functional operations and supply-chain programs. Establish PM best practices, remove blockers, identify risks, and present program progress to executives. Act as a player-coach driving outcomes in manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution environments.

Lead and grow a TPM function, define operating models and governance, and personally drive end-to-end execution of the companys most complex cross-functional ad tech programs. Hire and mentor 2-4 TPMs, align roadmaps with product and engineering, enforce risk and dependency management, champion Agile/SAFe, ensure privacy/compliance inputs, and represent program health to executive leadership.

Lead end-to-end technical programs for strategic semiconductor customers, coordinating cross-BU and global teams, managing risks, schedules, budgets, and executive communications from concept through high-volume manufacturing enablement.

Lead development and delivery of decision-ready Program Budgets by partnering with Development Program Managers and Program Finance. Forecast resources and costs across development lifecycle, enable cross-program comparison for portfolio prioritization, manage budget update cycles, and provide content-level leadership and capability building across Program & Portfolio Operations.

Lead PMO and portfolio execution for the Connected Frontline portfolio (hardware, software, cloud). Define PMO strategy, governance, metrics, and AI-enabled delivery practices. Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Operations to translate strategy into roadmaps, prioritize investments, manage risks, and ensure release readiness. Build global PMO capability, develop leaders, manage external partners, and drive organizational transformation to improve speed-to-market, quality, and customer outcomes.

Hands-on graduate role in a creative track to develop visual concepts and execute advertising assets across digital and social. Translate briefs into coherent campaign ideas, present designs, maintain brand guidelines, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while learning through mentorship and project-based training.

Lead and develop a team of early-career program managers for oncology development programs. Provide operational leadership for small to medium complexity programs across preclinical through late development, build integrated plans, timelines and budgets, partner with global program heads, implement process improvements, and establish training and resourcing models to grow PM capabilities and support portfolio needs.

Lead global program management for Power & Mechanical Systems supply chain strategy, owning portfolio governance, execution cadence, and cross-functional delivery for NPI, factory ramps, supplier transitions, automation, VAVE/cost reduction, and strategic initiatives. Build and coach a global PM team, maintain executive reporting and dashboards, and ensure manufacturing readiness and predictable program execution across stakeholders and suppliers.

Two-year onsite rotational Physician Development Program for early-career physicians entering R&D as Associate Medical Directors. Participants rotate through clinical pharmacology, pharmacovigilance, medical affairs, regulatory affairs, and clinical development; contribute to protocol design, safety monitoring, regulatory documents, scientific communications, investigator education, and cross-functional teams. Program includes mentorship and professional development to transition physicians into pharmaceutical R&D careers, with focus areas including oncology, neuroscience, and endocrinology/hematology.

Lead the site Program Management function: hire, deploy, and develop Program Managers; ensure contractual adherence and customer satisfaction; establish standard work and best practices; drive transitions, NPI, and improvements; support financial performance and forecasting for PM resources.

Lead and scale the program management function for hardware-focused NPD. Own stage-gate processes, integrated schedules, requirements traceability, program risk, production ramp, field deployments, and post-launch monitoring. Hire and develop PM/TPM team and provide a single trusted portfolio view for executives.

Lead pharmacy and vaccine financial operations including reimbursement reconciliation, third‑party A/R monitoring, financial reporting, vaccine billing workflow coordination, and process improvements. Liaise across Pharmacy, Revenue Cycle, Finance, payers, TPAs and vendors to ensure accurate claim routing, payment reconciliation, audit support, and 340B-related activities.

The Director of Program Business oversees program management and underwriting for Spinnaker, managing P&L, compliance, and strategic growth initiatives while collaborating across teams to drive success.

Lead evolution of enterprise delivery operating model, governance, reporting, and tooling. Drive delivery maturity, adoption of standards and dashboards, streamline workflows and automation, manage platform lifecycles, and build a Delivery Excellence team to improve execution and provide senior leaders with reliable insights for strategic decision-making.