Workforce Strategy Program Manager

Spectraforce Technologies
United States, New York, New York
Oct 16, 2026
Role: Workforce Strategy Program Manager Location: New York, NY - Hybrid: Hybrid - 4 days Duration: 11 Months Typical Day-to-Day Responsibilities: program management, meetings to knock down impediments, to understand the status, to drive planning activities, to pull together and problem solve, MUST-HAVE Hard Skills: 1.) Program management -8 years 2.) Strong communication skills 3.) Good judgment 4.) Technical depth - what an API is? Understand the concept 5) Copilot 6) MS Suite NICE-TO-HAVE 1.) Lead large scale Summary: Lead the end-to-end execution of our Workforce of the Future transformation, helping shape the future operating model, workforce strategy, leadership expectations, skills evolution, and AI-enabled ways of working. Responsibilities include: Driving delivery against workforce transformation objectives, milestones, and success measures. Coordinating technology, HR, finance, and business stakeholders to align workforce plans with strategic priorities. Establishing program governance, executive reporting, and decision management routines. Tracking adoption, risks, dependencies, and organizational impacts. Supporting leadership teams in defining future-state organizational capabilities, operating models, and talent strategies. Measuring progress against workforce productivity, capability, organizational health, and business outcome metrics. Strategic Integrated Delivery Planning Build and manage an integrated executive-level delivery plan across approximately 30 strategic initiatives, creating transparency into critical milestones, dependencies, risks, and outcomes. Responsibilities include: Creating and maintaining a single integrated view of delivery across strategic programs. Identifying critical intersection points, dependency risks, and sequencing challenges across initiatives. Driving cross-functional planning and milestone alignment across executive stakeholders. Establishing common reporting and executive dashboards tied to strategic outcomes. Facilitating trade-off discussions and escalation of risks, issues, and decisions. Supporting leadership forums with actionable insight, scenario analysis, and execution recommendations. *Desired Competencies* Executive Communication Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Ability to distill complex technical and operational topics into concise executive narratives. Experience preparing executive updates, steering committee materials, and leadership presentations. Technical Credibility Strong technology background with understanding of software delivery, engineering practices, technology platforms, modernization programs, and large-scale transformation initiatives. Ability to engage effectively with engineers, architects, delivery leaders, and executives. Strategic Judgment Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions in ambiguous environments. Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities. Ability to balance strategic priorities, operational realities, risks, and resource constraints. Influence & Stakeholder Management Proven success operating across multiple executive stakeholders without direct authority. Ability to align diverse perspectives and drive decisions across competing priorities. Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills. Program Leadership Experience leading complex, enterprise-wide transformation programs. Strong understanding of governance, planning, dependency management, risk management, and outcome measurement. Ability to establish structure and rigor while enabling rapid execution. Years of Overall Experience: 8-10 How will performance be measured: deliverables and competencies Preferred/Ideal Candidate Background: someone who has been doing like complex program management in technology and by technology, either like a cloud transformation or a modernization of tech stack type space or, you know, any type of AI enablement on the back end. Tight communication, organization, influence, and can push and challenge in the problem solving space.