What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Program Manager position at LingaTech?
Location: Harrisburg, PA - LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY
Position Type: Hybrid
Hybrid Schedule: Onsite as needed
Contract Length: Long-term with annual extensions
Position Overview:
This Senior Program Manager role leads the delivery of complex, multi-workstream digital initiatives, ensuring alignment between strategy and execution while driving accountability across cross-functional teams. The position focuses on establishing governance, optimizing delivery frameworks, and enabling teams to successfully execute large-scale programs in a fast-paced, Agile-driven environment.
Required Skills:
Position Type: Hybrid
Hybrid Schedule: Onsite as needed
Contract Length: Long-term with annual extensions
Position Overview:
This Senior Program Manager role leads the delivery of complex, multi-workstream digital initiatives, ensuring alignment between strategy and execution while driving accountability across cross-functional teams. The position focuses on establishing governance, optimizing delivery frameworks, and enabling teams to successfully execute large-scale programs in a fast-paced, Agile-driven environment.
Required Skills:
- 10 years of experience as a Program or Portfolio Manager leading complex initiatives
- Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models, with the ability to apply them effectively across projects
- Experience working with project management or Agile tools such as Confluence, Azure DevOps, SharePoint, or similar platforms
- Proven track record managing large-scale, multi-year, multi-million-dollar programs
- PMP or Scrum Master certification
- Experience working in a state government environment
- Experience with Salesforce
- Own end-to-end delivery of a complex, multi-workstream program, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives
- Establish program vision, structure, and execution strategy to drive consistent and successful outcomes
- Lead cross-functional collaboration across product, project management, engineering, UX, vendors, and stakeholders
- Design and implement program governance, operating models, and decision-making frameworks
- Define roles, responsibilities, escalation paths, and lead governance forums such as steering committees
- Develop and maintain an integrated master roadmap, managing cross-workstream dependencies and priorities
- Drive periodic planning cycles, ensuring deliverables are completed on time, within scope, and within budget
- Organize and structure teams for optimal performance while coaching managers and team leads on best practices
- Set clear expectations for deliverables, communication, and meeting readiness across teams
- Identify and address gaps in performance, ownership, and execution
- Serve as the primary point of accountability for program status, delivering clear and structured updates to leadership
- Translate complex program details into actionable insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Facilitate alignment across teams and resolve conflicts to maintain forward progress
- Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks, issues, and blockers, escalating when necessary
- Drive timely decision-making with clear recommendations and defined next steps
- Manage program budgets, forecasting, and financial tracking to ensure fiscal accountability
- Oversee vendor performance, ensuring alignment with program goals and contractual expectations
- Support Agile delivery by coordinating Scrum activities, facilitating ceremonies, and removing delivery obstacles
- Track project progress, team performance, and key metrics using Agile and project management tools
- Maintain program documentation, status reporting, and tracking systems
- Assist in communication and coordination between technical teams and business stakeholders
- Contribute to leadership reports, presentations, and program updates to ensure transparency and visibility