Program Manager

Job Summary

We are seeking two experienced professionals to join a high-impact portfolio delivery organization. The first role serves as the financial backbone for a multi-year portfolio of Transformational Programs, establishing robust financial governance, consolidating budgets and forecasts, and delivering actionable insights to guide funding, baseline, and change control decisions. The second role leads a portfolio of capital technology projects supporting Operational business units including Distribution, Transmission, Gas, Energy Supply, Nuclear, and Commercial Operations, driving on-scope, on-schedule, and on-budget delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enforce internal controls and financial governance frameworks across all program workstreams

• Build and maintain the integrated portfolio budget and rolling forecast, highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities

• Set and manage the financial baseline; oversee funding decisions and change requests to ensure alignment with program objectives

• Lead month-end financial close activities and maintain an audit-ready documentation trail

• Produce portfolio reporting for leadership forums, including budget vs. actuals, run-rate, contingency, and benefits progress

• Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses to inform scope, timing, and sourcing trade-offs

• Oversee vendor and contract financials in partnership with Procurement, ensuring alignment with commercial terms

• Align with Corporate Finance and Controllership on accounting treatment, capitalization, and reporting standards

• Guide and coach a team of analysts, setting and upholding quality standards

• Oversee multiple delivery project teams, supporting on-schedule and on-budget delivery to approved scope

• Define controls to effectively manage program activities and delivery expectations

• Contribute to portfolio budget performance against the approved capital plan

• Plan and monitor project progress to ensure milestones are being met across the full project lifecycle

• Manage resources, risks, and issues across projects, taking appropriate mitigation measures

• Coordinate project interdependencies and align deliverables across workstreams and programs

• Manage stakeholders involved across projects and the broader program

Skills

• Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and change control for large transformation programs

• Proven ability to establish finance governance and internal controls across multiple workstreams

• Familiarity with ERP-led transformations and multi-vendor portfolio environments

• Strong communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders

• Demonstrated people leadership including coaching analysts and maintaining quality oversight

• Minimum 10 years of project management experience with large and complex projects up to $10M or greater

• Proven experience leading large-scale software implementations across requirements, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization

• Proven vendor management experience including RFP processes, SOW creation, financial control, and driving vendors to meet commitments

• Experience managing change management efforts for programs with 200 or more impacted users

• Strong knowledge of budgeting, resource allocation, and accrual-based accounting

• Experience with both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies

• Utility industry experience preferred

Experience

• 5–7 years of finance experience with specific expertise in program financial management for large transformation initiatives

• Experience with month-end close processes and maintaining audit-ready documentation

• Experience with benefits tracking and value realization in a program context

• Experience in regulated or asset-intensive environments preferred

• 10 years of project and program management experience with demonstrated delivery of complex, multi-workstream technology programs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required

• Advanced degree or professional certification such as CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred

• Project management certification (PMP or equivalent) strongly preferred

These roles represent a rare opportunity to sit at the intersection of financial rigor and large-scale technology transformation within a critical infrastructure organization. You will have direct influence over portfolio-level decisions, work alongside senior leadership, and help shape the governance frameworks that ensure transformational programs deliver lasting value. If you thrive in complex, fast-moving environments and are passionate about driving disciplined execution at scale, this is the opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact.

The closing date for applications for this job posting is 11/6/2026.

Should you require any accommodations in responding to this job posting or at any stage during the application process, kindly e-mail : xcelenergyprogramoffice@magnitglobal.com