Program Manager
Fortive
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Drive programs from kickoff through launch, ensuring delivery against committed timelines and quality standards
- Establish and maintain comprehensive program plans including scope, milestones, resource requirements, and critical path activities for all major initiatives
- Partner with functional teams to assess capacity, manage trade-offs, and sequence work to optimize for business impact and team velocity
- Identify, document, and actively manage cross-team dependencies to prevent blockers and ensure seamless handoffs between engineering, product, and go-to-market teams
- Ensure all teams have the tools, information, and resources needed to meet their commitments, escalating blockers and securing decisions when needed
- Define, track, and report on program KPIs and health metrics, proactively investigating variances and deploy countermeasures to address gaps
- Build and maintain program dashboards and status reports that provide clear visibility into progress, risks, and blockers for technical, commercial, and leadership teams
- Conduct risk assessments and maintain risk registers, develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans for high-impact program risks
- Drive post-launch retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives, capturing lessons learned and implementing process enhancements
Requirements
- 5+ years of program or project management experience in a corporate environment
- Demonstrated success managing programs from development through adoption
- Experience with agile development methodologies and software development lifecycle
- Clear expertise in dependency mapping and managing risk register
- Track record of early identification of program veering off-track and implementing countermeasures to get back on target
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to define, track, and act on KPIs
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
- Proficiency with program management tools and methodologies – such as Jira, Asana, or similar project management platforms
- Demonstrated impact using the Fortive Business System
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
program managementproject managementagile development methodologiesdependency mappingrisk managementKPI trackingcontinuous improvementprocess enhancementsprogram dashboardsstatus reporting
Soft skills
cross-functional collaborationstakeholder managementanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershiporganizational skillsdecision-makingadaptabilityteam velocity optimization