
Senior Strategic Program Manager – Product Operations
NetApp
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: San Jose • California • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $158,100 - $235,400 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead cross-functional programs tied to key product, portfolio, or transformation priorities, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Partner with business owners and senior leaders to define program goals, success metrics, and guiding principles.
- Visualize strategic direction, translate it into actionable plans, and ensure execution clarity across all participating teams.
- Facilitate alignment across Business Units and Product teams, GTM, and Business Operations to drive shared outcomes.
- Maintain end-to-end program oversight, including scope, milestones, dependencies, and risks.
- Track and report on program performance, ensuring transparency for senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Build trusted relationships with senior-level stakeholders across Business Units, Product Teams, GTM, Finance, and Business Operations.
- Provide concise, data-driven updates to executives, surfacing insights, recommendations, and risk mitigation options.
- Evaluate and improve program management processes, tools, and systems to drive efficiency and scale.
Requirements
- 10+ years’ experience successfully managing complex, cross functional programs or initiatives in a high growth or technology environment.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate at the executive level through written, verbal and visual forms
- Ability to partner with executive team members to determine and prioritize business strategies
- Demonstrated ‘independent operator’ with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities who can identify challenges and create solutions with little to no guidance.
- Exceptional people, operational, strategic planning and coordination skills
- Excellence with the Microsoft Office suite, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Teams
- Proficiency leveraging project management software and tools such as Atlassian (Jira and Confluence), Smartsheet Miro, etc. to manage programs, determine KPIs and measure team performance
- Experience with Tableau or Power BI is a plus.
- PMP, PgMP certification or extensive Agile Program Management experience preferred
- Background in data analytics experience preferred
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Retirement or Pension Plans
- Paid Time Off
- Various Leave options
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Restricted stocks (RSUs)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementdata analyticsstrategic planningKPI measurementrisk mitigationanalytical skillsproblem-solving
Soft Skills
communicationrelationship buildingoperational skillscoordination skillsindependent operatorexecutive-level communication
Certifications
PMPPgMPAgile Program Management