NetApp

Senior Strategic Program Manager – Product Operations

NetApp

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: San JoseCaliforniaNorth CarolinaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $158,100 - $235,400 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

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