Principal Program Manager

Snowflake

Principal Program Manager at Snowflake responsible for managing large projects and collaborating with internal teams to ensure successful implementation. Trusted advisor for Fortune 500 clients and C-Suite stakeholders.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $157,000 - $205,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Be a program management expert on all aspects of the Snowflake implementation and variety of project and services types, bringing multi-threaded initiatives together in an efficient manner
Deliver Fixed Fee and highly scoped projects on time.
Own project governance for budget and revenue reconciliation.
Lead large data migrations and code conversion efforts.
Able to successfully drive to scope clarity with project teams and customer stakeholders.
Familiar with Agentic AI and modern AI technology implementation.
Be the driving force in - project execution, use case identification, roadmapping, risk analysis for the customer
Drive planning and all aspects of execution of the program plan, working collaboratively with all stakeholders - customers, partners and internal stakeholders
Full ownership of the project life cycle - ensuring the project has met all its milestones and objectives characterized by on-time, on-budget and predictable delivery
Proactively identify and mitigate program or project risks, including risks associated with workstreams of the program that may be outside the scope of the contract
Collaborate and communicate effectively with various workstream owners, build a sense of community, clear expectations and timely communication
As a trusted advisor, collaborate with customer C-Suite and/or Executive Sponsor stakeholders drive alignment on vision, strategy and guide the program to successful delivery
Heavily process-driven, leverages and improves the program management methodology - processes, tools, templates and checklists
Be a champion for customer outcomes, be able to clearly articulate the value of the program in quantifiable metrics
Drive customer satisfaction expressed through surveys as well as renewals and additional opportunities for Snowflake
Work with Professional Services Practice Teams and Sales Account Teams to facilitate practice area enablement and support sales pursuits – scoping projects, estimating work, creating delivery proposals and providing regular delivery updates for ongoing projects
Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing to continuously improve Snowflake’s products and marketing
Determine areas for process improvements within both the customer and Snowflake

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in a Program Manager role (or similar capacity) dealing with complex, technical implementation and/or migration projects
Must have recent experience successfully delivering multi-million dollar complex data-related and/or cloud-based large Programs for a Fortune 500 customer
Must have played the role of trusted advisor to C-Suite or Executive Sponsor of the Program at Fortune 500 customer
Must be extremely adept in executive communication and relationship management across multitude of stakeholders - customer, partners and internal teams
Must have direct experience in the Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and/or Cloud field
Proven ability to communicate and translate effectively across multiple groups from design and engineering to marketing, advertising, and business development
Strong presentation skills and an ability to articulate to a business and technical audience (including senior level executives at large enterprises)
Bonus Points: Experience in a customer support and advisory technical role (Solution architect, system administrator, technical account manager or equivalent).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unique opportunity to work on a truly disruptive software product
Get unique, hands-on experience with bleeding edge data warehouse technology
Develop, lead and execute an industry-changing initiative
Learn from the best! Join a dedicated, experienced team of professionals.

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementdata migrationcode conversionproject governancerisk analysisprocess improvementdata warehousingbusiness intelligencecloud computingexecutive communication

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationcommunicationrelationship managementpresentation skillsstakeholder managementcustomer advocacystrategic alignmentcommunity buildingproblem-solving