Hire Remote Program Managers

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Hire Program Managers Who Drive Strategic Technology Transformations

A project is a single delivery. A program is a portfolio of interdependent projects that together drive a strategic business outcome. The program managers who can hold that complexity — managing 6–12 simultaneous workstreams, maintaining C-suite alignment, and ensuring that every project is moving toward the same strategic north star — are among the rarest and most valuable people in technology.

We match you with senior program managers who’ve driven multi-year digital transformation programs, platform modernization initiatives, and enterprise technology strategy execution for Fortune 500 companies and high-growth technology companies. Leaders who combine strategic thinking with the operational rigor to actually get things done.

Start in days, not months. Pay 50% less than equivalent US-based program management talent.

What Our Program Managers Deliver

Portfolio Coordination & Strategic Alignment

Managing the interdependencies between 5–15 simultaneous engineering projects — ensuring they’re sequenced correctly, resourced adequately, and aligned to business outcomes rather than just shipping features in isolation.

Digital Transformation Programs

End-to-end ownership of large-scale technology transformation programs: ERP implementations, platform modernizations, cloud migrations, and digital channel buildouts — multi-year initiatives that reshape how a company operates.

OKR Governance & Strategic Planning

Translating business strategy into technology roadmaps, managing OKR processes, and reporting program outcomes to executive leadership in terms of business impact, not just delivery status.

Vendor & Partner Management

Managing relationships with implementation partners, system integrators, and technology vendors across complex programs. Contract governance, milestone acceptance, and escalation management.

Change Management & Organizational Readiness

Program managers who understand that shipping technology is only half the battle — the other half is ensuring the organization adopts it. Our PMs integrate change management, training, and organizational readiness into program delivery.

Program Management Methodology Stack

Frameworks: SAFe, MSP (Managing Successful Programmes), PgMP, Lean Portfolio Management

Tools: Jira Portfolio (Advanced Roadmaps), Planview, Smartsheet, MS Project Server, Workday

Governance: Steering committee design, program board facilitation, RAG reporting, OKR frameworks

Change Management: Prosci ADKAR, Kotter’s 8-Step, organizational readiness assessments

Certifications: PgMP, PMP, SAFe Program Consultant, PRINCE2 Practitioner (varies by engineer)

Client Success Story: Global ERP Program — 47-Country Rollout Delivered

A multinational consumer goods company was implementing SAP S/4HANA across 47 countries — a 4-year, $180M program with a non-negotiable board-level commitment. When the program fell 8 months behind after 18 months of execution, our program manager was brought in to restructure delivery. She redesigned the country rollout waves based on implementation risk rather than geography, established a global program management office with standardized reporting rhythms, implemented a change management track that had been absent in the original design, and rebuilt executive confidence through transparent RAG reporting with quantified risk mitigation plans. The program recovered 5 months of the 8-month delay and completed within 6% of the revised budget.

Client Success Story: Platform Modernization — $100M Revenue Unlocked

A financial services company’s legacy technology platform was preventing them from launching products in two adjacent markets worth a combined $100M annually. The modernization program — 8 workstreams, 11 engineering teams, 26 months — needed a program manager who could hold the strategic vision while managing the day-to-day complexity. Our program manager established the program governance structure, managed the vendor relationships for two SI partners, ran quarterly strategy reviews with the C-suite, and tracked the business outcome milestones (not just technology delivery milestones) that justified the investment. The platform launched into both new markets within the program timeline. Revenue from the new markets reached $47M in year one.

Why Companies Choose Our Program Managers

  • Strategic fluency: They understand business strategy and can connect technology delivery to business outcomes — not just features to sprints
  • Organizational savvy: Complex programs require political navigation. Our PMs have done it at Fortune 500 scale.
  • Vendor management expertise: Multi-vendor programs require experienced vendor governance — contracts, incentives, and escalations
  • 50% cost savings: Senior program management expertise at a fraction of US market rates
  • Fast start: Most engagements begin within 1–2 weeks

Engagement Models

  • Individual Program Manager — One senior PM managing a specific strategic program or coordinating a portfolio of related initiatives.
  • Program Management Office (PMO) — A small team of program and project managers with standardized processes, reporting frameworks, and governance structures.
  • Embedded Strategic PM — A program manager working directly with your CTO or CIO as an extension of the leadership team on strategic planning and execution.
  • Contract-to-Hire — Evaluate a program manager’s strategic alignment and delivery approach before committing long-term.

How To Vet Program Managers

Our vetting identifies program managers who’ve driven strategic outcomes — not just coordinated large numbers of meetings.

  1. Program portfolio review — Strategic scope, budget size, organizational complexity, and measurable business outcomes of programs delivered. We probe for evidence of actual strategic impact, not just coordination.
  2. Strategic thinking assessment — Given a business strategy, how do they translate it into a technology program? What workstreams, sequencing, and governance structure do they design?
  3. Leadership & influence interview — Program managers succeed through influence, not authority. How have they navigated resistance, rebuilt trust after setbacks, and aligned competing stakeholder interests?
  4. Communication screening — C-suite communication quality, written communication clarity, and executive presence. Program managers represent the technology organization to senior business leadership.

What to Look for When Hiring Program Managers

Strong program managers drive strategic outcomes — they don’t just coordinate activities.

What strong candidates demonstrate:

  • They measure success in business terms: revenue unlocked, cost avoided, market share gained — not just on-time and on-budget delivery
  • They’ve navigated genuine organizational complexity: competing stakeholder interests, political resistance, and resource conflicts
  • They design governance structures that enable decision-making rather than slow it down
  • They bring change management into programs proactively — not as an afterthought when adoption fails

Red flags to watch for:

  • Measures program success purely by schedule and budget without business outcome tracking
  • Has only run programs within a single organization — no multi-vendor or multi-organizational program experience
  • Governance-heavy without outcomes: elaborate status reporting with no evidence of actual delivery improvement
  • Avoids describing program failures or difficulties — real program managers have war stories

Interview questions that reveal real depth:

  • “Walk me through a program that was significantly off-track when you joined. What was broken, what did you change, and what was the outcome?”
  • “How do you manage a situation where two C-suite sponsors have conflicting priorities that are blocking program progress?”
  • “Describe how you’d structure the program governance for a 3-year, 10-workstream digital transformation from scratch. What does week-one look like?”

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between a program manager and a project manager?
Project managers own individual project delivery — scope, schedule, budget, and risk for a defined initiative. Program managers own a portfolio of related projects that together achieve a strategic business outcome. Program managers coordinate across projects, manage strategic alignment, and report to C-suite; project managers coordinate within a project and manage engineering delivery. For complex multi-project initiatives, you need both.
Do your program managers have experience with vendor and SI management?
Yes. Managing system integrators, implementation partners, and technology vendors across complex programs is a core program management competency we screen for. Our PMs have managed vendor relationships worth $10M–$200M+ in program context.
Can your program managers work directly with our C-suite?
Yes. Our senior program managers are accustomed to C-suite interaction — executive steering committee management, board-level reporting, and direct CTO/CIO collaboration. They communicate in business terms and can navigate political complexity at executive level.
How quickly can a program manager start?
Most program managers can begin within 1–2 weeks. You interview and approve every candidate before any engagement starts.

Want to Hire Remote Program Managers?

We source, vet, and place senior program managers who drive strategic technology transformations — leaders who connect business strategy to engineering delivery and have the organizational savvy to navigate the complexity in between. Whether you need one program manager or a complete PMO, we make it fast, affordable, and low-risk.

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