Program Manager (contract)

Job Summary We are seeking two experienced professionals to join a high-impact portfolio delivery organization. The first role serves as the financial backbone for a multi-year portfolio of Transformational Programs, establishing robust financial governance, consolidating budgets and forecasts, and delivering actionable insights to guide funding, baseline, and change control decisions. The second role leads a portfolio of capital technology projects supporting Operational business units including Distribution, Transmission, Gas, Energy Supply, Nuclear, and Commercial Operations, driving on-scope, on-schedule, and on-budget delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enforce internal controls and financial governance frameworks across all program workstreams
• Build and maintain the integrated portfolio budget and rolling forecast, highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Set and manage the financial baseline; oversee funding decisions and change requests to ensure alignment with program objectives
• Lead month-end financial close activities and maintain an audit-ready documentation trail
• Produce portfolio reporting for leadership forums, including budget vs. actuals, run-rate, contingency, and benefits progress
• Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses to inform scope, timing, and sourcing trade-offs
• Oversee vendor and contract financials in partnership with Procurement, ensuring alignment with commercial terms
• Align with Corporate Finance and Controllership on accounting treatment, capitalization, and reporting standards
• Guide and coach a team of analysts, setting and upholding quality standards
• Oversee multiple delivery project teams, supporting on-schedule and on-budget delivery to approved scope
• Define controls to effectively manage program activities and delivery expectations
• Contribute to portfolio budget performance against the approved capital plan
• Plan and monitor project progress to ensure milestones are being met across the full project lifecycle
• Manage resources, risks, and issues across projects, taking appropriate mitigation measures
• Coordinate project interdependencies and align deliverables across workstreams and programs
• Manage stakeholders involved across projects and the broader program

Skills

• Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and change control for large transformation programs
• Proven ability to establish finance governance and internal controls across multiple workstreams
• Familiarity with ERP-led transformations and multi-vendor portfolio environments
• Strong communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated people leadership including coaching analysts and maintaining quality oversight
• Minimum 10 years of project management experience with large and complex projects up to $10M or greater
• Proven experience leading large-scale software implementations across requirements, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization
• Proven vendor management experience including RFP processes, SOW creation, financial control, and driving vendors to meet commitments
• Experience managing change management efforts for programs with 200 or more impacted users
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, resource allocation, and accrual-based accounting
• Experience with both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
• Utility industry experience preferred

Experience

• 5–7+ years of finance experience with specific expertise in program financial management for large transformation initiatives
• Experience with month-end close processes and maintaining audit-ready documentation
• Experience with benefits tracking and value realization in a program context
• Experience in regulated or asset-intensive environments preferred
• 10+ years of project and program management experience with demonstrated delivery of complex, multi-workstream technology programs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required
• Advanced degree or professional certification such as CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred
• Project management certification (PMP or equivalent) strongly preferred

These roles represent a rare opportunity to sit at the intersection of financial rigor and large-scale technology transformation within a critical infrastructure organization. You will have direct influence over portfolio-level decisions, work alongside senior leadership, and help shape the governance frameworks that ensure transformational programs deliver lasting value. If you thrive in complex, fast-moving environments and are passionate about driving disciplined execution at scale, this is the opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact.

The closing date for applications for this job posting is 11/6/2026 .

Should you require any accommodations in responding to this job posting or at any stage during the application process, kindly e-mail : [email protected]

Pay Rate Range 83.08 - 110.77 USD hourly