# IT Program Manager **Company**: Valvoline Global Operations **Work arrangement**: remote **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: IT **Industry**: Automotive **Apply**: https://jobs.valvolineglobal.com/job/IT-Program-Manager-KY/1450233200/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/it-program-manager-69de4a95-f49/ ## Description At Valvoline Global Operations, we're proud to be The Original Motor Oil, but we've never rested on being first. Founded in 1866, we introduced the world's first branded motor oil, staking our claim as a pioneer in the automotive and industrial solutions industry. Today, as an affiliate of Aramco, one of the world's largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we are driven by innovation and committed to creating sustainable solutions for a better future. The IT Program Manager is a strategic delivery leader who turns enterprise priorities into coordinated technology outcomes. This role leads complex, cross-functional programs and/or projects from strategy and planning through implementation and stabilization. The position connects business and technology teams across multiple concurrent initiatives, including digital transformation, data and analytics, ERP, and other enterprise technology programs. **Job Accountabilities** - Enterprise Program and Project Delivery - Lead end-to-end delivery of large, complex IT programs and projects from initiation through implementation, stabilization, and closeout. - Define requirements, scope, milestones, deliverables, success measures, and integrated project plans across multiple workstreams. - Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, dependencies, issues, risks, decisions, and change control throughout the project life cycle. - Coordinate testing, user acceptance, training, deployment, organizational readiness, and post-implementation evaluation. - Financial, Resource, and Delivery Oversight - Manage project budgets, forecasts, actuals, capitalization and expense tracking, vendor costs, and financial reporting in partnership with IT leadership. - Develop resource plans and coordinate internal and consulting resources to support delivery commitments. - Monitor performance against approved baselines and escalate variances with clear recovery recommendations. - Executive Governance and Stakeholder Engagement - Demonstrate a strong, clear, and articulate executive presence. - Own executive-level status reporting, dashboards, steering committee materials, decision logs, and governance communications. - Build trusted relationships with business leaders, IT Business Partners, Technology Owners, subject matter experts, and third-party partners. - Provide timely visibility into program health, risks, dependencies, organizational readiness, and decisions requiring leadership action. - Use structured analysis and scenario planning to support prioritization, sequencing, and informed decision-making. - People, Vendor, and Matrix Leadership - Lead cross-functional teams and third-party vendors by setting expectations, assigning and monitoring work, resolving obstacles, and maintaining accountability for deliverables. - Directly manage and develop assigned project managers or delivery leads, including coaching, performance management, workload prioritization, and professional development. - Facilitate collaborative, productive teams across business and IT functions, including geographically distributed resources. - Portfolio Alignment and Strategic Planning - Support enterprise technology roadmaps, annual planning, demand prioritization, capacity planning, and portfolio forecasting. - Identify cross-program risks, interdependencies, resource constraints, and opportunities to optimize sequencing and delivery outcomes. - Align program outcomes with business objectives and agreed success measures. - PMO Development and Continuous Improvement - Develop and improve project and program management practices, standards, templates, reporting, and governance models. - Promote scalable delivery methods that appropriately manage risk and improve predictability, transparency, and execution quality. - Contribute to PMO best practices, lessons learned, and capability development across the organization. - Serve as a senior delivery resource who provides guidance, consistency, and leadership across programs and PMO practices when needed. **Job Qualifications / Education / Skills / Requirements / Capabilities** - Education - Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field required. Master’s degree preferred. - Experience - 10+ years of progressive experience in IT project and program management, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - Five or more years leading complex, enterprise-level programs with multiple concurrent initiatives and cross-functional workstreams. - Demonstrated experience supporting digital transformation, data and analytics, ERP, cybersecurity, infrastructure, or other enterprise technology initiatives. - Experience managing project budgets, forecasts, vendor costs, resources, quality, UAT, training, deployment, and post-implementation activities. - Experience working with executive stakeholders and preparing concise, decision-oriented communications and reporting. - Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing project managers, delivery leads, or matrixed teams. - Strong program governance, project planning, financial management, and delivery oversight expertise. - Ability to manage integrated roadmaps with multiple concurrent workstreams, dependencies, and delivery milestones. - Experience with ServiceNow SPM, Jira, Workfront or similar project and portfolio management tools. - Certifications - PMP certification required. Agile, Scrum Master, SAFe, or related certifications preferred. - Competencies Desired - Executive-level written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills. - Experience building structured status reporting, dashboards, performance metrics, and decision materials. - Strong risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, and change management capability. - Ability to influence cross-functional leaders and delivery teams without direct authority. - Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and time management. - Comfort navigating ambiguity, shifting priorities, distributed teams, and evolving organizational needs. - Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative leadership style. All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - Information Technology - Computer Science - Engineering - Business - Project Management - ServiceNow SPM - Jira - Workfront - PMP ### Nice to have - Agile - Scrum Master - SAFe --- Source: [Apply at jobs.valvolineglobal.com](https://jobs.valvolineglobal.com/job/IT-Program-Manager-KY/1450233200/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)