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Director/Associate Director, Strategic Programs

Syneos Health senior full-time

Salary

$118,700 - $207,800 per year

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Description

Syneos Health is seeking a Director/Associate Director, Strategic Programs. The successful candidate will lead process analysis, documentation, and optimization across enterprise workstreams tied to enterprise initiatives.

Core Responsibilities

  • Lead process analysis, documentation, and optimization across enterprise workstreams tied to enterprise initiatives.
  • Provide program management oversight for process-driven initiatives, ensuring delivery against milestones and objectives tied to enterprise initiatives.
  • Proactively identify process gaps, risks, and inefficiencies; design and implement solutions to close them.
  • Develop and deliver high-impact executive presentations to influence decision-making and drive accountability.
  • Engage and challenge senior leaders to resolve issues, align priorities, and adopt transformation strategies.
  • Support knowledge transfer (KT) efforts as a key transformational element, ensuring process clarity, consistency, and continuity across teams.
  • Partner with Program Leads, Governance, and functional leaders to ensure process improvements align with broader enterprise goals.

Qualifications

  • Minimum Bachelor's Degree.
  • Extensive experience leading business process management, enterprise program management, and large-scale transformation initiatives across complex organizations.
  • Deep expertise in EPMO leadership, process design, optimization, and driving enterprise-wide change at scale.
  • Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and shape strategic decisions across cross-functional leadership teams.
  • Track record of identifying systemic gaps and leading enterprise-wide process improvements that drive measurable business outcomes.
  • Exceptional ability to develop and deliver executive-level presentations, facilitating leadership alignment and decision-making using data-driven insights.
  • Strong capability in building and defending executive business cases that inform investment decisions and strategic direction.
  • Demonstrated leadership in orchestrating multiple, interdependent workstreams into a cohesive enterprise program, ensuring alignment on priorities, milestones, risks, and outcomes.
  • Ability to translate complex, cross-divisional data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
  • Industry experience in healthcare, life sciences, or consulting strongly preferred.

Benefits

  • Company car or car allowance
  • Health benefits, including Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • Company match 401k
  • Eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
  • Flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time

Skills

Required

  • business process management
  • enterprise program management
  • process design
  • optimization
  • EPMO leadership
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