Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cushman & Wakefield is hiring a Senior Program Manager to lead complex, strategic programs and align delivery with business objectives, service commitments, and contractual obligations. The role establishes PMO governance, integrates workstreams, manages risks and resources, and advises executive leadership on progress, priorities, and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery health and oversight for a portfolio of strategic programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives, executive priorities, customer commitments, and defined success criteria
• Translate executive priorities into executable roadmaps, delivery strategies, governance models, and resource plans that drive measurable business outcomes
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve project and program management methodologies, governance frameworks, operating rhythms, templates, reporting standards, and best practices across the PMO
• Provide strategic guidance and support to project managers by helping navigate complexity, mitigate risks, resolve stakeholder conflicts, and overcome delivery challenges
• Monitor and proactively manage portfolio-level risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and cross-functional impacts; develop mitigation plans and escalate issues requiring executive attention
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive sponsors and senior leadership by framing options, trade-offs, risks, recommendations, and investment decisions
• Lead resolution of the most complex cross-functional risks, issues, conflicts, and escalations to protect business outcomes and maintain delivery momentum
• Act as a rapid-response leader for urgent executive initiatives by establishing governance, defining delivery frameworks, facilitating stakeholder alignment, and accelerating execution until dedicated resources are assigned
• Champion enterprise-wide initiatives that need a programmatic solution
• Represent the PMO in executive forums and planning discussions, providing recommendations on portfolio prioritization, resource investments, organizational readiness, and execution strategy

Skills

• Bachelor's degree is required
• 5+ years of progressive project, program, portfolio management, or management consulting experience leading complex, enterprise-wide, cross-functional initiatives
• Proven experience leading PMO functions or enterprise program management
• Strong executive presence and the ability to influence senior leaders, executive sponsors, and cross-functional stakeholders in complex environments
• Demonstrated ability to quickly assess situations, establish structure, and provide solutions to drive execution
• MBA is preferred
• Knowledge of commercial real estate, professional services, or service-based delivery organizations preferred
• PMP, PgMP, Prosci, Agile/Scrum, or comparable certifications strongly preferred

Benefits

• Eligible employees have the opportunity to enroll in health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Eligible employees have the opportunity to enroll in flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts.
• Eligible employees have the opportunity to enroll in retirement savings plans.
• Eligible employees have the opportunity to enroll in life and disability insurance programs.
• Eligible employees have paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Fully remote work.

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