Program Manager III
Techstra Solutions · Pittsburgh, PA ·
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Project management
- Experience
- 8+ years
Leads large-scale IT projects and programs for clients, managing budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams to deliver strategic digital and automation initiatives.
Role Overview
The Senior Technical Project Manager/Program Manager is responsible for leading complex, high-visibility projects and programs from initiation through implementation and post-project assessment. This role oversees large-scale initiatives, often exceeding $2.5M in budget, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives while delivering results within scope, schedule, and budget constraints. The individual serves as a trusted advisor to leadership, manages project teams, drives governance and reporting, mitigates risks, and ensures successful execution across multiple business units, channels, and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Lead Complex Projects and Strategic Initiatives (multiple projects under portfolio)
- Manage large-scale projects or portfolios from concept through implementation and post-launch review.
- Ensure project objectives, timelines, budgets, and business outcomes are achieved.
Drive Program Governance and Strategic Planning
- Develop project strategies, governance frameworks, processes, standards, and execution plans.
- Align project deliverables with organizational goals and strategic objectives.
Manage Resources, Budgets, and Risk
- Oversee project budgets, resource allocation, forecasting, and financial performance.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and issues; implement mitigation and contingency plans.
Lead Cross-Functional Teams and Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with business leaders, technology teams, vendors, and project stakeholders.
- Assign priorities, direct project execution, facilitate decision-making, and resolve escalations.
Monitor Performance and Drive Continuous Improvement
- Track project progress using KPIs, dashboards, and executive reporting.
- Analyze outcomes, forecast future trends, recommend process improvements, and mentor project team members.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- 6-8+ years of experience leading complex projects and programs
- Expertise in project lifecycle management (initiation through closure)
- Portfolio and program management experience
- Scope, schedule, budget, and resource management
- Risk, issue, dependency, and change management
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and project resources
- Ability to influence stakeholders and executive leadership
- Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Strategic planning and execution
- Business case development and decision-making support
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving
- Data-driven reporting, forecasting, and trend analysis
- Budget planning, forecasting, and financial oversight
- Resource capacity planning
- Vendor and contract management experience preferred
- Experience managing projects exceeding $2.5M budgets
Preferred Qualifications/Skills
- Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint
- Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies
- Project portfolio management (PPM) tools
- Dashboard and reporting tools (Power BI preferred)
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
About Techstra Solutions
Techstra Solutions is a certified woman-owned (WBENC) management consulting firm specializing in strategy, technology, and implementation services for large organizations undergoing digital and talent transformation. Our experienced team partners with clients to co-create innovative solutions in applications, data, AI, and automation that accelerate measurable, sustainable change. From advisory consulting through technical execution, we are dedicated to driving world-class business solutions that fit your strategic requirements and deliver results. For more information: www.techstrasolutions.com
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Techstra Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. The Company makes its decisions on merit, and its policy of equal opportunity prohibits discrimination in all phases of the employment process, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, promotion, selection, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment. The policy of equal opportunity applies without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, military status, veteran status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, alienage or citizenship, domestic partnership status, arrest or conviction record, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other protected categories under federal, state, or local law. The Company also prohibits discrimination or harassment based upon the perception that a person has, or is associated with a person who has, any of these characteristics.