PROGRAM MANAGER
W2 Contract: 1 year | Possible Extension/ Direct Hire
Hybrid (3 days onsite/ 2 days WFH)
Rate: $70-$80/hr | Loaded Deal
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Looking for high-level strategic support for internal transformation ensuring alignment, coordination, and risk management across all workstreams. Draft and manage executive reporting to keep senior leadership informed, support decision-making, and ensure delivery against key milestones.
Key Responsibilities
• Strategic Support
- Champion the bold, outcome-focused vision for Owner Lifecycle Management.
- Align workstreams to strategic commitments: product-centric mindset, value creation, and continuous evolution.
- Focus on delivering measurable business impact (growth, owner experience, data-driven decisions).
• Program Coordination
- Oversee planning and execution of the phased transformation roadmap.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams (Development, Investment Analysis, Legal, Marketing, Hotel Opening, Architecture & Design, Operations).
- Ensure consistent adoption and integration of workflows across regions (AMER, EMEAA, GC).
• Governance & Stakeholder Engagement
- Coordinate and support governance activities across the program, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
- Facilitate engagement with working groups, technology leaders, and business team to align on priorities and resolve issues.
- Help organize and support meetings, workshops, and forums to share updates, gather feedback, and drive progress.
- Assist in maintaining alignment between different teams and stakeholders throughout the transformation.
• Risk Management
- Support the working group to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across all workstreams.
- Monitor program adherence to budget, timeline, and quality standards.
- Proactively address issues related to adoption, technology, and change management.
• Reporting
- Assist with preparing regular program reports and updates for leadership and governance forums.
- Collect and organize information from workstreams and teams to support accurate reporting.
- Help maintain records of progress against milestones and key deliverables.
- Support the communication of status updates to relevant stakeholders.
Key Skills & Experience
• Experience supporting large-scale, multi-year transformation programs within a matrix organization.
• Sound strategic thinking and ability to drive cross-functional alignment.
• Expertise in program governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Familiarity with product-centric delivery models and agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.
#LI-WH1