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Director, Program Management – Strategic Initiatives

Roles & Responsibilities

  • 10+ years of experience in program management, operations, or product strategy
  • 3–5+ years of experience leading program managers or in a comparable leadership role
  • Proven track record of scaling teams and improving execution maturity
  • Strong financial, analytical, and operational acumen

Requirements:

  • Lead large-scale, multi-quarter strategic programs across the organization; define scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and success metrics
  • Manage, coach, and develop a team of program managers (typically 3–8); establish clear goals, performance standards, and career development paths
  • Establish and run program cadences, including OKRs, QBRs, and executive reviews; drive accountability across cross-functional teams and escalate as needed; manage cross-functional dependencies and risks
  • Translate executive strategy into actionable roadmaps; track ROI, costs, and overall business impact; partner with Finance on forecasting and investment decisions

Job description

Who We Are

At Bluehost, we believe all small businesses deserve the opportunity to succeed online. Our mission is to give small businesses the confidence to think big. We're the all-in-one platform for small businesses to grow online with powerful simplicity, premium performance, smart tools and human support.

The Director, Program Management will own the end-to-end delivery of cross-functional strategic initiatives and lead a team of program managers responsible for execution across the Bluehost Group. This role will translate executive strategy into scalable, actionable programs while building and maturing a high-performing program management function.

What you’ll do & how you’ll make your mark.

Program Leadership

  • Lead large-scale, multi-quarter strategic programs across the organization
  • Define scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and success metrics to ensure successful delivery

Team Leadership & Development

  • Manage, coach, and develop a team of program managers (typically 3–8)
  • Establish clear goals, performance standards, and career development paths
  • Build and scale a consistent program management function, including methodologies, tools, and best practices
  • Drive hiring, onboarding, and capability development for the PMO
  • Align resource allocation to support the highest-priority initiatives

Operating Model Execution

  • Establish and run program cadences, including OKRs, QBRs, and executive reviews
  • Drive accountability across cross-functional teams and escalate as needed

Strategic Translation

  • Translate executive strategy into actionable roadmaps and program plans
  • Align Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Finance around shared priorities

Financial & KPI Ownership

  • Track ROI, costs, and overall business impact of initiatives
  • Partner closely with Finance on forecasting, planning, and investment decisions

Stakeholder Management

  • Deliver clear, concise executive reporting and decision support
  • Influence senior leaders and stakeholders without direct authority

Risk & Dependency Management

  • Identify risks early and drive proactive mitigation strategies
  • Manage cross-program dependencies across teams, platforms, and functions

Who you are & what you’ll need to succeed.

  • 10+ years of experience in program management, operations, or product strategy
  • 3–5+ years of experience leading program managers or in a comparable leadership role
  • Proven track record of scaling teams and improving execution maturity
  • Strong financial, analytical, and operational acumen
  • Excellent executive-level communication and stakeholder influence skills

Why you’ll love us. 

  • Work-life balance. Our work is thrilling and meaningful, but we know balance is key to living well.
  • We celebrate one another’s differences.  We’re proud of our culture of diversity and inclusion. We foster a culture of belonging. Our company and customers benefit when employees bring their authentic selves to work. We have programs that bring us together on important issues and provide learning and development opportunities for all employees.  We have 20 + affinity groups where you can network and connect with employees globally.
  • We care about you. We provide excellent Health Insurance options to fit you, HSA, Medical, Dental, Vision, Matching 401K, Life/AD&D/STD/LTD, Tuition Reimbursement, Pet Insurance, Generous vacation policy, and much more!
  • Where can we take you? We’re fans of helping our employees learn different aspects of the business, be challenged with new tasks, be mentored, and grow their careers. Unfold new possibilities with Bluehost #OTOD!

#LI-SM1 #LI-Remote #Bluehost

Employment with Newfold Digital is at-will and nothing in this Job Description should be interpreted or construed to alter the at-will employment relationship.

This Job Description includes the essential job functions required to perform the job described above, as well as additional duties and responsibilities. This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee performing this job may be required to perform. The Company reserves the right to revise the Job Description at any time, and to require the employee to perform functions in addition to those listed above.

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