Program Manager

SunStrong Management, LLC · United States · posted today ago

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About this role

The Program Manager Position

SunStrong Management is an independent, full-service asset management and servicing company for the renewable energy industry is seeking a Program Manager to lead and coordinate strategic initiatives that enhance the organization’s performance, efficiency, and scalability. This role is responsible for managing both individual projects and broader programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives, optimizing resources, and successfully executing cross-functional initiatives.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong foundation in project management practices and demonstrate the ability to manage complex, multi-project programs that drive business transformation.

Program Manager Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end delivery of key initiatives—ranging from targeted projects to broader, multi-workstream programs—ensuring alignment with organizational goals, timelines, and budgets.
Collaborates with cross-functional teams to identify process improvement opportunities, define scope, and implement new or enhanced solutions.
Develop and manage integrated schedules, milestones, resource plans, and budgets to ensure successful execution across initiatives.
Proactively identify and manage risks, dependencies, and issues, developing mitigation plans and driving resolution in collaboration with stakeholders.
Monitor progress across initiatives, tracking performance metrics and providing regular status updates and insights to leadership to support data-driven decision-making.
Apply agile delivery methodologies to manage projects where appropriate, facilitating sprints, stand-ups, and iterative planning.
Ensure timely and effective communication across teams, promoting transparency, accountability, and alignment throughout each phase of the delivery process.
Utilize standard project management vocabulary and practices aligned with the Project Management Institute (PMI) standards.
Drive continuous improvement in project/program execution by incorporating feedback, lessons learned, and best practices into future work.
Support organizational change by facilitating the adoption of new processes, tools, and systems as part of initiative rollouts.

Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in business, Management, Information Systems, Engineering, or another related field
2+ years’ experience in Operations Management, Program Management, or Project Management

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in solar energy or retail energy
PMP (Project Management Professional), PgMP (Program Management Professional), or equivalent PMI certification
Master’s degree
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Experience in Jira, Confluence, Salesforce, Excel, Tableau, VBA, Microsoft Planner, and SQL

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Agile principles and methodologies
Ability to assess metric outcomes on a relative basis and create sound recommendations based on accurate data evaluation.
Ability to thoughtfully exercise judgment to improve processes and advance the reporting outputs for the team.
Ability to manage time effectively, set priorities, and meet deadlines
Ability to learn and adapt to change
Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
Excellent judgment, reasoning, and problem-solving skills

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