P6P6 — Principal Professional
Director of Programs
Lead program management at the enterprise level. Establish global program management standards.
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Lead program management at the enterprise level
- Establish global program management standards
- Ensure enterprise-wide project alignment
- Drive strategic program initiatives
- Represent program management in executive meetings
- Lead enterprise-level programs
- Establish global standards
- Align projects enterprise-wide
- Drive strategic initiatives
- Represent in executive meetings
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Global program management
- Enterprise risk management
- Portfolio optimization
- Strategic leadership
- Standards development
- Global program management frameworks
- Enterprise risk management strategies
- Portfolio optimization techniques
- Strategic leadership principles
- Global standards in project management
- Mastery of global program management
- Enterprise risk management
- Portfolio optimization
- Strategic Leadership
- Global standards development
What good looks like
- Mastery of global program management
- Experience with enterprise-level programs
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
- 10+ years of project management experience
- Proven strategic leadership skills
Common titles
Director of Programs
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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