P5P5 — Expert Professional
Senior Manager
Senior Program Manager/PMO Manager - Responsible for enterprise-wide programs and PM standards.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Directs multi-year strategic programs
- Sets policies and processes for project execution
- Manages large teams or PMO
- Ensures alignment with enterprise goals
- Engages with C-suite stakeholders
- Implements enterprise governance frameworks
- Drives innovation in project management
- Facilitates organizational change initiatives
- Monitors program outcomes and impacts
- Direct multi-year strategic programs
- Set policies and processes for project execution
- Manage large teams or PMO
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Visionary leadership
- Governance
- Stakeholder engagement
- Innovation
- Change leadership
- Strategic thinking
- Performance management
- Program management
- Enterprise governance models
- Visionary leadership principles
- Innovation management techniques
- Change leadership frameworks
- Strategic thinking methodologies
- Performance management systems
- Global perspective in project management
- C-suite stakeholder engagement
- Visionary leadership
- Global Perspective
- Organizational governance
- Stakeholder engagement at C-suite level
- Innovation management
- Change Leadership
- Strategic Thinking
- Performance management
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree
- 12+ years with demonstrable program/portfolio leadership
- Advanced certifications like PgMP preferred
- Leadership programs preferred
Common titles
Senior Manager
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.