Senior Program Manager, Operations Strategy
Pubblicato il 23-10-2026 - Vertiv Holdings in Varese
Overview
As Senior Program Manager, you will lead Vertiv's 3-year Global Operations Strategic Roadmap and cross-functional initiatives to drive operational excellence.
You will coordinate strategy deployment from global to regional levels, ensuring timely delivery and measurable benefits.
Your work with Lean, Hoshin Kanri, and continuous improvement will shape manufacturing performance across regions.
This role offers high-impact influence in a global, matrixed environment and an opportunity to accelerate game-changing initiatives.
Retribuzione / Benefits
salary range provided (€67,898-€84,872 gross/year)
potential variable compensation
comprehensive benefits package
career development opportunities
global cross-regional exposure
Equal Opportunity employer
Responsabilità
Lead the strategic initiatives portfolio and ensure initiatives progress on schedule, budget, and deliver targeted outcomes across 3-5 years
Maintain visibility across active programs with standardized tracking, milestones, risk registers, and executive reporting
Coordinate Breakthrough Objectives across pillars and support annual strategy deployment (X-Matrix, Hoshin Kanri, QBRs)
Provide project planning, milestone/scope/resource/financial/change management across the portfolio
Improve information quality for future decisions via benchmarking and best practices
Interface with stakeholders on status, constraints, and strategic decision support
Align cross-regional initiatives across Americas, EMEA, Asia with standardized governance and escalation protocols
Facilitate cross-site sharing of best practices and read-across activities
Act as business partner in transactional complexity reduction and support for new systems deployments
Support VOS deployment and governance integration to drive Lean and continuous improvement
Drive strategy deployment discipline linking 3-year objectives to annual targets and measurable KPIs
Coordinate governance cadences and executive reporting for clear, actionable insights
Manage risk and contingency planning across the portfolio and provide benchmarking and adoption plans
Collaborate on project initiation, requirements, documentation, and implementation
Provide external benchmarking and best-practice adoption for strategic direction
Requisiti fondamentali
10+ years of progressive program management experience in manufacturing operations
Global scope experience coordinating programs across multiple regions in a matrixed environment with 30+ plants
Strong knowledge of strategy deployment methods (Hoshin Kanri, X-Matrix) and translating strategy into executable plans
Proven ability to influence across cross-functional and cross-regional teams without direct authority
Proficiency in MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI, PowerPoint, and AI-enabled analytics
Experience interfacing with senior leadership and delivering executive-ready communications
Excellent organizational skills managing 10+ concurrent initiatives
Cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Sales, IT, and Plant Operations
Change agent mindset with drive to initiate action and complete programs
Experience with Hoshin Kanri / X-Matrix facilitation and cascading workshops
AI literacy for project analytics, scenario modeling, and reporting automation
Risk management and scenario planning in global manufacturing contexts
cross-functional collaboration
influence without authority
problem solving
MS Project
Smartsheet
Power BI
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