Program Manager - Non-IT IV

Our client, is seeking an experienced, highly organized Program Manager - Non-IT IV (Audit Transformation & Strategic Enablement) to lead the execution cadence and governance of their Audit Transformation Office (ATO).

In this high-visibility portfolio leadership role, you will act as the central operational engine driving a multi-initiative transformation roadmap across the Audit and Advisory Services organization. Partnering directly with senior audit leadership, you will instill portfolio discipline, manage integrated schedules, and facilitate executive decision-making across roughly 21 concurrent projects. Key focal initiatives include modernizing and simplifying audit methodology, coordinating AI-enabled audit deliverable drafting tools across 34 core artifacts, and establishing portfolio-level oversight for transitions into a global delivery model. You will own integrated status reporting, risk and dependency management, governance forums, and financial benefits realization tracking to ensure transformation goals align with strategic enterprise commitments.

Contract Duration: 6-Month Assignment (Target Dates: November 30, 2026 – May 29, 2027)

Advantages
Enterprise Transformation Impact: Shape and accelerate high-priority modernization initiatives, including AI-driven productivity tools and global operating model transformations, within a world-class financial institution.

Executive-Level Exposure: Partner directly with Audit Heads and Executive Leadership Teams, leading weekly decision committees and authoring board-adjacent briefing materials.

Portfolio-Level Ownership: Drive holistic governance, sequencing, and dependency management across an active book of work spanning approximately 21 distinct initiatives.

Modern Technology & Automation Focus: Support bleeding-edge projects operationalizing AI for first-draft generation of core deliverables while leveraging modern Microsoft 365 workflow tools.

Responsibilities
Audit Transformation Office Operations: Lead day-to-day operations of the ATO; maintain a unified, integrated book of work tracking milestones, interdependencies, outcomes, and resource capacity across all initiatives.

Governance Facilitation & Decision Management: Chair the Weekly Execution Committee, establish execution cadences, set agendas, coordinate executive pre-reads, document decisions, and resolve or escalate blockers.

Key Strategic Initiative Delivery:

Audit Methodology Simplification: Coordinate, track, and report on efforts to streamline and simplify end-to-end audit planning and execution frameworks.

AI-Enabled Deliverables: Oversee dependencies and progress on an innovative initiative leveraging AI to automate the first drafts of approximately 34 audit deliverables.

Global Delivery Model Transition: Provide portfolio coordination and leadership reporting for workstreams transitioning operational capabilities into a global delivery model.

Executive & Stakeholder Reporting: Author weekly and monthly executive dashboards, deliver concise summaries for senior leadership meetings, and track cross-forum commitments.

Financial & Benefits Oversight: Partner with Finance to track financial commitments, cost optimizations, and productivity improvements, actively mitigating variances against targets.

Cross-Functional Integration: Serve as the connective tissue across transformation workstream leads, Professional Practices, enterprise partners (Finance, HR), and audit leadership to ensure transparent execution.

Qualifications
Program & Portfolio Leadership: 7+ years of progressive project and program management experience, with proven success overseeing complex, multi-project portfolios rather than isolated standalone tasks.

Governance & Cadence Mastery: Demonstrated experience establishing and running formal governance committees, decision forums, risk/dependency tracking, and milestone management.

Executive Presence & Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with extensive experience presenting strategic progress and trade-offs to senior leadership.

Delivery Discipline & Problem Solving: Proven ability to drive decisions, resolve operational bottlenecks, challenge assumptions constructively, and maintain delivery momentum across matrixed environments.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical professional experience).

Preferred Assets & Nice-to-Haves
Direct experience within Internal Audit, Risk Management, Advisory Services, or Regulatory Compliance.

Prior professional experience within financial services, banking, or the global insurance sector.

Working knowledge of modern productivity and collaboration suites: Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Lists, Power Automate, and generative AI productivity tools.

Relevant industry certifications such as PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, or change management credentials (e.g., Prosci).

Summary
If you are an accomplished, strategic Program Manager who pairs robust project and portfolio management fundamentals with executive governance discipline, financial services or audit acumen, and an interest in driving AI-enabled operational transformations, this 6-month contract opportunity is an ideal next step. Bring your portfolio leadership precision, stakeholder integration skills, and delivery rigor to our client's transformation team today!

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