Program Manager, Technology

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Paylocity is an equal opportunity employer.
The Technology Program Manager drives successful completion of strategic technology initiatives and programs by leading and tracking progress toward critical milestones throughout the planning, scheduling, and implementation phases. This role focuses on driving outcomes across multiple teams and stakeholders across the entire organization, which is typically done by coordinating with stakeholders and team leaders through meetings and progress measurement activity. Additionally, he / she will prepare regular progress reports to the executive team, and board of directors. Well-developed interpersonal and influencing skills in meeting objectives is paramount in this role, as are executive presence and transparency & candor.
Are you the teammate we are looking for?
Who you are:

  • Collaborative, flexible and driven to partner with teams and individuals in achievement of their goals
  • An expert at organizing and managing complex technology programs and projects across multiple teams in various departments to successful completion
  • Proactive in communication, relationship building, gap identification, risk mitigation, change management and all elements of initiative execution
  • Highly emotionally intelligent, possessing the ability to adjust style to meet the needs of the audience
  • Has been known to quickly become a subject matter expert


How we work:

  • Curiosity and candor; the quality of the idea wins the day
  • Casual, focused, and agile environment operating under our shared principles
  • Customers at the center of everything we do
  • Small, mission-focused squads with an entrepreneurial spirit backed by enterprise investments
  • Consistent routines across stakeholders to ensure complete transparency
  • Close working relationship between executive stakeholders and customers


What we offer:

  • A compelling mission to elevate payroll and human resources across the backroom and into the boardroom
  • Focus on helping our customers automate manual processes, appeal to the modern workforce, and glean insights from analytics
  • Lean enabling process that focuses on putting our customers at the center of everything we do
  • A commitment to investing in our products, hiring the best talent, and giving them the chance to meaningfully contribute to a vast market opportunity
  • Ample opportunity and encouragement to stay current with external training
  • A phenomenal talent anywhere culture, where employees can work remotely anywhere in the US and/or work from one of three U.S. offices located in Illinois, Florida and Idaho


What you bring:

  • 10+ years of large project & program management and process improvement experience, ideally in an Agile environment
  • Demonstrated delivery leadership experience with multiple large, complex software programs
  • Master's degree is a plus
  • Management experience is a plus
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types
  • Facilitation skills in leading planning meetings, reviews, and retrospectives
  • Excellent communication, organization, and time management skills
  • Collaborative approach to decision-making on teams, including ability to influence without direct line of reporting


During your first three months at Paylocity, you will:

  • Organize program goals, milestones and deliverables across internal stakeholders
  • Execute against program strategy and build positive momentum and sustainable velocity towards key program milestones
  • Define and measure program success metrics to drive business value
  • Ensure program priorities and solutions align with the organization's strategic direction
  • Engage and motivate key partners to ensure completion of objectives without direct management responsibility
  • Identify and surface items that pose risks to the program outcome. Work with the program teams to reduce the overall risk.
  • Develop program documentation to facilitate sharing of outcomes and best practices
  • Engage Senior Executive leadership to resolve obstacles encountered
  • Prepare and present ongoing program status reports, including for executive team and board of directors

Our journey forward. Paylocity strives to create an organizational culture where every employee has a voice, feels truly welcome, appreciated, and free to be themselves, and is empowered and enabled to do their best work. A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to creating such a culture. We've made great strides to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. That being said, we realize there's still room for improvement. Our current focus is on the following initiatives:

  • Education & Awareness
  • Client Community
  • Company Representation
  • Advocacy & Support
  • Fairness & Equality
  • PCTY Gives

Want to learn more, click here to access our DEI flipbook. https://www.flipsnack.com/paylocitycom/diversity-equity-and-inclusion.html
This job description has been written to provide an accurate reflection of the current job and to include the general nature of the work performed. It is not designed to contain a comprehensive detailed inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of the employees assigned to the job. Management reserves the right to revise the job or require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.
This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position in Colorado is $122,000 - $175,000/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual bonus and restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.
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