Senior Principal Program Manager - Remote / Telecommute

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $80.21hr - $85.21hr

Requirement/Must Have:


- 12+ years of progressive project and program management experience, including leadership of highly complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience supporting senior executives and serving as a trusted program management partner in a highly visible environment.
- Direct semiconductor and manufacturing industry experience.
- Proven ability to establish governance, integrated plans, RACIs, milestone tracking, decision logs, action tracking, risk management, and executive reporting from the ground up.
- PMP certification in active good standing.
- Practical experience applying Agile and Scrum methods in complex programs.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, and spreadsheet management, with the ability to produce polished executive deliverables independently.
- Demonstrated, responsible use of AI productivity tools to accelerate program management work while protecting confidential information.
- Ability to work primarily in Pacific Time and collaborate effectively with geographically distributed stakeholders.
- Exceptional judgment, discretion, written communication, facilitation, organizational discipline, and attention to detail.


Responsibilities:


- Serve as the primary program management partner to the Head of Talent Acquisition for the HR workstream.
- Translate strategic objectives into executable plans, measurable milestones, clear ownership, and decision-ready recommendations.
- Prepare executive briefings, presentations, status updates, meeting materials, and communications for leadership forums.
- Create leverage for leadership by maintaining operational discipline, surfacing risks early, and driving follow-through.
- Establish and manage the HR workstream governance model, meeting architecture, scheduling cadence, and stakeholder forums.
- Build and maintain a comprehensive RACI matrix that clarifies roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and escalation paths.
- Facilitate meetings, document decisions and actions, distribute concise recaps, and ensure owners close commitments on time.
- Coordinate cross-functional dependencies across HR and relevant business functions while preserving strict confidentiality.
- Develop and maintain the integrated project plan, detailed schedules, milestone tracker, deliverable tracker, dependency map, and critical path.
- Monitor progress against commitments, identify schedule or resource risks, and drive practical mitigation and recovery plans.
- Maintain a single, accurate view of workstream status, upcoming deadlines, decisions required, and areas needing leadership intervention.
- Adapt plans quickly as priorities evolve without losing accountability, documentation quality, or execution rigor.
- Own the decision register, action-required tracker, risk register, issue log, assumptions log, and escalation tracker.
- Ensure decisions are documented with owners, dates, rationale, dependencies, and required follow-up.
- Proactively identify blockers and facilitate resolution across stakeholders, escalating at the appropriate time and level.
- Create concise reporting that clearly distinguishes information updates, actions required, decisions required, risks, and milestones.
- Support development of the HR workstream budget, resource plan, assumptions, and supporting business cases.
- Monitor planned versus actual spend, commitments, forecast changes, and emerging budget risks.
- Partner with Finance, Procurement, and workstream owners to maintain accurate budget reporting and supporting documentation.
- Prepare leadership-ready financial summaries and clearly flag decisions, tradeoffs, and corrective actions.
- Create executive-ready Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, dashboards, trackers, and decision materials.
- Use Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to enable disciplined collaboration, document control, meeting management, and transparent follow-through.
- Build and manage advanced Excel and spreadsheet-based trackers, analyses, reconciliations, and reporting tools.
- Apply Microsoft Copilot and other approved AI capabilities to improve meeting preparation, action capture, reporting, analysis, and workflow efficiency.


Nice to Have:


- West Coast-based candidate with established availability during Pacific Time business hours.
- Advanced certification such as Certified ScrumMaster, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or PgMP.
- Experience supporting organizational readiness, workforce planning, business expansion, or large-scale transformation programs.
- Experience managing budgets, consulting or contractor spend, resource forecasts, and leadership-level financial reporting.
- Experience partnering across Talent Acquisition, HR, Finance, IT, Legal, Procurement, and Operations.
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, SharePoint, and dashboard/reporting solutions.


Skills:


- Project Management.
- Program Management.
- Governance (RACI).
- Microsoft Teams.
- Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Microsoft Excel.
- Microsoft SharePoint.
- Microsoft Project.
- Smartsheet.
- Agile.
- Scrum.
- AI Productivity Tools.
- Budget Management.
- Stakeholder Management.


Qualification And Education:


- PMP certification in active good standing.
- 12+ years of project and program management experience.






Benefits:

Our Benefits Include:


- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
- Supplemental Insurance Plans
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities


Disclaimer: Benefits eligibility, accrual rates, and usage limits may vary based on employment status, length of service, and work location. Paid Sick Leave is provided in strict accordance with applicable state and municipal mandates. Cynet Systems Inc. reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate any benefit plans at any time in accordance with applicable laws.



About Cynet Systems



Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the Washington, DC metro area, Cynet Systems Inc. is a leading technology staffing and workforce solutions company serving Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and enterprise organizations across the United States and Canada. We deliver agile, scalable talent solutions across IT, engineering, life sciences, clinical, and professional staffing, powered by a high-performing recruitment engine operating across North America and Asia.

As a nationally and locally certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Cynet Systems is committed to helping organizations build high-performing teams while empowering professionals to grow rewarding careers. Our organization is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II standards, reflecting our commitment to quality, security, operational excellence, and customer success.