Director of Program and Project Management

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What you’ll be doing...

As a Director of Program and Project Management, you will join the Verizon Business Product Organization as the PMO Leader on the Portfolio Management team. You will lead a team that is responsible for the development and execution of strategic programs for all segments including Global Enterprise, Business Markets, Public Sector, and Wholesale. This team enables and ensures all the critical functions are cared for within the business, with a focus on orchestrating governance programs, holistic portfolio management, acumen, and insights.. To join this team, you could be an AI and automation wizard, and efficiency expert – someone that excels in synergizing complicated workflows and enjoys keeping a vast and complex organizational charter moving forward at great speed.

In this role, you will lead a team to help identify, prioritize, structure, and lead multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. You will orchestrate holistic portfolio management, building upon established intelligence, synthesizing new data and insights, and creating recurring tools and sources that enable real time insight and decision points. You may not know all the answers, but you have a proven track record of working through difficult challenges by independently researching potential directions, collaborating with others, and iterating to find solutions. You are an unstoppable force while working through challenges, establishing and improving the organization as you go. You will work with all levels of management, including executive leadership so strong communication skills are required. In addition, you will work to establish strong partnerships both within the product organization and with our partner organizations such as Strategy, Finance, Network, IT, Technology Solutions, Marketing, and Sales.

• Developing and executing on strategic programs set forth by VBG Leadership to enable innovative product solutions, strategic programs, or related endeavors.  
• Working with limited direction, usually within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations or solutions to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional management while supporting syndication with stakeholders across the organization.
• Creating and maintaining executive level presentations and governance programs for strategy, transformation and operational initiatives, business case development, capital, and go-to-market plans.
• Developing executive communications for product strategy and revenue generation plans.
• Prioritizing actionable business improvement initiatives based on analysis of customer, stakeholder, and employee feedback.
• Managing projects for cross-tower organizational initiatives and action registers; coordinating resources to achieve project goals.
• Gathering and analyzing data in order to fulfill regular and ad-hoc requests including executive level escalations.
• Developing strong collaborative relationships with executive-level staff in order to assess and meet the needs of the business.
• Drive and expand Portfolio Management knowledge base, insights, and holistic orchestration to innovate and deepen acumen and perspective that helps to influence the trajectory of portfolio decisioning, outcomes, and strategy.

What we’re looking for...

You are a top-notch visual communicator and information designer – able to transform complex ideas into compelling infographics and executive presentations. You can crunch financials with the best of them – juggling expenses, capital and revenue with ease, and leveraging technology to engineer capability, repeatability, and scale.

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Ten or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience with Program and/or Project management.
• Experience researching, synthesizing, and generating insights through use of data, collaboration, and technology tools.
• Willingness to travel when applicable. 

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead a team.
• Business Products Lifecycle Management experience.
• Financial acumen.
• Experience with AI Platform and Solution Building using tools such as Claude, Kairos, etc.
• BI & Reporting Experience.
• Experience Pioneering new frontiers and bringing vision to reality.
• Expert in communication.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $121,500.00 - $233,000.00.