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Program Delivery & Governance is the delivery and operations capability for Veriforce's Product and Technology organization. The function owns strategic program delivery across the business, delivery health and reporting, planning discipline, governance standards, and executive insight and leadership operations. The team operates as unit with a shared career ladder and cross-coverage model. Veriforce operates across the US, Canada, UK, South Africa, Belgium, and other markets, and the function delivers across these regions. Where a region requires dedicated delivery support, the function deploys accordingly.
The Program Manager owns full programs. You take a program from initiation through delivery: scoping the work, structuring the approach, aligning stakeholders across multiple functions, and driving the program to outcomes. This is where the shift from executing to shaping happens. You are not managing workstreams within someone else's program. You are the person accountable for the program itself.
The programs you lead are cross-org by nature. They span engineering, product, business operations, and often multiple regions. You manage complex stakeholder landscapes where priorities compete, trade-offs are real, and alignment doesn't happen on its own. You bring strategic thinking to how programs are structured, sequenced, and delivered, not just operational discipline.
You also strengthen the function. Your delivery practices, governance contributions, and cross-org alignment raise the standard for how the broader team operates. Project Managers and Senior Project Managers working within your programs depend on your clarity of scope, structure, and direction.
This is a career-ladder role within a defined progression: Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Program Manager, Lead Program Manager. Growth from this level comes from consistently delivering the most complex multi-region programs, mentoring the team, influencing delivery practices beyond your own programs, and operating as a trusted partner to C-suite leadership.
The Program Manager is accountable for full programs, not workstreams within them. You scope, structure, and deliver cross-org programs from initiation through completion.
At the Program Manager level, you own the delivery signal for full programs and are accountable for the quality and accuracy of the view that reaches leadership.
The Program Manager shapes how governance and planning discipline are practiced across the function, not just within their own programs.
At three months
Fully embedded in assigned programs with a clear understanding of scope, stakeholders, dependencies, and strategic context. Actively leading program delivery with stakeholder alignment established across functions. Delivery health reporting running at a standard that leadership trusts. Demonstrating the ability to scope and structure work, not just manage what has already been defined.
At six months
Programs under your ownership delivering to standard with clear governance, reliable reporting, and proactive risk management. Cross-functional stakeholders aligned and engaged without needing constant re-alignment. Strategic decisions about program structure and sequencing made with confidence and sound judgment. Project Managers and Senior Project Managers within your programs operating with clear direction and scope.
At twelve months
Established as the accountable owner for your programs, trusted by leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver complex, multi-function initiatives. Governance and delivery practices you have shaped are adopted beyond your own programs. Demonstrating the strategic thinking, cross-org alignment, and stakeholder management that define the Program Manager level.
Preferred
. We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work, and believe that if you look after your people, they look after everything else!
🧠 Integrated mental health & wellbeing support
🌴 Vacation – starting at 3 weeks
💟 Wellness Days & Annual Giving Day – an extra to give back to yourself or your community
🩺 Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
😴 End of the year, company-wide shut down for you to relax and recharge
🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development
Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we consider applications that might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!
We are proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.
medical and dental coverage
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What is the salary for this role?
Salary details will be discussed during the interview.
What experience is required?
7+ years of experience is required.
Is this position still open?
Yes, currently active and accepting applications.
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