Senior Program Manager

Who we are: 

Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. Motive combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to connect and automate physical operations. Motive is one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world, serving more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery.

Motive is built on four foundational attributes; Own It, Less but Better, Build Trust, and Unlock Potential. This has taken our company to great heights, including being recognized by Fortune for Best Workplaces, Forbes Best Startup Employers, and Comparably for our Best Global Culture, Sales Team, Leadership Team, Career Growth, and CEO for Diversity. We’re proud to receive an employee net promoter score of 63 (according to Comparably) which places Motive in the top 5% of companies with 4,000 employees or more. 

Today, our team is made up of more than 3,000 employees, located across the world, providing support to a wide range of customers. While most of our employees are remote, many have the opportunity to work on-site at any of our 8 global office locations. Visit our careers website to learn more about opportunities at Motive. 

The PMO works with cross-functional stakeholders to enable Motive's growth and business success. We tackle critical strategy problems and lead high priority initiatives to grow faster and scale more efficiently. We also implement process improvements and program manage high-impact, cross-functional projects. 

As a Senior Program Manager, you’ll lead strategic programs that are driving market expansion for the company, working closely with senior leaders in Sales, Product, Marketing, and more. You will assemble and lead large cross-functional teams, build credibility and alignment among key stakeholders, and drive accountability to balance moving quickly with high-quality delivery. The ideal candidate is execution-oriented, deeply organized, adaptable, self-motivated, and eager to attack problems with curiosity and tenacity. 

• Take full ownership through the entire program life cycle. Build, maintain, and communicate program plans that include defined timelines, milestones, deliverables, and risks from cross-functional teams.
• Drive accountability and execution across teams to reach desired outcomes while remaining flexible with project management processes required to achieve success.
• Partner and manage dependencies across global cross-functional teams such as Finance, Accounting, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Support, Product, Engineering, Enablement, Supply Chain, Inventory Management.
• Analyze potential risks and implement mitigation plans with project teams to ensure projects stay on track. 
• Become a strategic partner and own the success of the program by facilitating clear decision making and collaboration.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, explore contingencies, guide timely escalation and/or negotiation up the chain when needed.
• Drive a continuous improvement mindset, seeking process improvements and optimizing workflows between teams.

• 7+ years experience managing technical and non-technical complex initiatives/ projects from initiation to completion
• Operations, Product, Program, or Project Management experience in a technology company (B2B SaaS company preferred)
• Highly execution-oriented with a proven ability to effectively prioritize and organize your work, and the work of others, in a highly dynamic environment
• Knowledge of agile project management methodology and project management tools such as G-suite, Excel, Asana and Jira
• Exceptional communication skills, highly organized, collaborative, and detail-oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work well with different roles, personality types, and seniority levels
• Ability to self-motivate and drive projects independently

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. 

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