Senior Program Manager

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Program Manager in Atlanta, GA. Summary: We are seeking a highly organized, execution-focused Program Manager/Chief of Staff to support a Data Engineering leadership team within a large enterprise environment. This role operates at the program level and serves as a strategic partner to leadership-driving alignment, accountability, execution, and communication across a complex ecosystem. This role supports a large, enterprise-wide data initiative that enables the creation and delivery of data products used across nearly every functional area of the organization. These data products support:

• Marketing campaign execution
• Data science, machine learning, and MLOps
• Guest and customer platforms
• Loyalty and reservation systems
• Customer care operations
• Property management systems
• Finance and commission services

• Act as a Chief of Staff-style partner to the Data Engineering leadership team
• Provide end-to-end program management across multiple initiatives, workstreams, and business partners
• Help leaders stay focused on priorities, risks, dependencies, and outcomes

• Use Rally and Jira to track execution, dependencies, and delivery status
• Partner with product owners to maintain visibility into sprint progress and releases
• Own and distribute release notes and execution summaries

• Produce executive-level status reporting that clearly communicates progress, risks, and wins
• Create high-quality PowerPoint presentations that tell a compelling story about impact and outcomes
• Translate complex technical work into clear, business-friendly narratives
• Leverage tools such as Copilot to enhance presentation quality and efficiency
• Strong experience in program or project management within a large enterprise environment
• Hands-on experience with Jira and/or Rally
• Proven strength in status reporting, executive presentations, and storytelling
• Excellent organizational, follow-up, and accountability skills
• Comfortable managing ambiguity and high volumes of parallel work
• Demonstrated ability to communicate at an executive level

• Experience supporting data engineering, platform, or data product teams
• Experience operating as a trusted right-hand to senior leaders
• Background working across multiple functional areas simultaneously
• Familiarity with scaled or enterprise Agile environments