DICK'S Sporting Goods · 20 hours ago
Principal Program Manager (REMOTE)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$135K/yr - $170K/yr
15+ years expDICK’S Sporting Goods is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce that positively impacts lives through sports. The Principal Portfolio Program Manager will lead large multi-year strategic programs aimed at evolving and scaling the Merchandising portfolio, overseeing program management activities, and driving integration across teams and initiatives.
Consumer GoodsE-CommerceSporting GoodsSports
Responsibilities
Provides strategic thought leadership in Merchandising & Supply Chain
Implements best practices and program standards for multi-year, strategic, cross-functional initiatives
Drives transformation and change management in partnership with executive leadership
Leads all program management activities across business and technology teams required: define, plan, execute and deliver industry leading technology enabled solutions
Owns all aspects of program planning including cross portfolio planning, prioritization, estimation, budgeting, and goal setting
Facilitates executive level planning, prioritization, and status update discussions across all internal and external stakeholders
Lead the production of and approval of program plans, ensuring that all activities are identified, are appropriately organized to deliver program objectives, comply with the organization's ways of working, program management framework, and organization's wider governance structure and processes
Communicate the actions needed to implement the strategy and business plan both within the team and to a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders
Explain how the program contributes to the broader organization's mission, vision and values; motivate people to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to attain defined goals
Lead a large cross-functional program team; defines the program vision and communicates the outcomes needed, how to achieve outcomes, coordinates team actions across program activities; facilitates the flow of additional team members on and off the team as needed; and builds the capability of the team through training, coaching and mentoring
Negotiate and manage deployment of program budgets, providing forecasts and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization
Clarify roles and responsibilities within the program team to enable rapid decision-making and delivery
Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the program, escalating these where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these
Manage the program review process; provide stakeholders with accurate and relevant information and key recommendations at agreed review points to enable them to evaluate progress and agree on change
Manage the delivery of assurance reviews within a program, enable the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified to give senior stakeholders confidence that the program can deliver to time, budget, and quality
Define stakeholders and engagement plans for program to ensure that each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice
Partner with appropriate stakeholders to define baseline assessments and post-implementation analyses to evaluate and track the realization of business benefits
Support strategic planning activities across product and technology portfolios
Leads and supports Portfolio prioritization, budgeting, and goal setting across products
Ensure alignment of the organization and key stakeholders with product portfolio direction
Contribute to and makes recommendations for strategic plans in support of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner
Develop own and more junior team member capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential
Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media
Review existing operations in own area of work and implement innovative processes to generate new ideas and ensure continuous improvements are delivered
Define the execution plan to disseminate innovative capabilities across the businesses, helping people develop these competencies and enabling them to innovate through solutions such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree
MBA, Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or other related degree
15+ years of relevant work experience, with 7-10 years' experience in retail program management
7-10 years of experience with agile development and deployment practices, agile-based tools and practices
7-10 years of experience in or engaged with MerchTech
Agile / Scrum certification
Preferred
OCM or CCMP Certification or knowledge
PMP certification or knowledge
Benefits
Incentive
Equity
Benefits
Company
DICK'S Sporting Goods
Dick's Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.5B2025-06-06Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2022-01-14Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2002-10-16IPO
Leadership Team
Edward W. Stack
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Lauren Hobart
President and CEO; Member of Board of Directors
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