The Hershey Company · 8 hours ago
Milton Hershey School Program Manager
Hershey, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expThe Hershey Company is seeking a Program Manager for the Milton Hershey School to lead and enhance their strategic partnership. This role involves overseeing program development, stakeholder alignment, and execution across multiple workstreams to support career readiness for students and build a talent pipeline.
ConfectioneryFood and BeverageManufacturingService IndustrySnack Food
Responsibilities
Shape and refine program strategy & execution for Hershey’s partnership with MHS in alignment with enterprise objectives
Serve as the central point of contact and day‑to‑day leader for all MHS partnership activities across the HSY enterprise
Anticipate needs, emerging priorities, and communication expectations from senior leadership
Build and maintain annual and multi-year calendars of events for both MHS and THC
Refine, manage, and evolve the MHS Program Playbook and all supporting documentation
Facilitate planning and execution for student engagement experiences, career readiness initiatives, and new talent‑pipeline programming
Represent the program with executive leaders within the Hershey Company and MHS
Develop executive‑ready materials, presentations, updates, and reporting
Ensure consistent, clear, and timely communication across stakeholder groups
Identify opportunities to streamline, standardize, and automate processes across the partnership
Track program effectiveness, identify gaps, and drive continuous improvement
Maintain program governance tools, documentation, dashboards, and updates
Qualification
Required
5+ years of relevant experience
Strong project management and communication skills
Ability to build executive-level materials
High proficiency with Microsoft Office
Demonstrated capability to deliver executive level presentations and communications with the ability to navigate sensitive or evolving priorities
Proven track record of managing cross-functional teams and scaling a high impact program
Exceptional communication, leadership, and organizational skills
Bachelor's degree with experience working/volunteering with educational institutions or youth programs
Company
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company is headquartered in Hershey, Pa., and is an industry-leading snacks company with a purpose to make more moments of goodness through its iconic brands.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.62B2025-10-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.88B
2025-02-19Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2023-05-01Post Ipo Debt· $750M
Leadership Team
Kirk Tanner
Chief Executive Officer
Deepak Bhatia
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2026-01-22
2026-01-07
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