Senior Program Manager

At Forge (NYSE: FRGE), we know our team is our greatest asset. As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone. We live that vision through our values of being bold, humble and accountable. We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to planet-saving, plant-based nutrition and more. Our mission is to empower more people to exercise ownership in the world’s leading private companies via a world-class technology platform with access to the largest network of buyers and sellers in the world. With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights, a custody offering, and a vibrant marketplace, Forge’s goal is to build the best-in-class technology infrastructure to power a global private market that is transparent, accessible and seamless for companies, their employees and investors. Through Forge, employees can sell their private shares, employers can reward shareholders with pre-IPO liquidity and individual and institutional investors can participate in private unicorn growth. Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and it is building a growing network effect with defensible competitive advantages. The Forge marketplace has over 440,000 registered users and private shares have traded in more than 500 companies since inception, representing over $12 billion in volume across over 21,000+ transactions. Our ability to offer these powerful financial solutions has generated incredible interest from investors, demand from customers, and a need to grow our team to meet the needs of more companies, teams and innovators in this way. You can learn more about Forge in the following video : “The private market future starts now”. The Role:  The role of the Senior Program Manager is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Program Manager to help lead value delivery across agile programs. This role will work closely with agile engineering teams and programs to coordinate work efforts through a lean/agile process and ensure the teams have everything they need to efficiently deliver valuable outcomes.   The Senior Program Manager will also work directly with the Head of PMO to improve processes and discipline in portfolio management, product road-mapping, executive reporting, dashboards and tooling, cost accounting, driving innovation, and more.  This will improve Forge’s alignment, transparency, and velocity.   The effective candidate will have a proven track record of successfully driving organizational optimizations and delivery efficiencies in a fast-paced environment. The candidate will have demonstrated success implementing lean/agile concepts, leading transformation, and coaching delivery teams and leadership.   Responsibilities: Manage complex programs in a matrix delivery organization Facilitate program and executive leadership ceremonies Actively find risks, inefficiencies, and resolve cross-team issues Provide day-to-day coordination and facilitate continuous improvement Define and own metrics and key performance indicators Collaborate closely with a wide range of teams and functions across Forge to improve alignment Coaching and training lean/agile concepts and facilitating adoption and continuous improvement Qualifications : 10 + years of experience in a n agile p rogram m anagement  role with 1 5 + years total work experience   An undergraduate degree   in a related discipline   Experience collaborat ing cross-functionally to prioritize needs and build productive working relationships   while also holding teams and individuals accountable to deliverables Skilled at agile p ro gram mana g ement , driving transformation , innovating, and reporting Experience with Jira and Confluence   E xcellent communication skills , deep motivation and ownership Training/certifications in lean/agile disciplines (CSM, CSPO, PMI-ACP, SAFe , Scrum @ Scale, etc.)   Nice to haves: Fintech, financial services, or regulated industry experience   Experience as a Release Train Engineer   Experience driving agile transformation   For residents of San Francisco/Bay Area, CA or New York, NY the annual salary range for this role is $150,000 - $175,000 + bonus & equity. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors. Forge implements a mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, which applies to all employees. All employees covered by this policy are required to be fully vaccinated as a term and condition of employment at Forge. Employees are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after completing primary vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine, with, if applicable, at least the minimum recommended interval between doses. Employees must provide truthful and accurate information about their COVID-19 vaccination status, and, if applicable, their testing results as of the first date of their employment.  Employees may request an exception from this mandatory vaccination policy if the vaccine is medically contraindicated for them or medical necessity requires a delay in vaccination. Employees also may be legally entitled to a reasonable accommodation if they cannot be vaccinated because of a disability, or if the provisions in this policy for vaccination conflict with a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. All such requests will be handled in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Forge is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.