Director Program Management

** Please note that the selected individual for this role will be expected to work in our Raleigh, NC location from the time of joining. If you reside outside of the Raleigh region and you are unable or unwilling to relocate, then please consider other roles across our organization that might allow for remote locations. **

About our Team:

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

About the Role:

The Director of Program Management will join a complex and matrixed organization with a sharp focus on enterprise-wide Artificial Intelligence initiatives. This strategic leadership role is responsible for driving alignment across key programs, ensuring the synchronized execution of full life cycle technical projects, and delivering strategic outcomes through effective governance, communication, and performance tracking.

The Director will lead and provide direction to a team of Project and Program Managers, championing standardized project management practices while adapting to evolving business needs. This includes the development, evolution, and enhancement of core processes such as:

• Resource and capacity planning

• Budget management and forecasting

• Roadmap development and dynamic reprioritization

• Project intake and scoping

• Cross-functional initiative tracking

• Performance monitoring and reporting

A critical focus of this role is ensuring strategic alignment across teams and programs, proactively identifying interdependencies, and driving coordination among Engineering, Product, and Business stakeholders. The Director will establish clear operating mechanisms to track cross-team initiatives, optimize resource utilization, and manage trade-offs while ensuring projects remain aligned with broader organizational objectives.

This position also plays a key role in managing and overseeing budgets, ensuring financial accountability and transparency throughout the project lifecycle. The Director will implement and maintain tools and frameworks to track resource optimization and support data-driven decision-making.

In partnership with Engineering Managers and functional leaders, the Director will deliver actionable insights into forecasting, resource allocation, and workload balancing. These insights enable proactive management of risks and support informed prioritization and execution.

Finally, the Director will lead efforts to assist with risk management and performance reporting, ensuring that project delivery risks are clearly understood, mitigated, and communicated. This includes developing and refining dashboards and executive reports to provide visibility into key metrics, progress, and potential challenges.

This role requires a collaborative and influential leader who can build strong relationships across Product, Engineering, and executive leadership, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, and results-driven execution.

Qualifications:
• 12+ years of Project and Portfolio Management experience in complex technology organiations
• Bachelor’s degree in technology, finance, business, or equivalent experience required; advanced degree preferred
• Project governance certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, etc.) required

Technical Skills:

• Relationship management.

• Advanced negotiation skills

• Strong financial/budgeting skills

• Knowledge of the software development life cycle

• Agile knowledge required

• Process improvement

• Mastery of project management processes/methodologies

• Advanced understanding of resource availability/allocation

• Advanced skills in setting, communicating, implementing, and achieving business objectives and goals through the direct management of others

• Advanced organization/project planning, time management, and change management skills across multiple functional groups and departments, and advanced delegation skills involving prioritizing and reprioritizing projects and managing projects of various size and