Program Manager

 

 

Who we are...

Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. We develop technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. We are fostering the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities to install over 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras across North America. We are also creating smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for over 8.5 million vehicles. And we are a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year across 50+ individual tolling authorities. 

 

Culture 

 

Verra Mobility Corporation is a rapidly-growing, entrepreneurial company that operates with a people-first philosophy and approach. The company lives by its core values—Do What’s Right, Lead with Grace, Win Together, and Own It—in everything it does for its customers and team members. The company seeks to grow aggressively, both organically and through acquisition, to continue to be the undisputed market leader with these five core competencies: bias for action, customer focus, teamwork, drive for results, and commitment to excellence.

 

Position Overview

Verra Mobility is seeking a dynamic and experienced Program Manager to lead the strategic delivery of high-impact, large-scale software platform programs. These initiatives involve the yes, end-to-end development of a new software platform as well as the successful migration of high visibility clients from legacy systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical acumen, strategic thinking, and a proven track record of driving complex programs across cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments.  This role is situated in a center of excellence structure within the Verra Mobility Program Management Office.

Responsibilities:

• Program Leadership & Execution
• Lead the overall program planning, execution, governance, and delivery of a transformative software platform.
• Define and drive program roadmaps, aligning milestones across engineering, product, client services, and executive leadership.
• Oversee multiple concurrent workstreams including platform development, integration, quality assurance, and client onboarding/migration.
• Stakeholder Management
• Act as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, providing transparent updates on scope, status, risk, and milestones.
• Engage with key client implementation managers to plan and manage migrations, ensuring minimal disruption and high satisfaction.
• Risk & Issue Management
• Proactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies across the program lifecycle and implement mitigation strategies.
• Maintain high levels of accountability and urgency in resolving roadblocks.
• Cross-Functional Coordination
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, developers, QA, operations, and client support teams to ensure cohesive delivery.
• Champion agile practices and continuous improvement across program delivery teams.
• Reporting & Metrics
• Develop and deliver executive-level reporting on program health, performance metrics, and outcomes.
• Track KPIs to evaluate and improve program effectiveness and delivery consistency.
• Standards & Governance
• Champion PMO best practices and standards; role modeling best in class program management practices
• identify and drive repeatable, scalable approaches for consistent delivery utilizing continuous improvement methodologies such as kaizen, structured problem solving, value stream mapping.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of progressive program/project management experience, including at least 3 years in a senior program or portfolio management role.
• Proven success in leading large-scale software platform initiatives involving new development and legacy system migrations.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including executive-level reporting.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, including agile, scrum, and scaled agile methodologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Comput