Vice President, IT Program Management - Office of the CIO

Summary of Position

The Vice President, Program Management is a senior leadership role responsible for driving strategic program delivery, enterprise transformation initiatives, and cross-functional technology solutions that support the organization’s strategic goals. This role leads and orchestrates enterprise-wide programs across data, systems, operations, M&A integration, and digital transformation efforts—ensuring alignment between business objectives and technology execution. The ideal candidate has deep experience in enterprise program governance, technology leadership, media & entertainment operations, and delivery excellence across diverse technology portfolios.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Program Leadership

• Lead the planning, execution, and governance of large-scale programs spanning business systems, data & analytics, digital transformation, and M&A integration.
• Drive the enterprise technology roadmap in collaboration with business and technical leaders, ensuring programs align with corporate goals and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Establish scalable program management methodologies across Agile and Waterfall environments to drive transparency, accountability, and delivery excellence.
• Lead PMO administrative activities and oversee demand management and intake processes, ensuring efficient handling project requests and resource allocation as well as alignment with strategic goals

 

Strategic Transformation & Modernization

• Oversee modernization initiatives across core enterprise platforms such as SAP (Finance/Supply Chain), Salesforce, Rights platforms (SAP IPM, Rightsline, FilmTrack), and data/analytics ecosystems (Snowflake, Power BI, Tableau).
• Lead cross-functional business solutions that improve process efficiency, reduce costs, and increase operational scalability.
• Manage cloud transformations, platform rationalization, and automation initiatives, ensuring sustainable technology growth and optimization.

 

M&A & Integration Strategy

• Spearhead post-merger integration programs to harmonize technology, processes, and teams across acquired entities.
• Ensure consistent execution of integration playbooks, focusing on operational synergies, systems consolidation, and stakeholder alignment.

 

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as an operational advisor to the CIO, aligning program portfolios with corporate objectives and departmental needs.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, data & analytics leaders, IT operations, and vendor partners to ensure end-to-end delivery.
• Provide executive-level updates on program status, risks, dependencies, and value realization.

 

Team Leadership & Vendor Management

• Build and lead a high-performing team of program/project managers and business analysts.
• Manage external vendor relationships and service providers, ensuring contract compliance, cost-effectiveness, and quality.
• Transition teams from staff augmentation to managed services models to improve delivery consistency and scale.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership, with 7+ years leading enterprise-level programs and transformation initiatives.
• Significant Media & Entertainment industry experience; understanding of studio operations, rights & royalties, and content distribution processes.
• Expertise in enterprise platforms: SAP (Financials, IPM), Salesforce, Rightsline, FilmTrack, cloud technologies (AWS, Azure), and data & analytics platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Tableau).
• Demonstrated success in leading small, medium and large, complex, cross-functional technology initiatives including M&A integrations, cloud modernization, and enterprise process redesign.
• Exceptional program management, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor teams in matrixed, global environments.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with media rights management, financial systems transformation, and cloud data platforms.
• Consulting background or experience managing consulting/vendor engagements.
• Deep understanding of program governance frameworks and executive reporting.

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE: LION) is one of the world’s leading standalone, pure play, publicly traded content companies. It brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, a world-class portfo