Senior Director, Program Management

*PLEASE NOTE: This role will be required to be located in Charlotte, NC and come into our Southend office  Tuesday-Thursday.*

Job Summary: As a Sr. Director of PMO, you will lead a core team of project, program and people managers at an advanced level, and strategically own/lead functions of the PMO. You will demonstrate a strong combination of business, technical, and project management acumen, with an ability to provide solutions that balance the unique needs of both. You will work closely with senior leaders across departments to ensure the delivery of technology solutions, build partnerships with all functions to ensure the PMO team understands business needs, functional specifications, and user journeys, and help resolve escalated cross-functional issues that impact project timelines. You will also work closely with internal teams to identify pre and post implementation training and support requirements and ensure smooth transition of implemented projects.

Responsibilities:

• Strategy and Innovation: Champion creative disruption without sacrificing results. Sets direction, gains alignment, and inspires others to create and implement new ideas to achieve results. Comfortable making decisions that support the strategic direction of the company, despite ambiguity or complexity.
• Operational Focus and Adaptability: Gives up control to leverage other’s abilities who are closest to the challenge or opportunity. Focuses on the short-term and long-term. Reconfigures internal resources and capabilities in response to new data or external conditions.
• Leading People and Culture: Takes the time to understand what frontline employees are going through, asks for their input, and listens with empathy and concern. Is accessible and approachable. Viewed as a source of confidence in high-stress situations. Recruits and hires top talent, ensuring diverse representation, equitable opportunities and an inclusive environment.
• Influence and Stakeholder Management: Seeks stakeholder feedback to develop a deeper understanding of needs and priorities. Anticipates evolving stakeholder needs that could impact the team’s work. Steps in when needed to help the team gain agreement or commitment.
• Development Mindset: Effectively juggles personal development with competing priorities and helps the team do the same. Is aware of the skills needed to be successful in different situations and pursues development in those areas. Participates in people manager L&D opportunities and applies learnings.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of proven Program and Project Management experience
• Collaborative, team player with positive attitude and creative problem solving
• Able to engage a wide range of senior stakeholders successfully and build credible relationships with the senior leadership team
• Able to synthesize disparate inputs into actionable frameworks, solutions and ultimate drive to results
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate project risks in order to successfully meet project objectives
• Experience in managing large project teams across multiple functions in the company; must be a well-balanced leader who can roll up their sleeves and focus on the detail while also grasping and supporting the big picture
• Must possess a proven ability to work effectively with internal and external clients and project teams
• Must possess excellent organizational and time management skills for managing multiple, diverse and conflicting projects
• Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation and team leadership skills

COMPANY

LendingTree is the nation’s largest online lending marketplace. That means we connect customers with multiple lenders, so they find the best deals on loans, credit cards, savings accounts and insurance. Our goal is to help people save money, and we believe the best way to do that is by giving them a way to shop for loans and compare lenders, so they make their best financial choices.

Our CEO Doug Lebda founded the company in 1996 after a frustrating house-hunting experience. In those days, we mostly helped people find good mortgage deals. Now, we help consumers find their best in personal loans, auto loans, business loans, student loans, credit cards, savings accounts, home equity loans and more.

What else you should know: 

• We’re a publicly traded company (TREE).
• We’ve welcomed several other companies into the LendingTree family to augment our efforts at helping borrowers make their most sensible financial choices.
• We’ve built the LendingTree app and My LendingTree dashboard to give consumers tools to manage and m