Senior Strategic Program Manager

Overview

Rithum is an AI-first organization, meaning AI is foundational to how we work, collaborate, and grow. Across all roles, employees are expected to leverage AI to move faster, work smarter, and create scalable patterns that improve execution and business outcomes.

As a Senior Strategic Program Manager you are responsible for leading execution across high-priority strategic initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate development, AI transformation, and enterprise operational priorities. Serving as a strategic partner to executive leadership, you will drive cross-functional coordination, program governance, executive reporting, and operational execution across a complex portfolio of initiatives. This role combines strategic program management, business transformation, and operational leadership to ensure initiatives remain aligned, risks are proactively managed, and programs move from strategy through execution with speed, accountability, and transparency. Success in this role requires strong executive presence, operational rigor, analytical thinking, and the ability to leverage AI-enabled tools to improve visibility, efficiency, and decision-making.

Responsibilities

Strategic Program Leadership

• Lead execution and coordination of complex strategic initiatives, including M&A integration activities, AI transformation programs, and enterprise operational priorities
• Partner closely with executive leadership to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, timelines, milestones, and governance structures
• Drive accountability across cross-functional stakeholders to ensure initiatives remain aligned to business objectives and execution commitments
• Identify dependencies, risks, resource constraints, and escalation points across multiple concurrent initiatives
• Support strategic planning, prioritization, and operational alignment activities tied to corporate objectives and organizational transformation efforts

Corporate Development & Transformation Support

• Coordinate integration workstreams across functional areas to support acquisition onboarding, operational alignment, and post-merger execution
• Monitor integration milestones, issue resolution, organizational dependencies, and readiness activities across acquired entities and strategic initiatives
• Support due diligence, operational assessments, integration planning, and transformation readiness activities as needed
• Assist with organizational change management and communication efforts tied to strategic transformation initiatives
• Support operational optimization and continuous improvement initiatives that improve scalability and organizational effectiveness

Executive Operations & Business Management

• Support executive leadership in managing strategic priorities, operating rhythms, leadership meetings, action tracking, and cross-functional follow-through
• Prepare executive-level presentations, dashboards, status updates, business reviews, and strategic communications for leadership audiences
• Develop scalable reporting frameworks, KPI tracking, and