Programmamanager/MT-lid

At Kinaxis we are serious about culture, technology, customers, and not taking ourselves too seriously. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, 6 global offices, and a best-in-class HQ in Ottawa, Canada. As winners of several Top Employer awards globally, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today. Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration, powering complex global supply chains, and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful, AI infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains, enabling our customers to make faster, better decisions. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today's volatility and disruption.

Location: This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in the UK, France or Germany.

About the Role: The Program Manager is a senior member of the Professional Services Delivery organisation, responsible for leading large, complex, multi-workstream client engagements with significant delivery, commercial, and stakeholder complexity. The role provides end-to-end orchestration, governance, and integration across projects, workstreams, and delivery teams—bringing structure to ambiguity and ensuring delivery against committed scope, timelines, and value.

• Lead program-level coordination and execution across multiple projects, phases, and delivery teams to ensure alignment to scope, timelines, and expected outcomes.
• Establish and maintain project governance, including integrated plans, milestone tracking, reporting cadence, and escalation frameworks.
• Manage cross-project dependencies, risks, and issues, proactively driving resolution in partnership with Delivery Managers/Directors and key client stakeholders.
• Monitor project financials, including forecasting, tracking, and variance identification across workstreams.
• Drive consistency in delivery practices across projects, contributing to program-level standards, tools, and methodologies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Computer Science, or a related field.
• ~10+ years of progressive experience delivering complex software or technology programs in a professional services or consulting environment.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects with significant scale, interdependencies, and stakeholder complexity.
• Strong understanding of project governance, delivery frameworks, and risk management across multi-phase engagements.
• Experience supporting project financials, including forecasting, tracking, and budget oversight.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
• Solid understanding of enterprise software delivery lifecycles; supply chain domain experience is an asset.
• Experience with program and project management tools (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project, Confluence, SharePoint).
• PMP or equivalent certification is an asset; familiarity with Agile or hybrid delivery models preferred.
• Willingness to travel as required for client engagements.

Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world's supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day, when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we're committed to a long-term net-zero operations strategy. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

Benefits:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs, training, and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.