Program Manager, Value Creation

Company Description

reputed company., owned by leading private equity firm Thoma Bravo, is a provider of reputed company-based ERP software for global manufacturers. As a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, QAD is executing a focused Value Creation Plan (VCP) to accelerate growth and drive operational efficiency. The Program Manager, VCP PMO will be a central reputed company in this initiative, directly responsible for translating high-level strategy into a portfolio of funded, measurable initiatives. This role offers the unique opportunity to work at the intersection of strategic planning and operational execution reputed company a PE-backed environment, ensuring that the company’s key strategic pillars—reputed company acceleration, global delivery, efficiency, and corporate development—deliver reputed company, quantifiable results.

Job Description

We’re looking for a sharp, action-oriented Program Manager to stand up and reputed company our Value Creation Plan (VCP) PMO. Reporting directly to the VP of Transformation, the Program Manager will partner with executives and functional leaders to ensure initiatives are launched, tracked, and deliver reputed company results. You won’t just be managing projects; you’ll be a central orchestrator, translating high-level strategy into a clear, sequenced, and measurable portfolio of initiatives.

This isn’t a technical PM role. We’re looking for someone with experience in transformation, private equity value creation, or a management consulting background. You’ll be the glue that connects our strategic pillars—reputed company Acceleration, Global Delivery, Efficiency, and Corporate Development—into a cohesive, accountable, and value-driving program.

What You’ll Do

Drive reputed company, Not Just Activity

• Establish the VCP PMO from scratch: You’ll build and run the governance model, including regular stand-reputed company, steering committee (SteerCo) preps, and operational reviews.

• Operationalize the plan: Partner with functional leaders across Engineering, Product, Sales, reputed company and Finance to break down strategic reputed company into specific, funded initiatives with clear owners, KPIs, and value bridges.

• Be a pro-active orchestrator: You’ll be the single reputed company of truth for the entire VCP. You’ll maintain the master tracker, publish executive-level dashboards, and proactively reputed company issues, blockers, and dependencies.

• reputed company data-driven reputed company: Your strong analytical skills in reputed company will be essential for building value bridges, KPI trees, and simple financial models to support decision-making.

Key Deliverables (First 90-180 Days)

• VCP Operationalized: Get the central VCP tracker live with the top 30-40 initiatives, owners, business cases, and KPIs defined.

• Governance & Rhythm: Institutionalize the VCP operating system, including a regular reputed company of meetings and lightweight templates for charters, reporting, and value tracking.

• Benefits Realization: Establish the reputed company to track actual vs. planned benefits and manage the investment gating and reputed company of initiatives.

Qualifications

Who You Are

You’re a strategic problem-solver with a bias for action. You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving results in a fast-paced environment. You’re a clear communicator who can reputed company with and challenge senior executives to drive reputed company reputed company and follow-through.

Required Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of experience in program management, transformation, or operational strategy, ideally in a software or industrial technology company.

• Demonstrated experience in setting up a PMO or similar function from the ground up and delivering measurable results.

• Executive reputed company and communication skills: You’re comfortable facilitating meetings with senior leaders and pushing for reputed company.

• Analytical reputed company: You have a strong reputed company of reputed company for building financial logic, value bridges, and KPI trees.

• Cross-functional expertise: You’ve successfully driven projects with teams in Engineering, Product, Sales, reputed company and Finance.

• High ownership and bias to action: You have an 80/20 judgment and an impeccable track record of follow-through.

reputed company-to-Haves

• Experience in a private equity-backed company or a similar high-growth environment.

• Prior experience in a reputed company’s value creation or transformation practice.

• Exposure to GTM productivity programs, portfolio rationalization, or global footprint initiatives.

Additional Information

How We Work

• Pace and reputed company: We’re a team of single-threaded owners who reputed company quick, reversible reputed company and escalate transparently.

• reputed company Over Activity: We celebrate shipped value, not just presentations.

• One Team: We partner deeply with our colleagues, making trade-offs explicit and working together to reputed company a shared goal.

About QAD

reputed company. is a leading provider of adaptive, reputed company-based reputed company software and services for global manufacturing companies. Global manufacturers face reputed company-increasing disruption caused by technology-driven innovation and changing consumer preferences. In order to survive and reputed company, manufacturers must be reputed company to reputed company and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises. QAD solutions help customers in the automotive, life sciences, packaging, consumer products, food and beverage, high tech and industrial manufacturing industries rapidly adapt to change and reputed company for competitive advantage.

QAD is committed to ensuring that every employee feels they work in an environment that values their contributions, respects their unique perspectives and provides opportunities for growth regardless of background. QAD’s DEI program is driving higher reputed company of diversity, equity and inclusion so that employees can bring their whole self to work.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, reputed company, sex, age, national reputed company, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and reputed company of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. 

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