Senior Program Manager

Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe
Bulgaria +2 more
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Best suited to experienced program leaders with a track record in multinational software delivery working in digital transformation and AI-driven environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with multi-year experience managing large-scale software programs across international teams
    — “proven experience leading large-scale IT or software programs (multi-year, multi-million EUR budgets)”
  • Professionals adept at aligning technical execution with client and stakeholder expectations
    — “building strong, trust-based relationships with clients, sponsors, and key internal stakeholders”
  • Individuals comfortable with high-trust, self-directed work in a technically advanced environment
    — “the ability to operate independently and make informed trade-off decisions”

Things to consider

  • Initial commitment to work from India for three months, which may require relocation or visa flexibility
    — “willingness to work from India during the first three months of the programme”
  • Frequent travel to India may impact work-life balance and geographic flexibility
    — “availability for frequent business trips to India thereafter”
  • Work permit and EU residency are mandatory, limiting eligibility to certain candidates
    — “Work from the European Union and a work permit are required.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize track record in managing distributed teams and external vendor alignment
    — “experience managing distributed, multinational teams and collaborating with external vendors or partners”
  • Showcase skills in defining and executing program governance and risk mitigation strategies
    — “defining and owning program governance, including decision-making structures, escalation paths, and reporting frameworks”
  • Demonstrate your ability to lead change management and ensure traceability in complex projects
    — “establishing and executing structured change management processes, ensuring full traceability”
  • Demonstrate fluency in English and ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders
    — “fluency in spoken and written English”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • successful delivery of large-scale software programs
  • effective stakeholder engagement
Typical background
ITsoftware developmentproject management

Skills & requirements

Required

Program ManagementMulti-stream Program DeliveryStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementChange Management

Preferred

PMP CertificationSafe Certification

Stack & domain

AWSAzureGCPDatabricksSnowflakeCommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingPMPSafeAIDataCloudDigital Products

About the role

Original posting from Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe via Greenhouse

Xebia is a global AI-first, digital transformation, and engineering partner. With over 25 years of experience and a team of 5,000 professionals across 16 countries, we help organizations design and build scalable products, platforms, and data-driven solutions. 

We specialize in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Products, combining deep technical expertise with a strong focus on engineering excellence and a people-first culture.  

In the CEE region, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 experts delivering modern applications, data platforms, and AI solutions for clients such as Millennium, ING, Play, Edenred, Arabian Drilling, FedEx, Leroy Merlin, Truecaller, Volotea, Schmitz Cargobull, and many, many more. We work with leading technologies including AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake, and combine strong engineering culture with a consulting mindset and a continuous focus on growth and knowledge sharing. 

You will be: 

leading large, complex software programs for international clients, from initiation through full delivery, with end-to-end accountability for outcomes, 

defining and owning program governance, including decision-making structures, escalation paths, and reporting frameworks, 

overseeing multi-stream program delivery, ensuring milestones are achieved within agreed timelines, scope, and budget, 

managing dependencies and alignment across internal delivery teams and selected external partners, 

proactively identifying program-level risks, defining mitigation strategies, and driving corrective actions where required, 

establishing and executing structured change management processes, ensuring full traceability between requirements, scope, budget, and contractual agreements, 

building strong, trust-based relationships with clients, sponsors, and key internal stakeholders, 

mentoring and supporting Delivery Managers, ensuring alignment with program goals, delivery standards, and ways of working, 

building and leading effective program teams, fostering transparency, accountability, and predictable delivery. 

Your profile: 

proven experience leading large-scale IT or software programs (multi-year, multi-million EUR budgets) with full budget and delivery accountability, 

experience managing distributed, multinational teams and collaborating with external vendors or partners, 

strong communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills, particularly in complex stakeholder environments, 

a high level of ownership and decisiveness, with the ability to operate independently and make informed trade-off decisions, 

a pragmatic, problem-solving mindset with a focus on outcomes rather than process for its own sake, 

practical knowledge of program and delivery frameworks (e.g. PMP, SAFe – certifications are a plus, not a requirement), 

solid understanding of software delivery lifecycles (SDLC) and modern software engineering practices, 

fluency in spoken and written English,

willingness to work from India during the first three months of the programme, either continuously or for at least 2–3 weeks during the initial months,

availability for frequent business trips to India thereafter, with the frequency tailored to the programme’s needs and evolving dynamics.

Work from the European Union and a work permit are required. 

Recruitment Process:

CV review – HR call – Interview – Client Interview – Decision

Source: Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe careers (Greenhouse)

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