Senior Strategic Program Manager

The posting, as Summithq wrote it

Some of Summit's most important initiatives don't belong to a single team - they shape how the company grows, operates, and delivers for our customers. Successfully leading those efforts requires more than strong program management. It requires influence, sound judgment, and the ability to bring people together around a common goal.

As a Senior Strategic Program Manager , you'll lead Summit's highest-impact, cross-functional initiatives, partnering closely with executive leadership to translate strategy into measurable business results. You'll help leaders navigate competing priorities, organizational complexity, and change while creating the structure and alignment needed to move critical initiatives forward.

Success in this role isn't measured by how many initiatives you lead. It's measured by your ability to help the organization execute better, make informed decisions, and deliver lasting business value.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Summit's most complex, high-impact strategic initiatives from planning through implementation, ensuring alignment with business strategy and organizational priorities.
• Partner with executive leadership to define initiative objectives, establish governance, evaluate tradeoffs, and develop execution strategies that balance business value, organizational capacity, and risk.
• Develop integrated execution strategies that coordinate multiple workstreams, organizational dependencies, milestones, resource needs, and executive decision points.
• Facilitate executive steering committees, governance meetings, and strategic planning discussions that enable timely, informed decision-making.
• Anticipate organizational risks, competing priorities, and cross-functional dependencies, proactively identifying solutions before they impact execution.
• Guide business leaders through organizational change by helping teams prepare for, adopt, and sustain new processes, operating models, and strategic initiatives.
• Establish and continuously improve program governance, delivery standards, and best practices that strengthen how Summit executes cross-functional work.
• Measure initiative outcomes, benefit realization, and organizational impact, ensuring strategic investments deliver meaningful business results.
• Coach, mentor, and influence program teams and business leaders on effective program management practices without direct authority.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership by bringing clarity, structure, and practical recommendations to complex business challenges.

What You’ll Deliver

• Successful execution of Summit's highest-priority strategic initiatives.
• Greater organizational alignment across executive leadership, business functions, and enterprise priorities.
• Governance practices that improve accountability, transparency, and decision-making across complex initiatives.
• Early visibility into organizational risks, dependencies, and resource constraints before they become barriers to ex

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Our Core Values

• Empower our people
• Constant elevation
• Customer first
• Focus on outcomes
• Embrace curiosity

Benefits
Summit offers a total rewards package designed to support you at work, at home, and everywhere in between. Here’s a snapshot of what that looks like:

• Flexible Time Off (yes, really) – take what you need, we trust you to manage it
• Medical, Dental & Vision – comprehensive coverage with HSA/HRA options
• 401(k) with 4% match – we invest alongside you
• Parental Leave – paid time for the moments that matter most
• Life & Disability Insurance – built-in peace of mind
• Wellness Support – resources for your mental and physical health
• Free Colocation & Cloud Access – build and experiment in real environments
• Work From Anywhere – remote-friendly by design
• A low-ego, get-it-done culture – come as you are, do great work

Compensation
The salary range for this role is $90,000 – $108,000 annually. Compensation is based on the responsibilities of the role, experience, skills, geographic market, and internal equity. We believe great careers are built one step at a time, and compensation should grow alongside your impact.

Internal candidates may see variations based on current role, compensation, and progression at Summit. Same thoughtful approach, just with additional context.

Summit is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Summit is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

As part of this commitment, Summit will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email hr@summithq.com.