Principal, IT Project Manager - Fully Remote!

KinderCare Learning Companies is the first and only early childhood education provider recognized with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award. As a Principal Project Manager, you'll lead large-scale, cross-disciplinary initiatives, focusing on delivering critical roadmap initiatives while ensuring outstanding customer experience and business objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of high-impact, cross-functional initiatives, including programs spanning data analysis, Workday ERP systems, and software integrations
• Develop and implement governance structures—including domain-specific frameworks for enterprise data and ERP release cycles—that empower teams and ensure successful outcomes
• Manage program status reporting, executive governance, and senior leadership blocking issues, providing clear access to progress and risks
• Define product and operational standards across multiple organizations. Track program objectives and accomplishments, along with key performance indicators related to data quality, integration reliability, and ERP readiness
• Drive discovery and prioritization in partnership with Product, Engineering, and Analytics leaders to develop carefully coordinated roadmaps, dependency tracking, and capacity plans
• Facilitate intake, budget reviews, and 'Scrum-of-Scrum' sessions across the enterprise to ensure alignment between technical workstreams and business goals
• Encourage a culture of operational excellence, focusing on value realization, system-to-system interoperability, and data-driven decisioning
• Manage program budgets, vendor spend, and tracking of value delivered, ensuring alignment with corporate financial targets
• Build influential relationships across Field Ops, Finance, HR, and Product Management to ensure the team remains passionate about the highest-priority business outcomes

Requirements:

• 10+ years in Program/Project Management (Scope, Schedule, Budget, and Risk) for enterprise-scale technology initiatives
• Proven success delivering in Data & Analytics, ERP (Workday), and sophisticated Application Integration environments
• Validated experience in consumer-facing application delivery with a focus on end-user experience
• Expert-level knowledge of Agile, PDLC, and Waterfall methodologies; PMP, PgMP, or PMI-ACP certification required
• Experience defining goals and achievements to drive multi-million-dollar business units and reporting directly to senior leadership
• Outstanding negotiation and influence skills, with the ability to drive decisions without direct authority
• Strong slide deck preparation and presentation skills; Lean Six Sigma experience is a significant plus