Vice President, IT Program Management - Office Of The Cio

Job Description

Summary of Position

The Vice President, Program Management is a senior leadership role responsible for driving strategic program delivery, enterprise transformation initiatives, and cross-functional technology solutions that support the organization's strategic goals. This role leads and orchestrates enterprise-wide programs across data, systems, operations, M&A integration, and digital transformation efforts-ensuring alignment between business objectives and technology execution. The ideal candidate has deep experience in enterprise program governance, technology leadership, media & entertainment operations, and delivery excellence across diverse technology portfolios.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Program Leadership
• Lead the planning, execution, and governance of large-scale programs spanning business systems, data & analytics, digital transformation, and M&A integration.

• Drive the enterprise technology roadmap in collaboration with business and technical leaders, ensuring programs align with corporate goals and deliver measurable outcomes.

• Establish scalable program management methodologies across Agile and Waterfall environments to drive transparency, accountability, and delivery excellence.

• Lead PMO administrative activities and oversee demand management and intake processes, ensuring efficient handling project requests and resource allocation as well as alignment with strategic goals

Strategic Transformation & Modernization
• Oversee modernization initiatives across core enterprise platforms such as SAP (Finance/Supply Chain), Salesforce, Rights platforms (SAP IPM, Rightsline, FilmTrack), and data/analytics ecosystems (Snowflake, Power BI, Tableau).

• Lead cross-functional business solutions that improve process efficiency, reduce costs, and increase operational scalability.

• Manage cloud transformations, platform rationalization, and automation initiatives, ensuring sustainable technology growth and optimization.

M&A & Integration Strategy
• Spearhead post-merger integration programs to harmonize technology, processes, and teams across acquired entities.

• Ensure consistent execution of integration playbooks, focusing on operational synergies, systems consolidation, and stakeholder alignment.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
• Act as an operational advisor to the CIO, aligning program portfolios with corporate objectives and departmental needs.

• Collaborate with enterprise architects, data & analytics leaders, IT operations, and vendor partners to ensure end-to-end delivery.

• Provide executive-level updates on program status, risks, dependencies, and value realization.

Team Leadership & Vendor Management
• Build and lead a high-performing team of program/project managers and business analysts.

• Manage external vendor relationships and service providers, ensuring contract compliance, cost-effectiveness, and quality.

• Transition teams from staff augmentation to managed services models to improve delivery consistency and scale.

Qualifications and Skills
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.

• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership, with 7+ years leading enterprise-level programs and transformation initiatives.

• Significant Media & Entertainment industry experience; understanding of studio operations, rights & royalties, and content distribution processes.

• Expertise in enterprise platforms: SAP (Financials, IPM), Salesforce, Rightsline, FilmTrack, cloud technologies (AWS, Azure), and data & analytics platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Tableau).

• Demonstrated success in leading small, medium and large, complex, cross-functional technology initiatives including M&A integrations, cloud modernization, and enterprise process redesign.

• Exceptional program management, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Proven ability to lead and mentor teams in matrixed, global environments.

Nice to Haves
• Experience with media rights management, financial systems transformation, and cloud data platforms.

• Consulting background or experience managing consulting/vendor engagements.

• Deep understanding of program governance frameworks and executive reporting.

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE: LION) is one of the world's leading standalone, pure play, publicly traded content companies. It brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, a world-class portfolio of valuable brands and franchises, a talent management and production powerhouse and a more than 20,000-title film and television library, all driven by the studio's bold and entrepreneurial culture.

Compensation

$220,000 - $230,000

EEO Statement

Nearest Major Market: Los Angeles

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