RELX

Program Manager

RELX
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeParis • FranceSeniorLead💰 €78,000 - €129,800 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates extensive program management expertise with a focus on strategy development, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. Proficient in leveraging AI and automation tools to enhance program delivery and decision-making processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Program ManagementStakeholder EngagementRisk ManagementExecutive CommunicationAI-Enabled Tools

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead major programs spanning multiple business areas, products, regions, or functions.
  • Define program strategy, objectives, roadmap, operating model, governance, decision rights, and integrated delivery plan.
  • Manage program-level risks, issues, dependencies, constraints, change impacts, mitigation plans, and escalations.
  • Partner with sponsors and business owners to define value and success measures; track benefits, adoption, readiness, and post-launch performance.
  • Frame options, evaluate trade-offs, and recommend paths forward using business, customer, financial, operational, and delivery data.
  • Align senior stakeholders on priorities, scope, sequencing, resources, and outcomes; resolve conflicts and influence decisions without direct authority.
  • Provide decision-oriented communication to executives, delivery teams, and partners.
  • Lead change management activities, including impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, readiness, and adoption.
  • Mentor project managers and delivery professionals.
  • Use approved AI and automation tools to improve program planning, research, risk identification, synthesis, reporting, and delivery activities while maintaining information quality and integrity.
  • Identify opportunities to improve end-to-end ways of working, test new approaches, define success measures, and scale effective practices.
  • Support adoption of new tools and ways of working and challenge unclear outcomes, unsupported assumptions, duplicative work, or misaligned delivery approaches.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of progressive project and program management experience, including independent leadership of complex, cross-functional programs or multiple related projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to create program strategy, integrated plans, governance, and executive decision structures in ambiguous environments.
  • Proven success influencing senior stakeholders, negotiating priorities and resources, resolving cross-functional conflict, and leading without direct authority.
  • Strong experience managing program risks, dependencies, budgets or investments, delivery performance, change impacts, and benefits or outcome measures.
  • Exceptional written, verbal, facilitation, and executive communication skills, including the ability to translate complex information into clear decisions and actions.
  • Experience using data and modern project, collaboration, automation, or AI-enabled tools to improve program delivery and decision support.
  • Working knowledge of responsible AI practices, including output validation, human oversight, data protection, transparency, and appropriate escalation.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Country specific benefits
  • Accessible hiring process accommodations

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Hard Skills
Program StrategyIntegrated PlansGovernance StructuresChange ManagementBudget ManagementBenefits MeasurementData AnalysisDecision MakingConflict ResolutionPerformance Tracking
Soft Skills
Influencing Without AuthorityFacilitation SkillsNegotiation SkillsMentoringCommunication Skills
Tools & Technologies
Project Management ToolsCollaboration ToolsAutomation ToolsAI ToolsData Visualization Tools
Industry Keywords
Cross-Functional ProgramsStakeholder EngagementChange ImpactsOperational DataResponsible AI Practices