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USAA

Program Manager – Lead

USAA

. Lead implementation of strategic tasks aligning programs with organizational business strategy and goals .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeSan Antonio • Texas • United StatesSenior💰 $127,310 - $243,340 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead implementation of strategic tasks aligning programs with organizational business strategy and goals
  • Develop multi-year business plans to deliver business capabilities and define execution approaches
  • Work with program sponsors and cross-functional teams to evaluate, plan, and develop scope, milestone roadmaps, resources, work plans, budgets, dependencies, and timing
  • Prepare stakeholder and management status reports, including risks and issues
  • Coordinate team efforts and manage interdependencies to complete program goals
  • Assist in developing performance metrics, dashboards, and management tools
  • Direct analyses, root-cause identification, and development of key work products
  • Identify new program opportunities delivering integrated solutions for multiple business partners
  • Define and maintain program strategies based on business demand and ROI expectations
  • Negotiate agreements and program tradeoffs with IT and the business
  • Settle disputes and diffuse high-tension situations
  • Mentor Program Managers across departmental and USAA programs
  • Adhere to EPMO processes, procedures, controls, standards, tools, templates, and governance requirements
  • Drive adoption and sustainment of organizational changes under USAA's Change Management methodology
  • Identify, measure, monitor, and control risks in accordance with risk and compliance policies

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience
  • 8 years of project and/or program management experience, including defining a new program and/or managing large-scale projects
  • Demonstrated experience using Waterfall or Agile methodologies
  • Advanced understanding and demonstrated application of risk management policies and procedures
  • Comprehensive knowledge of program management methodology and techniques
  • Knowledge of program performance evaluation and change management principles/methodologies
  • Proficient experience in USAA's change management methodology or similar industry change management methodology
  • Extensive experience developing, maintaining, and reporting on large-cost work effort(s)/program budgets
  • Stakeholder management and influencing skills
  • Expert-level experience in Principles of Project, Program or Portfolio Management
  • Demonstrated expert experience using business, product, and process knowledge to assess program risks and rewards across multiple technologies and business goals
  • Demonstrated success leading enterprise Data and AI programs with multiple cross-functional workstreams, executive visibility, and complex interdependencies
  • Ability to translate business strategy into a sequenced roadmap with clear milestones, outcomes, and funding recommendations
  • Strong program governance capability across scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, risks, issues, and benefits realization
  • Track record of defining and reporting value-based KPIs
  • Excellent executive communication skills
  • Ability to identify, quantify, and escalate delivery and compliance risks in highly regulated environments
  • Experience developing and managing program budgets, including labor, platform/tooling, cloud, and vendor spend with ROI accountability
  • Strong change leadership skills
  • Must not require immigration support or visa sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible work environment
  • Pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance, at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
  • 401(k)
  • Pension
  • Life insurance
  • Parental benefits
  • Adoption assistance
  • Paid time off program
  • Paid holidays
  • 16 paid volunteer hours
  • Wellness programs
  • Career path planning
  • Continuing education assistance