Senior Program Manager, Commercial

Role Overview

Senior Program Manager, Commercial will oversee a complex creative portfolio, balancing people, time, and budget across multiple initiatives in a fast-moving, high-visibility environment. The role blends strategic portfolio management with hands-on program leadership to drive execution on high-priority, cross-functional work.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end oversight of a creative portfolio, optimizing allocation and workload across campaigns.
• Monitor portfolio health, proactively adjusting scope, resources, and priorities to reduce risk, prevent burnout, and maintain operational stability.
• Lead complex, high-visibility programs across creative disciplines, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
• Create and maintain structured program plans (milestones, dependencies, risk tracking, governance routines).
• Build dashboards, reporting tools, and forecasting models covering capacity, utilization, and financial performance.
• Design and evolve portfolio management frameworks for intake, prioritization, and resource allocation.
• Partner with senior leadership to translate business objectives into operational plans and improve creative operations/workflows.

Requirements

• 8–10 years experience in creative operations, production management, program management, or studio operations in high-volume environments.
• Proven ability to manage portfolio-level oversight and deliver end-to-end complex, cross-functional programs.
• Strong capacity planning, resource forecasting, and operational optimization in creative/marketing contexts.
• Hands-on experience with program management tools such as Asana, Monday.com, Workfront, or similar.
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills to model trade-offs and optimize resource allocation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with senior partners.
• Ability to maintain clarity and execution excellence in a dynamic, high-pressure environment.

Nice to Have

• Not explicitly stated.