Program Manager III

Program Manager III

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Program Manager III for a Remote !

Position Title: Program Manager III

Location: Remote

Anticipated Start Date: 09/26/2025

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 10 Months

Job Type: Contract - [FULL TIME (40 Hours a week)]

Pay Range: $65.00/hr-$70.00/hr

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced and highly organized Program Manager to lead and optimize the candidate review process for our product and infrastructure pipelines. This role is critical to ensuring a smooth, efficient, and high-quality evaluation process that supports our hiring goals and drives the success of our teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end management of the candidate review process for product and infrastructure hiring pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with recruiting, engineering, product, and infrastructure teams to define and refine review criteria, workflows, and timelines.
• Coordinate and facilitate candidate review meetings, ensuring all stakeholders are aligned and feedback is captured effectively.
• Develop and implement process improvements to increase efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and enhance candidate experience.
• Track and analyze key metrics related to candidate review throughput, quality, and outcomes; provide regular reports and insights to leadership.
• Manage communication and follow-up with candidates and internal teams to ensure timely progression through the review stages.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align candidate review processes with broader hiring strategies and organizational goals.
• Drive adoption of tools and technologies that support candidate review workflows.
• Identify risks and issues in the review process and proactively develop mitigation plans.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and point of contact for candidate review process questions and escalations.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in program or project management, preferably in a recruiting, talent acquisition, or technical hiring context.
• Strong understanding of product and infrastructure engineering roles and hiring pipelines.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive projects to completion in a fast-paced environment.
• Data-driven mindset with experience using metrics to inform process improvements.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams and influence without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working in a technology company or large-scale engineering organization. -Familiarity with hiring processes and tools.

Top 3 must-have HARD skills:
1. Program and Project Coordination. Drive projects from start to finish.
2. Being comfortable with numbers and dashboards. Need to crunch numbers and forecast capacity.

Good to have skills:
1. Knowledge of CSM and FBR tools
2. Change management and recruiting

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 243727 when responding to this ad.

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