Job Description

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

As a Senior Program Manager at MKS, you will partner with internal teams to lead complex, high-impact technology initiatives and oversee related projects within a portfolio ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and business outcomes. This role translates executive vision into program execution, manages risks and interdependencies, and ensures resources and budgets are optimized across initiatives.

Senior Program Managers provide guidance and oversight to Project Managers, facilitate cross-functional collaboration, and resolve escalated issues. They shape PMO standards, champion continuous improvement, and serve as strategic problem solvers—anticipating challenges, driving integrated solutions, and ensuring successful program delivery.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Leading multiple related projects within a portfolio to deliver strategic business outcomes.
• Translating high-level goals into coordinated program plans with clearly defined deliverables.
• Managing program-level risks, issues, interdependencies, and change control.
• Aligning cross-functional teams and ensure program resources are prioritized effectively.
• Providing direction and coaching to Project Managers and other team members.
• Monitoring program budget and track performance against value and benefit realization.
• Ensuring all financial trackers are current and reflect accurate accruals, actuals and forecasts.
• Partnering with Portfolio Managers to support enterprise prioritization and governance.
• Contributing to PMO practice evolution and driving continuous improvement efforts.
• Managing program budgets, forecasts, and vendor relationships.

Skills You Bring:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline
• 10+ years in project/program management, with experience in complex enterprise environments
• Demonstrated leadership in organizational change, governance, and business transformation
• Strategy Execution - Operationalizing strategic goals through integrated program delivery.
• Cross-Portfolio Execution - Managing dependencies and synergies across multiple programs or portfolios.
• Advanced Benefits Realization - Measuring and optimizing business value across strategic initiatives.
• Risk & Issue Governance Implementing controls for escalated risks and high-impact issues.
• Executive Stakeholder Management - Engaging with senior leaders to influence direction and gain alignment.
• Integrated Resource Management - Overseeing resource plans across programs, anticipating conflicts.
• Change Leadership - Driving cultural and operational change aligned with enterprise objectives.
• Track and Monitor actuals vs spend data with alignment to finance

Preferred Skills: (Optional)

• PMP and PgMP certifications preferred

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Perform activities such as sitting, standing, or typing for extended periods of time
• Regularly requires good manual dexterity and coordination
• Must be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand
• Must be able to exchange accurate information
• The ability to observe documents and details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)
• Operates in a professional office environment
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery
• Noise level in the work environment is usually average
  

In addition to the above responsibilities, the following are considered material job duties of the position:

• Ability to take and follow directions and instructions.

• Ability to interact with other employees, customers, suppliers, vendors, or the public, in a safe, professional, and respectful manner.

• Access to sensitive and confidential business systems and software, personally identifying information, the company’s financial information, and/or the ability to maintain physical security and safety.

• Because this position involves the above material job duties, trustworthiness, reliability, and good judgment also are material job duties.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary Pay Range $ 125,000.00 - 185,000.00 per year. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position, based on a wide range of factors including qualifications, experience and training, operational and business needs and other considerations permitted by law.

Bonus This position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, in an amount to be determined by MKS [or as applicable].

Benefits MKS offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental and vision), 401(k) with company match, life and disability insurance, 12 paid holidays, sick time, 15 paid vacation days, [6 weeks fully paid] parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement [and for participation in any stock programs, signing bonus, etc.

MKS will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers.

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MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

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