Job description
At Vasion, our mission is to make digital transformation attainable for everyone. We build cloud-native enterprise software that empowers organizations to automate workflows, eliminate paper, and operate smarter. We are scaling fast, we do not do conventional, and we hire people who think the same way.
About the Role
Vasion is adopting a Product Development Life Cycle, a cross-company operating model designed to bring just enough structure to how we build and ship software. As a Program Manager on the PDLC team, you will be one of the people who makes it real.
This is not a coordination role. You will not be tracking status and scheduling syncs. You will be embedded across engineering and product management teams as a practitioner, coach, and change agent helping teams not just follow the PDLC, but understand it, trust it, and work inside it naturally.
You will split your time between two things: operating the PDLC across active programs day-to-day, and helping build and improve the framework itself. Your perspective from inside the teams will actively shape how the system evolves. Vasion's engineering organization is also moving toward agent-native development, which means genuine curiosity about AI is part of the job.
What You Will Do
PDLC Adoption and Change Enablement
Operate as an embedded PDLC practitioner, modeling the framework and helping cross-functional partners understand why it exists and how to use it
Coach engineering and product management team members on PDLC practices by meeting them where they are, not where the playbook says they should be
Build trust through consistency, follow-through, and genuine partnership, not process authority
Communicate the value of the PDLC to engineering clearly and often: reduced context-switching, clearer scope handoffs, fewer rebuilds, better predictability
PDLC Framework Contribution and Development
Partner with the VP of PgM to build, document, and refine processes, templates, stage gate criteria, and governance standards
Develop and maintain playbooks and documentation that make the PDLC accessible across Product Management and Engineering
Translate on-the-ground experience into framework improvements
End-to-End Program Management
Own the full lifecycle of assigned programs from Discovery through Grow: scope, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables at every stage
Build program plans that give Product Management, Engineering, Design, QA, and Go-to-Market a shared view of what is happening, what is next, and who owns what
Stay ahead of risks and blockers; bring well-reasoned options to the VP before problems compound
Facilitate kick-offs, stage gate reviews, cross-functional syncs, and retrospectives to drive clear outcomes and documented next steps every time
Cross-Functional Alignment and Communication
Serve as the day-to-day coordination point between Product Management, Engineering, Design, QA, and Go-to-Market for programs in your portfolio
Surface and resolve cross-team misalignments and dependency conflicts before they impact delivery
Reporting and Documentation
Maintain accurate, up-to-date program documentation throughout the full lifecycle
Treat documentation as a core part of program quality in order to make programs reproducible, learnable, and increasingly agent-ready
Requirements
5-8 years of program management experience in software, at the program level across multiple teams
Cross-functional programs through multiple phases of a product or software development lifecycle
Embedded directly within engineering and/or product management teams, not a centralized PMO
Participated in or drove a process or operating model change
Fluency with Atlassian (Jira/Confluence), Notion, and/or Adobe Workfront
B2B SaaS or enterprise software experience strongly preferred
Preferred Experience
Dual-track agile, Shape Up, OKR-based planning, or similar lean frameworks
Product management discovery concepts: opportunity mapping, user story mapping, hypothesis-driven development
Supported both product management and engineering within the same organization
High-growth or PE-backed software environment
Skills and Attributes
Drives alignment through credibility and partnership, not role authority
Understands why a process step exists and can explain it plainly to skeptical teams
Decomposes complex initiatives into legible phases without over-engineering
Genuinely curious about AI and already using it
Treats friction as information, not failure
Cares about the outcome more than the credit
Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP, or equivalent a plus
Bonus
Helped a skeptical engineering or product management team adopt a new way of working and can describe specifically what it took
Contributed to building a PDLC or SDLC framework from scratch
Has a working mental model of what makes cross-functional alignment hard and specific tactics used to address it
Why This Role, Why Now
Vasion is building something most growing software companies underinvest in until it is too late: a mature, scalable, and genuinely useful Product Development Life Cycle. You would be joining at the ground floor of that build, working directly alongside a VP invested in your development, on programs visible across the entire Product and Engineering organization, in a culture that rewards initiative and ownership.
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Discretionary Vacation Bonus
Flexible paid time off
Paid parental leave
Competitive pay
A full suite of traditional benefits
Training/Advancement opportunities
401k with company match and immediate vesting
Financial wellness education
Mental Wellness Support
Company-contributed HSA
Onsite perks include gym, pickleball, snacks & drinks, arcade, theater room, etc.
Our Core Values
Vasion looks for people who will exemplify its four core values and are driven to become:
Disruptive Visionaries: Our customers are the heroes, and our role is to be a guide on their journey, truly listening and identifying the needs and wants of our customers.
Relationship Builders: We treat people as people, building strong relationships through empathy, compassion, and honest communication.
Candor Seekers: Candid conversations are critical to achieving objectives, and we nurture a culture of caring personally and challenging directly.
Action Owners: Every employee takes ownership of any failures and develops a plan to win, no matter their tenure or circumstance.
More about Vasion
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Additional Information
Vasion is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation and other legally protected characteristics.
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Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.