JPJames Pappas
@jamespappas1
Senior program manager driving vendor risk reduction, cost savings, and learning transformation.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a senior program manager with 8+ years leading learning & development, operations, and vendor and third-party risk management across large enterprises. I specialize in negotiating contracts, consolidating vendors, and implementing programs that combine security, procurement, and legal controls.
At Comcast I owned end-to-end vendor onboarding and compliance for prioritized cybersecurity vendors, negotiated 100+ NDAs/POCs/MSAs, and led renewal and sourcing strategies across $75M+ in annual cybersecurity spend, delivering $6M in annual cost savings through consolidation.
I design and operationalize scalable learning programs and reporting—managing life cycles for 200+ learning products, migrating vendor portals to in-house systems to save $1M annually, and building dashboards in Power BI and Tableau to improve learner KPIs and completion rates.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
COSenior Program Manager
Comcast
Nov 2023 - Nov 2025 (2 years)
Owned end-to-end vendor onboarding, compliance, and contract negotiations for prioritized cybersecurity vendors, driving vendor consolidation that delivered $6M in annual cost savings and optimized $75M+ in cybersecurity spend.
COProduct Manager, Customer Tools
Comcast
May 2021 - Oct 2023 (2 years 5 months)
Owned lifecycle of 200+ learning products and implemented agile/scrum across programs, reducing training time by two weeks on average and saving $1M annually by migrating vendor portals to in-house systems.
COProgram Manager, Learning & Development
Comcast
Mar 2018 - Apr 2021 (3 years 1 month)
Redesigned new-hire onboarding and learning curricula, increasing training completion rates by 20% and improving learner KPI scores by 15% while reducing vendor training expenses by 10%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
AIGPE
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Process Improvement
2023 - 2023
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification awarded by AIGPE in 2023.
DUDrexel University
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Communications from Drexel University.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
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