Senior Program Manager with a track record of driving PMO governance, delivery leadership, and operating model improvement across tech/IT, retail, e-commerce, and consumer products. Known for bringing clarity to complex environments, optimizing cost and process in lean teams, and delivering predictable outcomes across distributed, fully remote organizations.
Sarah E
@sarahe
Senior Program Manager | PMO & Portfolio Leader | Delivery, Operations & IT Transformation
What I'm looking for
Senior Program Manager and global delivery leader with a track record across retail, ecommerce, cloud, professional services, and enterprise IT. Known for taking ownership of TechOps, complex vendor portfolios, and high-visibility C-suite initiatives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. Builds async delivery models, automation, and clear prioritization systems for distributed teams across time zones.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Program Manager
Confidential Company
Oct 2025 - Present (10 months)
Provided PMO leadership and governance for several private-sector clients in the travel hospitality and retail sectors, resolving resource constraints and streamlining vendor/contract workflows.
Senior Project Manager, EMEA
Zencore (Contract)
May 2025 - Sep 2025 (4 months)
Managed multi-workstream infrastructure and data migration projects, transitioning complex client environments to GCP under tight deadlines.
Enforced SOW/SLA compliance across concurrent client engagements while optimizing resource allocation, keeping delivery within scope.
Senior Program Manager, Digital Service
Wahl Clipper
Jan 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year 2 months)
Led the global consolidation of 30+ legacy e-commerce sites into a single composable platform, enabling standardized operations across 12 marketing and product teams.
Transformed global e-commerce TechOps by replacing an underperforming vendor with a fully outsourced support model, improving service reliability and accountability.
Collaborated with the CTO and IT functional leaders to deliver strategic initiatives supporting 5,000+ employees across 50 global offices, aligning Data, Legal, Finance, Design, and HR.
Managed financial governance for a $50M+ IT portfolio, including accruals, burn rates, amortization, and forecasting.
Led the Project Management PMO and team, owning the monthly and quarterly product GTM roadmap and a portfolio of 30+ initiatives supporting global market execution.
Partnered across IT Engineering, Development, Distribution, Product, Merchandising, Global Support, and Data & Analytics to improve delivery predictability by 40%.
Senior Manager, Application Delivery
YOOX NET-A-PORTER Group
May 2018 - May 2019 (1 year)
Directed a global team of 12 engineers supporting 4 major luxury retail brands and multiple designer microsites across global markets.
Managed daily engineering releases and monthly deployments, transitioning application delivery from ad hoc execution to structured Scrum/Kanban.
Increased deployment velocity by 40% by standardizing release protocols and automating pipelines.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Sarah hasn't added their education
Don't worry, there are 90k+ talented remote workers on Himalayas
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Looker
Power BI Embedded
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Magento
Gmail
Google Analytics
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Jira Service Desk
Azure DevOps
Jira
Microsoft PowerApps
Azure Active Directory
Google Workspace
Microsoft Office 365
Confluence
Asana
Microsoft Excel
Zapier
Microsoft Power Automate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Power BI
SAP
Microsoft Visio
Anaplan
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Anthropic Claude API
Perplexity AI
Microsoft Fabric
Adobe Experience Manager
Claude Code
Deltek
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
Social media
Job categories
Skills
Interested in hiring Sarah?
You can contact Sarah and 90k+ other talented remote workers on Himalayas.
Message SarahGet matched with your dream remote job
Sign up now and join over 250,000+ remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!
