Strategic Project & Program Manager
TiER1 Performance Solutions
Covington, KY · HybridFull-time$80–120K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
TiER1 Performance Solutions seeks a project/program manager to translate strategic priorities into execution and lead complex, client-facing projects. The role works with client leaders and cross-functional teams to align goals, manage delivery and project financials, and track business outcomes. The position is expected to grow from project management toward program management and strategic leadership during its first year.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Expected Start Date
12/01/2026
Compensation
$80,000.00 - $120,000.00 / yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
2
Job Description
Who We Are & Why We Exist
At TiER1, we are people-centric and performance-driven. We believe that business is a force for good. By helping people do their best work, we help individuals and organizations realize their potential and ultimately build a better world. We’re oriented to what’s possible – for our clients and ourselves – so we’re always striving to realize the next, best version of any organization, including our own.
TiER1 is an employee-owned consulting firm. Founded over 20 years ago, we have been nationally recognized for partnering with over 320 of the world’s most successful corporate and government organizations.
Learn more at tier1performance.com.
Who We Seek
We're seeking a project/program manager who combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery to translate vision into execution.
This is a hands-on, client-facing role where you'll lead the day-to-day management of complex projects, helping ensure work is aligned, adopted, and delivering real business impact.
You'll work directly with client leaders and cross-functional teams to bring complex work to life. If you're collaborative, proactive, comfortable navigating ambiguity, and energized by turning ideas into measurable outcomes, this could be a great fit.
What You’ll Do
Turn Strategy into Action
Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, milestones, and success measures.
Align stakeholders on goals and outcomes while identifying risks, dependencies, and organizational impacts.
Lead Delivery
Lead the day-to-day delivery of complex, cross-functional projects from initiation through completion
Build and maintain project plans, governance, and team rhythms to keep work on track.
Coordinate across disciplines, including change, communications, creative, learning, technology, and organizational talent.
Manage project financials, including forecasting, hours, invoicing, and gross margin.
Drive Engagement & Results
Build strong client relationships, keep stakeholders aligned, facilitate key decisions, and track progress toward business outcomes.
Identify opportunities to improve delivery through AI, tools, and new ways of working.
What Will Help You Succeed
Ability to connect big-picture strategy to execution with strong planning, prioritization, and organizational skills.
Experience managing project budgets, forecasting, and financial performance while keeping client business goals in focus.
Ability to build trust, influence stakeholders, and navigate ambiguity.
Strong communication and facilitation skills to bring clarity and guide decisions.
Experience coordinating and guiding cross-functional teams with a collaborative mindset, accountability, and follow-through.
Willingness to grow into the role, specifically:
We’d expect that in months 1-6, this role will look most like learning the project management function at TiER1.
In subsequent months across the first year, this role will look most like transitioning from project to program management.
As the first year wraps, this role will look like strategic leadership.
Qualifications
Experience managing project budgets, forecasting and financial performance
Experience in consulting or cross-functional environments preferred
Proficiency with tools like Smartsheet, Jira, or MS Project
Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional projects, including planning, stakeholder coordination and delivery
Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders and teams
Occasional travel for client or company meetings may be required.
A quick note before you apply: We welcome thoughtful use of AI in preparing your application. We also expect you to engage with the process. Generic responses, placeholders such as “N/A” or “see résumé,” contact information in place of an answer, or responses that don't answer the question will not help us understand your interest in or alignment to the role and may remove your application from consideration.
To make sure we collect the information needed to determine your eligibility for this role, please apply directly through our TiER1 job posting, rather than through a third-party job site. Applications submitted elsewhere may not include all of the information we need to consider your application.
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, sick time, 401(k) and others
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
Yes
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant
Yes
Veteran Preference
No
Background Check Required
Yes
Industry
Professional
Place of Work
Hybrid
Requisition ID
109135
How this job compares
Set against the 22,242 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$80–120K/yr
- Kentucky median$100–166K/yr151 salary ranges
- US median$108–174K/yr14,195 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $100K, is 26% below the Kentucky median midpoint ($135K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Manager salary ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 261 open Project Manager jobs in Kentucky and 22,242 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (19,079 postings).
- Education
- 11,452 of the 22,242 open Project Manager jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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