Sr. Manager, Office of Pro Acceleration - Program Management

Job description

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose

The Pro customer represents a $700 billion market opportunity for The Home Depot, and the company has built an unmatched set of capabilities through organic investments and strategic acquisitions. The Office of Pro Acceleration brings together our enterprise teams to accelerate market share capture. In this position, the Senior Manager, Program Management serves as a strategic business partner to leadership and the connective tissue between executive leadership and initiative teams—architecting the operating rhythm and ways of working, driving governance, tracking OKRs, and steering high-priority initiatives to accelerate value creation.

Key Responsibilities

• Defines and enforces operating rhythm and governance cadence for large, multi-unit business transformations
• Partners seamlessly with business partners and leadership to identify bottlenecks, surface interdependencies, and resolve conflict
• Understands financial goals and establishes and tracks OKRs, monitoring progress to ensure financial and strategic objectives are met Challenges assumptions to ensure teams are moving with pace to deliver critical milestones, partnering with leadership where necessary to support by securing cross functional input, prioritization, and resourcing Direct Manager/Direct Reports: Typically reports to the Director, Office of Pro Acceleration Individual contributor role initially partnering with cross functional teams and leadership Travel Requirements: Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Physical Requirements

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications

Must be eighteen years of age or older. Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

Program Management of Transformation Initiatives Corporate Strategy PMO Management Consulting Minimum Education: The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education

No additional education Minimum Years of Work Experience: 6 years in program management, PMO execution, strategy, or cross-functional transformation Preferred Years of Work Experience: No additional years of experience Minimum Leadership Experience: None Preferred Leadership Experience: None Certifications: None Competencies: Program Management: Proven track record of launching and running structured program management approaches for large cross-functional initiatives.

Drives predictable delivery, enforces operating rhythms, and tracks milestone targets across complex initiatives.

Collaboration

Strong capability to align matrixed initiative teams, cross-functional partners, and commercial leads. Builds cross-functional consensus, breaks down organizational silos, and resolves friction to keep teams moving toward shared objectives.

Executive Communication & Storytelling

Exceptional ability to synthesize complex concepts into clear narratives. Translates tactical project data into crisp executive updates, facilitating rapid decision-making with senior leadership