Engineering - Strategy and Management, Program Manager - Vice President

What We Do: At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don't just make things - we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.

Your Impact: If you are looking for a high-impact position to utilize your strategic, communication, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills, then our team is the ideal opportunity for you. You'll partner closely with Engineering senior leadership to solve complex organizational and business challenges to align Engineering with its rapidly changing environment and increase engagement with engineers and segment leaders. You will enjoy a role that rewards stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking, communication and influencing skills, and program management.

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential:

• Support the Firmwide Engineering zero-based budgeting process, including strategy and resource optimization
• Help Engineering leadership define prioritization and accelerate technology transformation
• Develop a broad understanding of the Engineering activities and the complexities and opportunities surrounding its ambitious business priorities.
• Create value rooted in data-driven insights, proven problem-solving methodologies, and cross-team collaboration.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Engineering Division and the Engineering horizontal on understanding and defining business drivers; analyzing and forecasting engineering spend
• Drive efforts to identify areas where we can better leverage technology to create operational efficiencies and automate processes.
• Partner with stakeholders in enhancing and optimizing firmwide processes.

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 5-7 years of relevant work experience in strategy, business management, finance, or engineering.
• Experience working in a global environment across a matrixed organization.
• Prior experience working within a technology environment preferred.
• Deep proficiency in management, communication, engineering, and organizational development.
• Strong organizational skills, including good judgment and decision-making capabilities.
• Proven track record of driving outcomes in complex, cross-functional business situations.
• Proficiency in project or program management, including the ability to create outcome-driven plans and manage multiple projects.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Exceptional time management and prioritization skills, with a proven track record of coordinating concurrent activities with multiple interdependencies across several teams.
• Experience mapping strategic objectives, building frameworks and presentations, designing materials for senior leadership review and buy-in.
• Proven ability to apply strategic thinking and analytical skills to complex organizational and business issues.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment and navigate change.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Business, Finance, Computer Engineering/Science, or a related field is preferred.
• Data analysis and visualization experience is preferred, including experience in PowerPoint, Excel and other tool sets.
• Ability to analyze large, complex datasets to extract meaningful insights and trends relevant to organizational goals and interpret data findings in a clear and concise manner for stakeholders.
• Strong written communication and presentation skills (e.g., memos, leadership/board decks).
• Ability to diagnose and resolve business problems efficiently, effectively, and collaboratively.
• Ability to work closely with senior-level sponsors and wide range of stakeholders to create consensus around plans, activities, and measures of strategic initiatives.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $115,000-$250,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.