Senior Program Manager

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000\+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Ascendion \| Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for the world’s leading brands
• Solve complex problems - and learn new skills
• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

About the Role

Job Title:

Senior Program Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Drive scope, objectives, and deliverables; ensure release plans are met.
• Own project plans, sprint/quarterly reports, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communication.
• Run daily triage and assist Shiproom; ensure quality, compliance, and localization standards adherence.
• Troubleshoot E2E systems (e.g., ADO pipelines), maintain backlogs, and lead status reporting.
• Create and maintain cross-team project schedules and dependency maps.
• Define and track success metrics (perf, quality, throughput).
• Facilitate sprint rituals and release readiness reviews; escalate blockers promptly.
• Maintain wikis and external docs; coordinate with Studios Quality and localization.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5-12\+ years of technical program/project management in software/games.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps, risk management, and software delivery lifecycle.
• Proven experience operating in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban) with Azure DevOps (Boards/Repos/Pipelines).
• Hands-on experience in leading large teams across full cycle of development of games.
• Strong communication skills, stakeholder management, and documentation discipline (wiki/SharePoint).
• Quality mindset: unit/integration tests, code reviews, and definition-of-done adherence.
• Operational excellence: incident handling, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Security, privacy, and compliance awareness.

Location

• Canada (remote)

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual [salary] for this position is between [$90,000 - 115,000 CAD annually]. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [09-10 days of paid time off]

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