How to hire a director program management

How to hire a director program management, step by step

Here's a step-by-step director program management hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a director program management job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new director program management
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your director program management job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a director program management for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   A director program management's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, directors program management from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list presents director program management salaries for various positions.

   Type of Director Program Management	Description	Hourly rate
   Director Program Management	Computer and information systems managers, often called information technology (IT) managers or IT project managers, plan, coordinate, and direct computer-related activities in an organization. They help determine the information technology goals of an organization and are responsible for implementing computer systems to meet those goals.	$49-93
   Information Technology Director	An information technology (IT) Director is a professional responsible for the management, strategy, and execution of an organization's IT infrastructure. He/She supervises a team of workers while working with the organization's management and external vendors and advisors... Show more	$46-94
   Program Director	Program directors are employees who oversee all aspects of a specific program in the company. They usually work in nonprofit organizations or are assigned to a department doing corporate social responsibility activities... Show more	$24-62

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Program Management
   • Project Management
   • Cloud
   • Customer Satisfaction
   • Product Management
   • Lifecycle Management
   • Oversight
   • Governance
   • Risk Management
   • Continuous Improvement
   • Provisioning
   • Business Development
   • PMO
   • KPIs

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Achieve ISO [] and ISO [] certification within 12 and 6 months, respectively, from scratch.
   • Manage a team of designers, developers and QA engineers.
   • Monitor and manage vendor performances to ensure contractual SLA's are met.
   • Set measurable objectives for team and individual reports, providing guidance to achieve KPIs.
   • Make sure that the OS achieve or exceed feature parity with native Linux interfaces.
   • Manage overhead systems projects for various OEM's on a variety of vehicle platforms.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your director program management job description helps attract top candidates to the position. A director program management salary can be affected by several factors, such as geography, experience, seniority, certifications, and the prestige of the hiring company.

   For example, the average salary for a director program management in Florida may be lower than in California, and an entry-level director program management usually earns less than a senior-level director program management. Additionally, a director program management with certifications may command a higher salary, and working for a well-known company or start-up may also impact an employee's pay.

   Average director program management salary

   $141,289yearly

   $67.93 hourly rate

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   Entry-level director program management salary

   $102,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 20, 2026

   Average director program management salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$168,440	$81
   2	Washington	$154,647	$74
   3	New York	$152,413	$73
   4	District of Columbia	$150,201	$72
   5	Arizona	$145,723	$70
   6	North Carolina	$140,974	$68
   7	New Jersey	$138,887	$67
   8	Massachusetts	$138,609	$67
   9	Illinois	$138,158	$66
   10	Texas	$137,533	$66
   11	Maryland	$135,917	$65
   12	Iowa	$133,056	$64
   13	Connecticut	$130,057	$63
   14	Louisiana	$128,608	$62
   15	South Carolina	$128,589	$62
   16	Pennsylvania	$128,529	$62
   17	North Dakota	$127,282	$61
   18	Missouri	$127,000	$61
   19	Utah	$125,159	$60
   20	Colorado	$124,700	$60

   Average director program management salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Meta	$210,329	$101.12	430
   2	Airbnb	$203,700	$97.93	1
   3	Google	$201,350	$96.80	198
   4	Roku	$200,610	$96.45	6
   5	PayPal	$188,803	$90.77	44
   6	eBay	$182,792	$87.88	22
   7	Kaiser Permanente	$181,650	$87.33	106
   8	Editas Medicine	$178,054	$85.60
   9	Exelixis	$177,540	$85.36	15
   10	Uber Technologies	$177,335	$85.26	3
   11	A+E Networks	$175,974	$84.60	3
   12	PVH	$175,688	$84.47	7
   13	Corcept Therapeutics	$174,575	$83.93	4
   14	Adobe	$169,615	$81.55	67
   15	Sarepta Therapeutics	$167,657	$80.60	2
   16	The Walt Disney Company	$167,417	$80.49	39
   17	Walmart	$167,405	$80.48	131
   18	Publicis Sapient	$167,330	$80.45
   19	PitchBook Data	$167,119	$80.35	5
   20	GoodData	$165,891	$79.76

4. Writing a director program management job description

   A director program management job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a director program management job description:

   Director program management job description example

   Minimum qualifications:
   
   + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
   
   + 15 years of experience in engineering or program management, including 10 years of experience managing technical subjects and emerging technologies
   
   + 10 years of experience working with Program Management, Product Management, Engineering, and/or Management Consulting teams
   
   Preferred qualifications:
   
   + Experience in people management, growing and developing talent with leadership and collaboration
   
   + Experience in one or more sectors of education and/or technical training
   
   + Experience in cross-functional stakeholder management and leadership through influence
   
   + Ability to synthesize information and communicate findings to a broad set of stakeholders (technical and non-technical) and influence cross-functional leadership
   
   + Distinctive project management, problem solving, and analysis skills, combined with excellent business judgment and communication skills
   
   + Growth mindset with new approaches to education
   
   At Engineering Education or Engineering Education (eng EDU), we develop innovative systems, content, and processes to enable high quality education at scale. Our goal is to advance the technical abilities of all, at Google and beyond, to create new knowledge and to prepare the world's workforce for the jobs of the future.
   
   We have an opportunity to expand our scope and innovate on how we deliver the right education to every Google engineer at the right time. In this role, you will lead strategy, development, and operations of Engineering Education and across multiple programs and all technology subject areas. You will steer the program management teams for engineering training on subjects ranging from Core Developer workflows to Machine Learning and Leadership Development, across multiple programs.
   
   The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google's products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.
   
   + Develop a compelling vision for engineering education, in alignment with Core and other Product Areas, and translate that vision into concrete plans involving program, product, and platform development in partnership with eng EDU's Platforms team and the Core Developer pillar.
   
   + Develop a deep understanding of the engineering education needs of different Product Areas, across engineering tenure and level, and create a framework to prioritize and sequence our work and partnerships to deliver on those needs.
   
   + Develop, run, and innovate training delivery, and ensure they are aligned with our ever-evolving needs.
   
   + Strengthen and expand the eng EDU brand among Google engineers as the first port of call for technical skill development, and expand this beyond Google.
   
   + Build a collaborative, high performing, cross-functional team, with clarity of purpose, executing against a coherent strategy across all programs and initiatives.

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5. Post your job

   To find directors program management for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any directors program management they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level directors program management with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your director program management job on Zippia to find and recruit director program management candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit directors program management, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new director program management

   Once you have selected a candidate for the director program management position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new director program management. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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