program manager

American  

[proh-gram man-i-jer, -gruhm] / ˈproʊ græm ˈmæn ɪ dʒər, -grəm /

noun

1. a person who is in charge of a set of related projects in a company or organization.

   She has advanced her professional career as an engineer and program manager.

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Etymology

Origin of program manager

First recorded in 2010–15

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program manager

“But once the drivers actually start driving the trucks, they honestly don’t want to go back,” said Khari Burton, zero-emission vehicle program manager with IMC Logistics, a drayage company that moves freight from the port.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

"Each human landing system provider has taken a different approach to the Artemis III mission," said Steve Creech, program manager, Human Landing System Program, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

He’s the transparency, ethics and accountability program manager at Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization that has been raising alarms over behested payments for more than a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

Bottoms, from California, is among a growing number of out-of-state students at Blinn via the program, said program manager Caleb Mullins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Brent Wilhite, a program manager with the group, says it relies on people like Reggie who have been involved in accidents to put a human face on issues.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel