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

Example Sentences

At the Q2B Conference earlier this month, Joe Altepeter, a program manager within DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office, indicated the technology was taking shape faster than expected.

From Barron's

In states with laws limiting transcript withholding, many colleges have begun communicating earlier and more often with students about their debts and offering flexible payment plans, said Elizabeth Looker, a senior program manager at Ithaka S+R. Some have added financial literacy training or required students with unpaid bills to meet with counselors.

From Los Angeles Times

Hotak, 38, is an Afghan immigrant who served as a program manager at refugee resettlement organization Lao Family Community Development until layoffs due to federal cuts forced him out of work in May.

From Los Angeles Times

Carbon capture is “tied for better or worse to the fossil-fuel industry,” while other fields are more heavily associated with “addressing the climate crisis,” said Anna Littlefield, a carbon-capture program manager at the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines who previously worked as a geologist for Occidental and Anadarko Petroleum.

From MarketWatch

Seventy miles south, Monterey is the state’s third district to take a different tack by buying an existing building, according to Sara Hinkley, California program manager of the Center for Cities and Schools at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal