Program Manager (Hybrid) Lakeland, FL - United States **170+ Years Strong. Industry Leader. Global Impact.** At Pinkerton, the mission is to protect our clients. To do this, we provide enterprise risk management services and programs specifically designed for each client. Pinkerton employees are one of our most important assets and critical to the delivery of world-class solutions. Bonded together, we share a commitment to integrity, vigilance, and excellence. **Job Summary:** The Program Manager, assigned to one of Pinkerton's largest global clients, will oversee all aspects of the project portfolio including but not limited to the planning, scope, timelines, stakeholder communication, execution, lessons learned, best practices. This position will have a hybrid work schedule (remote/client locations). **Essential Functions:** 1. Represent Pinkerton's core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence. 2. Design, develop, and maintain policies, procedures, training materials, and multimedia products to support process adoption and operational readiness. 3. Oversee the installation, maintenance, and auditing of physical security systems and provide ongoing training and onboarding for safety and security personnel. 4. Manage project tasks, track progress, identify blockers, and provide programmatic support across cross-functional teams to achieve security and safety objectives. 5. Plan, execute, and monitor projects from initiation to closure, ensuring adherence to project goals, objectives, and timelines. 6. Develop detailed project plans, including project scope, goals, deliverables, timelines, resource allocation, and budget estimates. 7. Monitor project progress, track key milestones, and provide regular status updates to stakeholders, senior management, and leadership. 8. Ensure adherence to project management methodologies, standards, and processes, and seek continuous opportunities for improvement. 9. Supports management through project planning and coordination to meet commitments on time and within resource limitations. 10. Coordinate client and management approval and assist with the determination of requirements, priorities, and progress statuses. 11. Conduct comprehensive project reviews and identify lessons learned and best practices for future projects. 12. Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among project stakeholders and ensure alignment and management of expectations. 13. Foster strong cross functional partnerships and able to effectively prioritize workload demands to meet project deadlines. 14. Design, develop, proof and edit communications, best practice documents, resource tools, and project coordination documents. 15. All other duties, as assigned. **Education, Experience, and Certifications:** Bachelor's degree with four or more years of project management experience, preferably within corporate security/safety environment. Pinkerton is an inclusive employer that seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. **Competencies:** + PMP or equivalent project management certificate. + Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously with competing priorities and deadlines. + Attentive to detail and committed to effective follow-up. + Comfortable with autonomy and able to translate strategic direction into actionable plans. + Able to successfully navigate ambiguity. + Adaptable to a fast paced changing environment. + Strong analytical and critical thinking skills. + Able to interact and collaborate effectively at all levels of an organization. + Able to work independently with little supervision. + Excellent verbal and written communication skills. + Serve as an effective team leader. + Computer skills; Microsoft Office and Smartsheet. **Working Conditions:** With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to effectively perform all essential functions; + Regular computer usage. + Occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment. + Frequent sitting, standing and/or standing. + Travel, as required. Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer to all applicants and positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law.