An opportunity is available for a Senior Program Manager – Tax Compliance at Sovos, a global leader in tax, compliance, and trust solutions that serves half of the Fortune 500. This role provides program leadership for Sovos’ most mission-critical product line, focusing on quarterly planning, execution, and risk management across complex, global dependencies.

This is a full-time, remote (US) position.

Role Summary and Core Mandate

This Senior Program Manager is crucial to maintaining the regulatory credibility and growth of Sovos’ core Tax Compliance domain. The role requires a disciplined, transparent approach to ensure that initiatives are delivered on time, within global and regulatory constraints.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Leadership & Planning: Lead the quarterly planning process (or PI planning) for Tax Compliance programs, facilitating sessions across Product, Engineering, GTM (Go-to-Market), and Customer Success to align on dependencies and commitments.
• Execution Management: Work day-to-day with Product and Engineering leadership to maintain alignment, anticipate issues, and adapt plans in real-time, monitoring execution against commitments.
• Executive Communication: Synthesize program status into executive-ready updates with a focus on core business metrics like ARR, NPS, margin, and risk exposure for C-level communication.
• SDLC Guidance & Risk Mitigation: Guide teams to avoid common software development lifecycle (SDLC) pitfalls and manage difficult trade-offs while ensuring alignment with Sovos’ strategic priorities.
• Global Coordination: Coordinate across multi-country engineering and product teams to ensure global delivery, while adjusting plans for regional requirements, strict compliance deadlines, and customer impacts.
• GTM Partnership: Partner with the GTM Program Manager to ensure product launches are planned and executed successfully with proper cross-functional engagement.

Required Experience and Qualifications

The ideal candidate is an experienced Program Manager who has successfully led large-scale planning cycles and coordinated multi-region teams in a highly regulated, SaaS-based environment.

• Experience: 5+ years program management experience in complex SaaS environments.
• Planning Expertise: Proven track record leading quarterly planning/PI planning cycles for global product teams.
• Industry & Compliance: Strong grasp of SaaS challenges in compliance-heavy industries and experience coordinating across multi-region teams with compliance and regulatory obligations.
• Frameworks: Expertise with SAFe or equivalent scaled frameworks.
• Certifications: Scrum certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent) strongly preferred. Product Management or Scrum Master experience is a strong plus.
• Communication & Tools: Excellent facilitation and communication skills across product, engineering, GTM, and executive stakeholders. Proficiency with Jira, Jira Product Discovery, and program portfolio tools.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in the business, technical, or project management field.