Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent... ..., and economies worldwide. Position: Project/ Program Manager II Location: Nashville,T…
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Program Manager jobs in Nashville, TN
Program managers oversee groups of related projects that serve a shared goal. They align teams, budgets, and schedules across workstreams and report progress and risk to leadership.
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Overview We're hiring a Technical Program Manager for our aerospace and defense contract manufacturing company. We're a low-volume manufacturer building complex machined, welded, and fabricated assemblies for aerospace a…
$123k - $163k
- 163,000 per year Requirements: We need proven experience managing multiple scrum workstreams for clinical digital experience initiatives... ...Experience with Excel, Oracle, and ServiceNow for budget and program tracki…
Oversees the implementation and maintenance of functional business programs. Identifies, prioritizes, and successfully executes a broad... ...risk and issues, escalating, as necessary. Provides rigorous management and an…
IDR is seeking a Program Manager - Oracle Fusion Implementation to join one of our top clients for an opportunity in Brentwood, TN. This role involves leading a large-scale enterprise transformation across multiple modul…
Job Summary The Program Manager is responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of Junior Achievement’s K-5 classroom and JA Future Ready Leaders programs. This role ensures high-quality program delivery, cu…
$60.67k - $65.78k
than 30,000 students and families across Tennessee. As part of the CIS national network, CISTN achieves this mission by placing program managers in schools across the state to provide school-wide interventions and case m…
Family & Youth Services provides trauma informed, youth centered services to children and families involved in foster care. The Program Manager plays a vital leadership role in supporting program operations, staff develo…
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Scrum Master ( Program Manager) in Nashville, TN. Core Responsibilities: Facilitate delivery across multiple agile teams/workstreams under Elevate Clinician Digital Experience…
careers in finance and related fields. Through industry-connected programming, mentorship, and career readiness experiences, RTSWS serves... ...and corporate sponsors. Position Summary The Programs Manager is responsible…
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provide comprehensive health care to Nashville’s most vulnerable. Job Responsibilities What You’ll Do The Spiritual Care Program Manager is a part-time staff position designed to oversee and manage: provision of individu…
driven team shaping the future of conservation in Tennessee. The Hunting and Fishing Academy (HFA) Manager leads one of the Federation’s most impactful statewide programs— connecting youth, families, and new audiences to…
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What program managers earn in Nashville
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $34–$46 | $70k–$95k |
| Mid level | $46–$65 | $95k–$135k |
| Senior | $62–$87 | $130k–$180k |
National ranges — pay in Nashville typically tracks these.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Cross-team coordinationProgram governanceRoadmap planningRisk and dependency managementExecutive communicationBudget oversightChange managementMetrics and OKR tracking
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
How is program management different from project management?
Frame programs as ongoing and outcome-oriented across multiple projects, while projects have fixed scope and end dates. Use an example from your own work.
Describe a program you ran across multiple teams.
Explain the shared goal, how many workstreams you coordinated, and the mechanisms you used to keep them aligned, such as shared milestones and a single status view.
How do you handle a dependency between two teams that is blocking progress?
Show you make dependencies visible early, negotiate sequencing directly with both leads, and escalate with options rather than complaints.
How do you report program status to executives?
Describe a concise format: goal, health, top risks, decisions needed. Emphasize surfacing what leadership must act on, not everything you know.
Tell me about a time you had to kill or pause a workstream.
Show that you used data to make the case, handled the affected team with respect, and redirected capacity toward the program goal.
How do you keep a long-running program from drifting away from its original goal?
Mention regular checkpoints against the business case, a change-control habit for scope, and re-validating assumptions as conditions shift.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For program managers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Describe programs by their business outcome and total scope, such as budget and number of workstreams, not by ceremony lists.
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Show altitude: pair one executive-level result with one example of unblocking teams in the details.
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Quantify coordination scale, for example the number of teams, vendors, or regions you aligned.
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Include a governance artifact you built, like a risk framework or reporting cadence, that outlived the program.
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If your programs were technical, name the domains so recruiters can match you to platform, infra, or launch roles.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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