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Program Manager jobs in New Orleans, LA
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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Job Description Job Description Position SummaryThe Advancement Programs Manager is responsible for designing and managing the Advancement Team's engagement programs and experiences that strengthen relationships with alu…
Job Description Job Description SUMMARY The Resident Program Coordinator is responsible for developing and delivering engaging educational... ...efforts to encourage participation and community building Manages volunteer…
Job Description Job Description Description: Marketing & Corporate Program Assistant Manager Join our dynamic team as a Marketing & Corporate Program Assistant Manager, where you will play a vital role in driving the hot…
scheduling, and effective communication of safety and training programs. Your work will directly support operational performance, compliance... ...operations nationwide. Key Responsibilities Manage and maintain schedules…
$50k - $65k
Job Description Job Description Beanlandia Food Program Director / Bean Chef Full-time • Salaried • $50,000 to 65,000 + benefits... ...Saturdays, Treme Mondays, community dinners, and special events) • Manage food costs,…
$76k - $98k
advance housing policy at every level of government, and build and manage communities ourselves. Since 1982, we have invested $92.0... ...0 home by EPF partners. Enterprise’s Partner Sustainability program has been devel…
Position Summary We are seeking a highly experienced Federal Program Manager to lead and expand our growing Federal business line. This senior leadership position is ideal for a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAC…
year means 4-5 NEW Districts and 1 NEW Region a year. We are seeking friendly, high energy, customer oriented, fashion forward managers with a retail background to join our winning team! Job Summary: Shoe Coordinator - T…
$50k - $60k
traveling regionally. Competencies -Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook. -A positive attitude, good... ...working or volunteering within the Pro-Life Movement. -Budget management as…
Job Description Job Description Position Title: Ambassador Animal Program Supervisor Department: Learning & Engagement Reports To: Ambassador Animal Program Manager Location: Audubon Zoo FLSA Status: Exempt Position Type…
leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial... ...North America. Position Purpose: Support the Veolia Capital Program Management…
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What program managers earn in New Orleans
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $32–$43 | $66k–$89k |
| Mid level | $43–$61 | $89k–$127k |
| Senior | $59–$81 | $122k–$169k |
Adjusted for the New Orleans market from national ranges.
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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
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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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