Bold Stroke Program Manager

Job

Regular

Niagara Falls, Canada;
Alpharetta, GA, United States of America;
Princeton, NJ, United States of America

Syensqo is all about chemistry. We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.

Syensqo is undertaking a fundamental transformation where digital and AI are at the heart of how we innovate, operate, and grow. Syensqo.ai—our startup-style AI team—has been created to unlock this potential, with a simple mandate: deliver tangible business value fast, with full rigor on compliance, ethics, and guardrails.

Within this context, Syensqo has defined a set of AI “Bold Strokes”: decisive, top-down strategic moves that reset priorities and trigger an immediate shift across the organization, followed by a long, disciplined execution journey. These Bold Strokes sit at the core of our business operations and innovation agenda and are sponsored at the highest leadership level.

As AI Bold Stroke Program Lead
, you will be ultimately accountable for making these Bold Strokes real—on time, on value, and on scope. Reporting directly to the Head of Syensqo.ai, you will sit at the interface between:

• The AI team (Innovation Manager, Data Science, Architecture, AI Factory, Portfolio & Transformation Lead)
• IT teams (Product Management, Data, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure)
• and Business leaders and experts who will own and scale the impact.

You will orchestrate the overall Bold Stroke program, ensure alignment between strategy and execution, and remove roadblocks so that each initiative delivers the outcomes it promises for Syensqo and its customers.

• End-to-end Bold Stroke program leadership – own the overall Bold Stroke program plan and execution across multiple work streams and initiatives, ensuring clarity of objectives, scope, timelines, interdependencies, and success criteria.
• Delivery excellence (on time, on value, on scope) – define and enforce delivery standards, milestones, and quality gates. Anticipate and resolve issues early, ensuring the program delivers the expected value and business impact—not just activity.
• Cross-functional orchestration – align and coordinate AI, IT, and Business teams around a single plan. Facilitate decision-making across stakeholders, ensuring the right people are engaged at the right time and duplication is avoided.
• Value tracking & performance management – define and track KPIs/KVIs and key outcomes for each Bold Stroke (e.g., operational, financial, customer, innovation metrics). Provide clear, data-driven reporting to Syensqo.ai leadership and executive sponsors.
• Governance & executive engagement – operate and continuously improve the governance model for the Bold Strokes: steering committees, decision forums, risk reviews, and escalation paths. Prepare concise, impactful communication materials and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Workstream structure & alignment – support workstream leads to structure their scope into clear objectives, activities, and deliverables, consistent with the Bold Stroke top-down structure, while maintaining tight alignment with the overarching strategic intent.
• Change management & adoption – partner with communication, HR, and Business leaders to ensure that Bold Stroke initiatives translate into real behavior change, new ways of working, and sustained adoption at scale.
• Risk, dependency, and issue management – proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks across work streams. Drive mitigation plans, trade‑off decisions, and re‑prioritization when needed, always with the global Bold Stroke outcomes in mind.
• Key Stakeholder Interactions:
• Works closely with the Head of Syensqo.ai and the Portfolio & Transformation Lead on strategy, prioritization, and executive communication.
• Interfaces daily with AI teams (Innovation Manager, Data Science, Architecture, AI Factory, Portfolio &…