Business Program Manager

Redmond, WA

About the role

Drive end-to-end business programs by defining objectives, success metrics, and operational plans that align with organizational priorities and deliver measurable impact. Own and maintain program rhythms, including reporting, scorecards, dashboards, and business reviews, using data and insights to measure performance, identify risks, and drive continuous improvement. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Finance, HR, Business Operations, and leadership teams to plan, execute, and scale strategic initiatives. Lead change management efforts by driving communications, stakeholder readiness, training, and adoption plans that support evolving business priorities and organizational goals. Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve operational efficiency, and implement best practices that enhance program effectiveness and employee experience. Manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, including project planning, timelines, dependencies, resource coordination, risk mitigation, and executive communications. Leverage data-driven analysis, business insights, and customer feedback to inform decision-making, optimize existing programs, and recommend new program opportunities. Develop executive-ready communications, presentations, and program collateral that influence stakeholders, drive alignment, and communicate business impact effectively. Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 2+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement Master's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 3+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 5+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR equivalent experience.

About Citus Data

Citus Data scales out PostgreSQL, taking relational power further for real-time applications. The CitusDB database offers a unique combination of massive parallelism, real-time reads/writes, and rich PostgreSQL expressiveness including native support for JSON data. The result is an extensible distributed database with an open ecosystem that powers interactive analytics and operational workloads -- making it simple for organizations to ingest, explore and aggregate billions of events on the fly.

Based in San Francisco, Citus Data is a Y Combinator alumnus and is backed by investors that include Data Collective, Bullpen Capital, and SV Angel. The CitusDB database is used by enterprises across multiple verticals, including e-commerce, retail, security, ad-tech, and mobile analytics, and is available for download from the company’s website at www.citusdata.com.

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Job details

Location

Redmond, WA

Company

NameCitus Data
IndustryAnalytics
Team Size1

Funding

Total raised

$13.3M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

Khosla Ventures
Y Combinator
DDCVC
Bullpen Capital
Trinity Ventures

Founders

Umur Cubukcu

Umur Cubukcu

CEO & Co-Founder

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Ozgun Erdogan

Ozgun Erdogan

CTO & Co-Founder

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SP

Sumedh Pathak

VP of Engineering & Co-Founder

What happens next.

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01

Confirm the fit

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02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.