Kforce has a client in Mountain View, CA that is seeking a Program Manager IV. Responsibilities: * Connect the dots across various programs within a portfolio to simplify the 'why/what/how' * Partner with Portfolio Leadership Team to unblock/guide program teams' delivery * Identify and/or simplify portfolio level processes enabling the org to operate smoothly * Develop a program structure and drive a program operating rhythm to bring together complex, cross-organizational teams. * Drive creation of program roadmaps and execution plans across all phases of planning, development, and production readiness and launch * Collaborate with key stakeholders in executive teams, product management & engineering, and various cross-functional teams to effectively drive towards program outcomes * Quickly and effectively, identify and clarify the critical issues and dependencies that need action and drive them through to closure * Communicate results clearly and in actionable form * Effectively balance business needs versus technical constraints * Communicate progress across the organization and at all levels - includes program status, risks, dependencies and change control * Anticipate, recognize, and work through resistance or setbacks independently