Description American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world's largest scientific membership association. Its mission is to "advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people". ACS Publications is a Division of ACS and has all the characteristics of a medium-large scientific and technical publishing organization. It is one of two Divisions charged with serving the dual function of generating a reliable annual surplus to support the Society's programmatic activities, while also fulfilling a core goal of the Society in advancing knowledge in the field of chemistry and the chemical industry. Division and Department Overview The Division The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS Publications) publishes over 80+ high-quality scholarly journals, numerous eBooks, and the weekly periodical Chemical & Engineering News focused on chemistry and chemistry-related topics. It provides its customers and the worldwide scientific community with a comprehensive collection of high-quality information products and services for the practice and advancement of the chemical sciences. More information can be found at https://pubs.acs.org/. The Department The newly formed Transformation department was created to support multiple transformative initiatives and activities by identifying, prioritizing, and implementing and supporting the implementation of strategic business initiatives aligned to the Division's strategic goals. The department will communicate the vision, goals and rationale behind transformation initiatives to all relevant stakeholders highlighting why and how each initiative contributes to the overall organizational goals, both today and in the future. The remit extends beyond isolated changes, as the department will strive to foster collaboration between relevant teams across the Division. Position Summary Within the ACS Publications Transformation department, the Program Manager provides support with the identification and prioritization of strategic business initiatives across the Division aligned to the Must Win Battles. Paying particular attention to overlapping priorities, changing priorities, resource constraints, implementation concerns, and timelines will also be part of this role. The Program Manager will also communicate on the outcome execution of strategic business initiatives. The Program Manager will work across the Division. This role also focuses on the people side of large transformative changes such as those involving new or revised business processes, new or revised products, systems and technology changes, and culture. The Program Manager supports creating and implementing change management strategies to drive faster adoption and higher utilization to accelerate the benefit realization, the return on investment (ROI) and achievement of results and outcomes. You will report to the Vice President of Transformation. Responsibilities 1. Responsible for the establishment and maintenance of the Division's strategic initiatives aligned to Division's strategy. Monitor progress, identify risks, draft risk mitigation plans for leadership, draft communication plans, develop initiative evaluation criteria, capturing budget spend (as applicable), on a monthly or more request cadence prepares concise reporting on metrics that are initiative specific. Support of execution of SAFe portfolio management methodologies to drive value to the Division's customers (external and internal). 2. Establishes and supports strategic change practices for key initiatives in conjunction with other colleagues in Transformation and across the Division. a. Creates and executes strategic communications roadmap for assigned strategic initiatives with impacts across organization. b. Guides successful communication of organizational initiatives and projects to diverse stak