program manager

[ proh-gram man-i-jer, -gruhm ]

noun

1. a person who is in charge of a set of related projects in a company or organization:

   She has advanced her professional career as an engineer and program manager.

Word History and Origins

Origin of program manager¹

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

Aldo Croquer, a marine conservation program manager for the Central Caribbean in Nature Conservancy, said that coral reefs have weathered many cataclysmic events in Earth’s history, but they may not survive humanity.

From Salon

Annalisa Belliss, the program manager on the Food Waste Reduction Team, reports that the so-called share table concept has worked well for them: “A food share table is a designated space for students to place unopened, unbitten items such as whole fruit, packaged carrots, milk cartons or packaged hot lunches that they no longer wish to eat, so that another student can select from those items. We’ve found that food share tables have facilitated the sharing of over 220 entrees in a single day at a school site.”

From Salon

While some might see the delay as a problem, Russia Chavis Cardenas, the voting rights and redistricting program manager for California Common Cause, called it a virtue.

From Los Angeles Times

“California has taken extraordinary steps in recent years to make sure we go the extra mile to count every eligible vote. A slow count isn’t a problem, it’s a virtue,” Russia Chavis Cardenas, voting rights and redistricting program manager for California Common Cause.

From Los Angeles Times

The complaint stems from charges filed in 2021 by Ashley Gjovik, a former senior engineering program manager at the company, who claimed that an email sent by Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, in which he pledged to punish employees who leaked company information, had a chilling effect on workers’ discussions of pay equity and discrimination.

From Los Angeles Times