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J.D. Power

J.D. Power

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Program Director

Anywhere
Full-time
Posted 1/8/2026
Verified Source
Key Skills:
Client Relationship Management
Project Oversight
Strategic Planning

Compensation

Salary Range

$170K - 230K a year

Responsibilities

Manage senior client relationships, oversee project delivery, and align digital services with client expectations.

Requirements

Extensive experience in client-facing roles, strong communication skills, and familiarity with digital automotive or marketing industries.

Full Description

Job Description: Title: Program Director Location: Remote California, 25% in Office Reports To: VP, SmartDigital Vacancy: This is an existing position The Role: This role includes management of senior client relationships and oversight of project delivery. It directly contributes to the achievement of J.D. Power automotive sales targets through the continued growth of SmartDigital products and services with an OEM client. The Program Manager role will own the facilitation of select deliverables like program roadmaps, program scope, as well as managing client expectations for workflow and responsibilities. The Program Director role is critical to both our clients' success as well as our program. The Impact You Will Have in This Role: The Program Director role is critical to aligning JD Power delivery and projects with OEM expectations and priorities. You will positively influence the J.D. Power strategic roadmap with dynamically changing OEM digital program environment. What You'll Be Doing in This Role: Responsibilities: • Build strong client relationships across all digital services offered including dealer websites, digital advertising, and enterprise lead management. • Understand clients’ strategic agenda and challenges; act as a thought partner and trusted advisor to clients. • Identify account growth opportunities; pitch product enhancements and new products. • Collaborate with Product and Delivery teams on client roadmap and project execution. • Ensure client satisfaction via high quality work, responsiveness, thoughtfulness, and sharing of industry insights. • Advocate for the client’s priorities internally; supervise quality assurance for optimum client satisfaction. • Stay abreast of industry developments impacting our clients. • Lead and manage the Partner Managers across the program to help craft and deliver the daily workflow. Qualifications of this Role: • 15+ years of professional client-facing experience in auto, marketing, or data industry or direct OEM client experience • Self-starter, eager to learn and grow • Passionate about delivering world-class products to A-list clients • Bachelors degree required The Hiring Manager says: This person must have strong communication and interpersonal skills to bring together differing opinions and keep various delivery teams accountable to our client’s visions. I am looking for the kind of person that can organize projects and help collaborate with teams to understand business needs to execute at a technical level and deliver on time. This position has a starting salary range of $170,000 to $230,000 per year. This is the range we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for the role at the time of posting. An employee’s pay within the range is determined by a number of factors, including relevant skills, education, qualifications, experience, performance, business or organizational needs, and geographic location. Company Mission J.D. Power is clear about what we do to ensure our success into the future. We unite industry leading data and insights with world-class technology to solve our clients’ toughest challenges. Our Values We POWER Our Customer's Success We are Innovative, Collaborative and Grounded in Data We Make Things Easy We Get It Done We Start with Trust & Prove it Everyday J.D. Power is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. Should you require accommodations during the recruitment and selection process, please reach out to tarecruitment@jdpa.com. J.D. Power does not disclose your personal data to unauthorized third parties. However, as a global corporation consisting of multiple affiliated companies in various countries, J.D. Power has international sites and J.D. Power uses resources located throughout the world. J.D. Power may from time to time also use third parties to act on J.D. Power’s behalf. You agree to the fact that to the extent necessary your personal data may be transferred and/or disclosed to any company within J.D. Power group of companies as well as to third parties acting on J.D. Power’s behalf, including also transfers to servers and databases outside the country where you provided J.D. Power with your personal data. Such transfers may include for example transfers and/or disclosures outside the European Economic Area and in the United States of America. If you are a California or United Kingdom resident, additional disclosures about the information we collect and how we use that information can be found by clicking here. To all recruitment agencies: J.D. Power does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

This job posting was last updated on 1/13/2026

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