Senior Program Manager I - Strategic Partnerships

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>ABOUT onX</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a pioneer in digital outdoor navigation with a suite of apps, onX was founded in Montana, which in turn has inspired our mission to awaken the adventurer inside everyone. With more than 400 employees located around the country working in largely remote / hybrid roles, we have created regional “Basecamps” to help remote employees find connection and inspiration with other onXers. We bring our outdoor passion to work every day, coupling it with industry-leading technology to craft dynamic outdoor experiences. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Through multiple years of growth, we haven’t lost our entrepreneurial ethos at onX. We offer a fast-paced, growing, tech-forward environment where ownership, accountability, and passion for winning as a team are essential. We value diversity and believe it leads to different perspectives and inspires both new adventures and new growth. As a team, we’re hungry to improve, value innovation, and believe great ideas come from any direction. </span></p></div><h3><strong>WHAT YOU WILL DO</strong></h3> <p>onX is expanding into a new category of strategic partnerships, where our products have the potential to be integrated into external platforms and ecosystems. This work represents a meaningful evolution of our product and platform—and introduces a new level of complexity in how we execute across teams and with partners.</p> <p>We are seeking a <strong>Senior Program Manager I </strong>to support the execution of these new initiatives by driving clarity, alignment, and coordination across cross-functional teams. This role will be deeply embedded in a high-priority partnership, working day-to-day across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Privacy, and Partnerships to ensure work progresses effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.</p> <p>This is not a traditional program management role. There is no established playbook for how this work operates today. Success in this role will depend on your ability to create clarity where it doesn’t exist, align teams with different priorities, and keep work moving forward despite changing requirements and shared ownership.</p> <p>You will work closely with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Vertical, and Partnerships teams, along with other executive stakeholders, serving as a central point of coordination across internal teams and external partners. This role plays a critical part in ensuring we deliver a high-quality, reliable partner experience while continuing to improve how we operate over time.</p> <p>This role will report to the Chief of Strategy and Partnerships and partner closely with cross-functional leaders across the organization.</p> <hr> <h3><strong>As an onX Senior Program Manager I</strong><strong>, your essential job duties and responsibilities will look like: </strong></h3> <p><strong>Drive Execution and Alignment Across Teams</strong></p> <ul> <li>Drive execution across highly cross-functional efforts spanning Product, Engineering, Marketing, Privacy, and Partnerships</li> <li>Support execution across initiatives involving external partners, where requirements, scope, and ownership evolve over time</li> <li>Ensure teams are aligned on priorities, timelines, ownership, and dependencies so work progresses without confusion or rework</li> <li>Enable initiatives to move forward predictably, even in ambiguous environments, by maintaining clarity and alignment across teams</li> <li>Create clarity where roles, ownership, or processes are undefined, reducing friction and unblocking progress</li> <li>Work efficiently with technical stakeholders by ensuring their time is used effectively, and their input is leveraged where it has the most impact</li> </ul> <p><strong>Support Scoping, Planning, and Decision-Making</strong></p> <ul> <li>Partner with Product and Engineering to support scoping and planning of work</li> <li>Ensure teams have a shared understanding of scope, timelines, risks, and tradeoffs, minimizing downstream surprises</li> <li>Support effective decision-making by ensuring the right stakeholders are engaged with the right context at the right time</li> <li>Identify gaps in planning, resourcing, or coordination and drive them to resolution to keep work moving forward</li> </ul> <p><strong>Manage Partner and Internal Communication</strong></p> <ul> <li>Serve as a key conduit between internal teams and external partners</li> <li>Ensure communication is clear, consistent, and proactive, minimizing misalignment and building trust across teams and partners</li> <li>Enable partners to feel confident in onX’s execution through timely, transparent updates and alignment on expectations</li> <li>Translate internal decisions, constraints, and tradeoffs into clear, actionable partner-facing communication</li> </ul> <p><strong>Identify and Manage Risks Proactively</strong></p> <ul> <li>Maintain awareness of risks, dependencies, and potential blockers across teams</li> <li>Surface risks and issues early so they can be addressed before impacting timelines, quality, or partner experience</li> <li>Ensure risks are clearly understood and owned by the appropriate stakeholders</li> <li>Operate with a “look around corners” mindset in a space with no established playbook</li> </ul> <p><strong>Improve Coordination and Ways of Working Over Time</strong></p> <ul> <li>Identify and implement improvements that reduce friction, increase clarity, and improve how teams coordinate and execute</li> <li>Establish systems that improve coordination, visibility, and accountability</li> <li>Reduce ambiguity over time by introducing structure where needed, without adding unnecessary overhead</li> <li>Contribute to evolving how partnership initiatives are executed as patterns and needs emerge</li> </ul> <h3>WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE</h3> <p>Within the first 3–6 months:</p> <ul> <li>Cross-functional initiatives move forward with clear alignment across teams, reducing confusion, rework, and stalled progress</li> <li>Teams share a clear understanding of scope, priorities, ownership, and timelines, even as work evolves</li> <li>Communication—internally and with partners—is consistent, proactive, and trusted, minimizing surprises and misalignment</li> <li>Risks, dependencies, and blockers are surfaced early and addressed before impacting delivery or partner experience</li> <li>Partners experience onX as organized, responsive, and reliable, with strong confidence in our ability to execute</li> <li>Work feels more coordinated and less reactive over time, with improved clarity in how teams operate together</li> </ul> <h3><strong>WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR</strong></h3> <ul> <li>5–8+ years of experience in Program Management, Product Operations, Product Management, Project Management, or similar roles, driving complex, cross-functional initiatives</li> <li>Proven ability to operate in ambiguous environments and create clarity that enables teams to move forward effectively</li> <li>Experience aligning multiple teams around shared goals, resulting in improved execution, reduced friction, and better outcomes</li> <li>Ability to drive progress without direct authority by building alignment, influencing stakeholders, and facilitating decisions</li> <li>Comfort working with engineering teams and technical concepts, with the ability to identify risks and ensure strong coordination across technical work</li> <li>Ability to engage technical stakeholders efficiently—bringing clear context, asking focused questions, and leveraging their expertise without creating unnecessary overhead</li> <li>Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical teams, business stakeholders, and external partners to ensure shared understanding</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to identify gaps in planning, coordination, or communication and take action to resolve them</li> <li>Strong judgment and proactive problem-solving skills, with a track record of anticipating issues and addressing them before they escalate</li> <li>High ownership mindset, with a focus on driving outcomes and maintaining forward momentum in ambiguous environments</li> <li>Comfort operating in environments with shared ownership, where success depends on collaboration rather than direct control</li> <li>Familiarity with AI tools or automation to improve workflows, visibility, or execution efficiency</li> </ul> <h3>THE ONX EXPERIENCE</h3> <p>onX is a distributed company with more than 400 employees across the country. We come together regularly to work in person and stay connected through regional basecamps and a culture that balances individual ownership with deep collaboration.</p> <p>While we move quickly, we’re not a scrappy start-up. We operate with clear goals, structure, and frameworks that guide how we prioritize and execute. Priorities matter. While they may shift, data shapes how we evolve as our business, products, and the world around us change.</p> <p>Clear priorities and structure don’t limit ownership - they make it possible. You’ll have the autonomy to define your work and make meaningful decisions within clear strategic boundaries. You’ll partner closely with others to solve complex problems and build solutions that scale across teams and platforms. Along the way, you’ll be supported with feedback, tools, and opportunities to grow your craft as you take on new challenges.</p> <h3>WHERE YOU CAN WORK</h3> <p>onX has created a thriving distributed workforce designed to foster connection, collaboration, and shared experience across several US locations. We have two HQ locations in Bozeman and Missoula, MT and established virtual workforce Basecamps in Austin, TX; Denver, CO; Kalispell, MT; Minneapolis, MN; Portland, OR; Salt Lake City, UT; and Seattle, WA.</p> <h3>HOW YOU’LL BE COMPENSATED</h3> <p> onX is committed to compensating all employees fairly and equitably for their contributions. For this position, applicants can expect to make between $110,000 and $140,000 upon hire. The pay range will vary based upon experience, skills, certifications, education among other factors as required in the job description. In addition, full-time onX employees are eligible for a grant of common share options with a vesting schedule and an annual bonus of 10% based on company performance.</p> <h3>WHAT WE’RE OFFERING YOU</h3> <ul> <li>Competitive salaries, annual bonuses, equity, and opportunities for growth</li> <li>Comprehensive health benefits, including a no-monthly-cost medical plan</li> <li>Paid parental leave of 13 weeks for birthing parents and 5 weeks for non-birthing parents</li> <li>401k matching at 100% for the first 3% you save and 50% from 3-5%</li> <li>Company-wide outdoor adventures and amazing outdoor industry perks</li> <li>Annual “Get Out, Get Active” funds to fuel your active lifestyle</li> <li>Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, and paid holidays</li> </ul> <h3>PERFORMANCE ESSENTIALS</h3> <p>In this role, success is driven by cognitive abilities such as concentration and problem-solving, essential for our computer-centric tasks. onX will explore reasonable accommodations to ensure that individuals with diverse abilities can fully engage in and contribute to the essential physical and mental functions of the job. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact us at <a href="mailto:PC@onxmaps.com">PC@onxmaps.com</a>. </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>This position will remain open for applications until Wed, May 13th at 4 pm MT.</strong></span></p> <p><strong>#LI-Remote</strong></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>At onX, we believe that diversity makes us better</strong>.  Bringing together a diverse set of backgrounds, ideas, and opinions helps us to achieve our mission to awaken the adventurer in everyone. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. onX is committed to equal opportunity not only in our hiring practices but also in our employment practices, including but not limited to development, compensation, and promotion. We strive to build an inclusive work community where everyone can be their authentic self, and together, we win as a team. Come join us!</p> <p>onX does not sell any Personal Information, but we may transfer employment related records to our service providers or third parties that provide business services to onX or as required by law. For more information, see our <a href="https://www.onxmaps.com/privacy-policy" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a>.</p></div>