Principal Program Manager, Growth Markets

About Ancestry:
When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of more than 40 billion records, over 3 million subscribers and over 23 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.

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We are looking for a senior programme leader for a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover starting January 2027. Partnering closely with the Director of Growth Markets, you will connect commercial priorities with execution across product, marketing, and international market initiatives

What You Will Do

• Translate business priorities into sequenced programme plans with clear milestones, owners, and trade-offs.
• Represent Growth Markets in Product and Commerce discussions, using customer, market, and commercial evidence to inform priorities.
• Coordinate launch and migration readiness across Product, Technology, Marketing, CRM, localisation, and Member Services.
• Facilitate working sessions, clarify ambiguous requests, drive action follow-through, and escalate unresolved blockers.
• Track risks, delivery dependencies, and assumptions while maintaining a shared portfolio view and executive decision briefs.
• Coordinate non-working media budget inputs, monthly accruals, invoices, supplier onboarding, and approval workflows

Who You Are

• Proven experience leading complex, multi-functional programmes and delivery management in a digital business.
• Strong stakeholder leader able to build trust, influence without authority, and hold partners to agreed commitments.
• Ability to ramp up quickly in an unfamiliar portfolio and manage competing priorities with limited supervision.
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills, translating complex topics into clear recommendations tailored for senior leaders.
• Solid commercial acumen with confidence using market, customer, and performance evidence to clarify delivery trade-offs.
• Practical experience coordinating budget records, supplier dependencies, and approval processes with attention to detail.
• Background in international expansion, localisation, market migrations, e-commerce journeys, or tools like monday.com

Why Ancestry?

Join a dedicated team working to connect millions of people with their past and enrich their futures. At Ancestry, you will play a role in pioneering legal solutions that shape the consumer genomics industry. Your contributions will help foster and protect our workforce that is dedicated to helping our customers tell their own stories, while supporting a brand recognised and trusted around the world. We offer a collaborative workplace, competitive compensation, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, colour, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, civil status, family status, gender reassignment, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or adjustment to support you during the interview process, please notify the recruiter.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.

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Our employees are fueled by our inquisitive nature and united by our shared commitment to help people discover, craft, and connect their family history.

Whether you’re a natural problem solver, a strategic builder, an inspired creative, or something in between—we invite you to share your story and join us in making history.