Specialise into one technically-anchored program domain (AI infra rollout, regulatory programs, hardware launches) where the PgM is genuinely irreplaceable — generalist t-shaped PgM is the layer most directly automated by AI agents over the next 3 years.

Target a chief-of-staff or VP-of-program rung at a high-growth startup over a comfortable lateral — director-level title with equity ownership is what shifts your transfer cost from negligible to meaningful.

Build a named external presence (one talk or one essay per quarter on program-management craft) — current 'active' visibility appears to be internal-only, which doesn't generate executive inbound.