NorthShore Resources has a local Minnesota based client looking for a Sr. Level Program Manager. The goals of the engagement would be to facilitate and lead the efforts necessary to build a program plan and put into place the systems and structures necessary to alleviate the challenges that are preventing the team from meeting district expectations and various program milestones. 

At a high level, the resource will provide leadership for the program/project including:

• team coordination and program facilitation
• a roadmap for setting up and implementing program level structures
• definition of key stakeholder management activities
• coordination of risk management and mitigation strategies
• documentation of program scope, schedule, and milestones
• facilitation of the team to ensure the program remains within defined boundaries

• Create, execute, and control the Program Plan.
• Plan, execute, and control the Program Schedule.
• Create, execute, and control the Vendor Management Plan.
• Create, execute, and control the Communication Plan.
• Create, execute, and control the Resource Plan.
• Create, execute, and control the Issues and Risk Management Plan.
• Create, execute, and control the Stakeholder Management Plan.
• Facilitate the collaborative efforts to define program objectives, goals, benefits and milestones.
• Manage program/project constraints of cost, time, and scope.
• Form relationships with team members and stakeholders.
• Provide a weekly status report on project progress.
• Provide knowledge transfer to State staff as required and necessary.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Five (5) years’ experience in Program/Project Management role

• PMP certification
• Two (2) engagements lasting more than six months in Program/Project Manager role

Desired Skills

• Team motivation toward successful outcomes
• Five (5) years’ experience with government work
• Ability to lead a large team in learning and implementing project work within a non-project environment
• Demonstrable leadership ability
• Ability to communicate program/project plans, expectations, updates, progress, issues, and successes in a timely and clear fashion, when necessary
• Ability to manage changes in program/project scope, identify potential crises or issues, and devise contingency plans, as appropriate
• Ability to direct and manage program/project development from beginning to end
• Ability to define program/project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with project sponsors and stakeholders
• Ability to estimate program/project resource requirements and participants needed to achieve goals
• Ability to identify and manage program/project dependencies and critical path
• Ability to establish program/project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools and tracking such milestones and deliverables
• Experience with a technical modernization effort within the last five years
• Experience in executive level coaching and team mentoring for program level efforts