Program Manager

Contract position, mostly remote with intermittent on-site needs

Job Description

Candidates must have demonstrable Program Management experience in the successful delivery of programs. The ideal candidates will have knowledge, skills, and experience building relationships with executives/managers, team members and vendors, building teams, creating and managing programs/projects including budgets, roadmaps, resources, dependencies, communications/status, and risks.

Requirements

• PMP certification preferred
• Experience with agile, iterative, and waterfall methodologies
• Experience with product-led methodology
• Experience in leadership position delivering large and/or complex projects and programs.
• Proven track record of delivering objectives on time and within budget
• Ability to anticipate and manage project/program risks
• Confident, solution-oriented independent worker
• Dynamic presenter and facilitator skills, experience in presenting to senior management
• Possess strong engagement management skills, strong business acumen, deep technical insights and with that have the ability to speak in both business and technical terms
• Experience with managing external customers and understanding of deployment lifecycles is a plus
• Expertise in applying the systems development and project management life-cycle processes involved with implementing I.T. solutions.
• Proven problem solving and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability in team motivation and delegation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively communicate information to customers and to all levels within the organization.
• A background working on cybersecurity implementation projects would be a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Experience with MS SharePoint, MS Teams, MS Office, MS Project, OneNote, OneDrive, PowerPoint
• Create and kickoff new programs/projects
• Mentor and coach Program/Project Managers within the program.
• Establish and update project and program roadmaps and plans and manage deviations from plan and program parameters.
• Ensure all program and project requirements and/or objectives are properly documented and vigorously pursued to deliver the final product.
• Deliver to time and cost within agreed tolerances for projects/programs.
• Provide leadership for program/project managers and stakeholders and apply conflict resolution skills to resolve program and project issues.
• Manage program and project risk, develop mitigation plans, and escalate decisions and unresolved issues as needed.
• Create and track schedules, dependencies, budget, risks and issues
• Maintain program level communications (e.g steering committee meetings, status) with stakeholders at multiple levels
• Work with peers to develop and drive goals, define technical specifications and detailed implementation plans for projects/programs
• Effectively apply skills to impact program decisions
• Focus on the benefits to be realized and the outcomes to be achieved.
• Provide coordination of complex planning activities and optimize the use of resources (human and material)
• Provide for an integration of outcomes with on-going business operations
• Manage issues as they arise among the program’s component projects
• Track project’s contributions to the program and toward the organizations’ overall benefits and work to ensure the ultimate success and acceptance of the program
• Maintain continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives and make recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent