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Title:
Program Manager
Duration:
12 Months
Location:
Portland, OR
Job Description
· Enterprise
Work & Asset management IT Team. We have 4 major initiatives (possibly
more) on the roadmap over the next 1.5 years that are all interdependent. We
are seeking a highly experienced program manager to oversee the strategy,
planning, communications, and execution across these initiatives.
· High
interaction with manager and PMs of the individual initiatives.
· Understanding
the overarching goals and current plans. Providing strategic advice on plans
and communication broadly.
· It
will be a major coordination effort across these large projects to ensure we
know impacts and dependencies far in advance. Each project is at various stages
of planning, and we need to make progress quickly.
Responsibilities
· Coordinating
with various project managers, business stakeholders, presenting plans to wide
audiences, including executives.
· Anticipates
internal and or external business challenges, vendor and/or regulatory issues;
recommends process, product, or service improvements.
· Solves
unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business.
· Takes
full responsibility for the definition, documentation, and successful
completion of complex projects with significant business, political or
high-profile impact and high-risk dependencies.
· Brings
about significant improvements and measurable business benefits by identifying,
proposing, initiating, and leading significant programs of improvement.
· Enhances
existing approaches to process improvement and/or develops new approaches.
· Monitors
and controls resources, revenue, and costs across multiple projects in the
program against the budget and manages expectations of all project
stakeholders.
· Advise
on financial planning and budgeting. Develops financial plans and forecasts.
· Engages
and influences senior managers to ensure the program will deliver the agreed
business objectives.
· Plans,
schedules, monitors, and reports on activities related to the program to ensure
that each part contributes to the overall achievement of the program.
· Collects,
summarizes, and reports on program KPIs often through the deployment of
business management processes and systems.
· Identifies
issues with program structure, cost, risk, interdependencies, impact on current
business activities and the strategic benefits to be realized. Notifies
projects/programs/change initiatives of issues and recommends and monitors
corrective action.
· Plans
and executes communication strategies to ensure program awareness and
alignment. Reports on program status to all levels of stakeholders including
executives.
· Ensures
that senior management is both aware of and able to provide the required
resources. Facilitates availability and optimum utilization of resources.
Requirements
Requirements
· A
recognized expert within PM communities with 10 years of experience.
· Utilities
experience preferred but not required.
· PMP
Certification preferred but not required.
Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)
1.
Executive communications
2.IT
project management basics (scope, schedule, budget planning and tracking)
3.Influencing,
aligning these project, teams and business partners will be challenging
Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)
1.Organizational
change management experience
2.Strategic
planning and road mapping
3.Work
& Asset management practices experience