Senior Program & Project Manager

This is a hybrid work schedule, must be onsite at least once per quarter in Madison, WI. Special arrangements can be made to work at one of our facilities in Wisconsin instead of the main office in Madison. Candidate must be a Wisconsin resident and no relocation is allowed. Out of state candidates will not be considered.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s Degree
  
  

Preferred Certifications

• PMP Certification
  
  

Required Experience And Skills

• Increasing levels of project management accountability and assignment complexity, demonstrating the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with business, vendor, organizational change management, and technology work streams (8 Years)
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects successfully with adaptive, hybrid, and predictive project management methodologies, including expertise with stage gate governance (8 Years)
• Demonstrated ability to manage and complete projects with measurable success against key performance indicators (KPIs) as defined with the business or program areas at the project outset, demonstrating the project met or surpassed the desired outcomes (8 Years)
• Successfully led at least two (2), large ($1M budget with a duration of 18 months or longer) projects, in a project manager role, through the entire project management life cycle: initiation through project closeout (8 Years)
• Typically, has more than 10 years of program and project management work experience with various business projects
• Successful experience in team building, managing project timelines and budgets, and producing high-quality project artefacts, such as charter, project plans, and more
• Expert knowledge of business objectives to work with multiple stakeholders to ensure complex problems are solved
• Capable of managing a project or subset of a project with up to ten (10) staff members
  
  

Preferred Experience And Skills

• Demonstrated experience using the critical path method in project delivery
• Experience with projects in multiple business functions that required organizational change is preferred
  
  

Responsibilities

• Responsible for helping the executive leadership team develop a departmental strategy and then help define strategic initiatives from that strategy
• Exceptional communication skills and a high degree of emotional intelligence (EQ) to work with a broad spectrum of business leaders effectively - This project is a business-focused project manager position and not a technical position
• Partner with the Executive team, business sponsors, IT Senior Management, and other team leaders to ensure priorities of the project are understood and managed accordingly for complex technical and non-technical problems are solved
• Must be able to facilitate business group discussions professionally in a decision-making environment
• Responsible for assembling and managing business-focused working teams
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and resources to meet customers' needs
• Research new technology and develop business cases to support enterprise-wide business intelligence solutions
• Responsible for assembling and managing working teams that are business focused
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of customers
• Assists and partners with senior management of the business community to identify and prioritize opportunities that achieve the goals of the enterprise
• This is a senior role that has responsibility for large initiatives with great impact to the enterprise
• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
  
  

About Rose

• Founded in 1993
• Office Locations Across the U.S.
• 150 Clients: Corporations and Government Agencies
• Employee Oriented Company
• Challenging Assignments Across the U.S.
• Continuous Professional Development
  
  

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