Program Manager

Job Description:

The Program Manager in the Project Management Office partners with project sponsor(s)/leader(s) to oversee the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of large or complex projects and/or multi-project programs.

Position Details:

This is a remote position. Incumbent will work Monday-Friday during regular business hours.

Essential Functions

• Oversee all aspects of Project Life Cycle – single accountable party for program/project execution. Responsible for assembling and managing the project team, planning, organizing, identification of required resources for a project and the acquisition of those resources to achieve the project objectives.
• Rigorously manage scope, budget, schedule, risks to include mitigation strategies and management of up to 5+ projects, depending on scale and scope of projects.
• Oversee all aspects of Program Life Cycle within the assigned program portfolio – responsible to coordinate across projects and their associated dependencies, including resource coordination and milestones. Provides capacity management oversight for program level projects and teams.
• Leads project managers in best practice execution, adherence to standards, and project performance. Leads team of project managers if more than one project manager is required for larger projects or programs.
• Responsible to develop, monitor, and track multiple project and program-level projects simultaneously including measurements for benefit-value realization and return on investment metrics.
• Validate financial forecasts and expected benefits – reconciles resources and other project expenses and tracks actual value to expected results.
• Serves as a mentor and coach for other project management roles within and across teams.
• Lead and collaborate with others in the development, implementation, and adoption of standards, processes and tools related to program and project management and associated governance.
• Project Managers assigned within a unique service area designated as a technical specialty area for project management (e.g., information technology, construction management, etc.) are accountable to apply specific technical specialty area requirements and skills necessary to successfully plan and deliver for projects in that area.

Skills

• Project Management and Project Management life cycle.
• Leadership.
• Decision making.
• People management
• Change management.
• Program/project implementation.
• Leading project teams.
• Finance
• Communication.
• Budgeting and reporting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated program and project management experience overseeing 5 or more simultaneous complex projects is required.
• Demonstrated executive presence and the ability to skillfully collaborate with senior and executive leaders and teams is required.
• Expert-level experience in stakeholder management and engagement with both strategic and operational elements of the enterprise is required.
• Prior financial, budgetary, and capacity management experience with the ability to develop, manage, …