Primary Responsibilities:
- 1. Ensure predictable, consistent, and successful program delivery
- 2. Provide a holistic view of the overall program to the organization and all stakeholders.
- 3. Exhibit proactive behavior by engaging in program planning activities, including but not limited to: Defining the overall scope of the program; Creating and maintaining a consolidated timeline/schedule highlighting the major milestones and associated dates for program activities; Identifying and communicating program/project dependencies and impacts; Putting mechanisms in place to ensure on-going control of the program (E.g., Program Approach, Communication Plan, Risk Management, Issues Management, Change Control, etc.);
- 4. Define program governance outlining roles/ responsibilities, decision rights, and clearly defined escalation path
- 5. Ensure success criteria defined upfront to promote alignment and actively manage to expected program outcomes
- 6. Keep all stakeholders (internal & external) engaged in the program, aligned on expected outcomes and informed about what is occurring throughout program
- 7. Proactively communicate the program?s progress on an on-going basis, ensuring transparency throughout program lifecycle. Provide leadership and key stakeholders with the information and venues to make effective, timely decisions
- 8. Facilitate alignment and approach for all related Client business areas to meet One Client Objectives.
- 9. Knowledgeable about how the organizations work; knows how to get things done through formal channels and the informal network. Understands the culture of organizations.
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in business or equivalent work experience
- 7 - 10 years of previous senior project or program management and/or relevant consulting experience
- Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in project or program management processes and methodologies, as well as, project lifecycle
- Experience in driving large scale change efforts
- Experience with matrix management of cross-functional processes and teams
- Possesses the following key skills/ behaviors:
Stakeholder Partnership:
- Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills, ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships and strategic partnerships with key stakeholders/customers across Client to maximize program effectiveness and influence
- Poised and composed interaction with all levels of the organization (cross Division), including senior-level audience
Judgment:
- Ability to practically apply project and program management concepts to facilitate the achievement of business objectives ensuring predictable, consistent, and successful program delivery
- Ability to adapt to and work effectively within a variety of situations and with various individuals
Team Leadership:
- Ability to build a high performance matrixed team by putting the appropriate infrastructure in place to develop a team that consistently delivers
- Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders, mobilize and motivate teams, set direction and approach, resolve conflict, deliver tough messages with grace, execute with limited information and ambiguity.
Accountability & Commitment:
- Ability to formulate and gain alignment on end state vision and roadmap for program
- Ability to achieve business outcomes and stakeholder satisfaction
Learning Agility:
- Ability to identify opportunities and gain organizational support for strategic initiatives critical to driving the program, as well as, quick hits
- Ability to adapt and work effectively within a variety of situations and with various individuals
Business Acumen:
- Ability to provide a holistic view by coordinating with and monitoring all impacted business processes from initiation to delivery
- Ability to understand and take action when changes in program impact other business priorities
Problem Solving:
- Ability to uncover and take action on hidden problems and risks
- Communicates complex problems and plans to address them to all impacted stakeholders
Process Adherence:
- Ability to engage in program initiating activities such as identifying stakeholders, identifying program management approach, defining roles and responsibilities, etc.
- Ability to implement a program communication strategy to drive awareness of the program and organizational value. Provide a compelling reason to increase understanding and agreement; highlight successes to generate buy-in.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred, not required
- Experience in banking, financial services, and/or software industries desired
- Familiarity with Project Management tools
Working Conditions:
Environment (e.g., office, warehouse, travel expectations) ? Office
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