Program Manager

Contract position, mostly remote with intermittent on-site needs

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.

• 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 life cycles 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

• Experience with MS SharePoint, MS Teams, MS Office, MS Project, One Note, One Drive, Power Point
• 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 escalates 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

Mid‑Senior level

Contract

Project Management

IT Services and IT Consulting

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability insurance
• Paid paternity leave
• Paid maternity leave
• Tuition assistance