Systems Operations Analyst, Senior

Job Title:

Systems Operations Analyst, Senior
Job
-44878

Location:

Oakland , CA
Duration: 12 Months On W2 Contract

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY
*** The role is hybrid in Oakland office Tues-Thur 8-5pm required, remote Mon & Fri.

TOP THINGS:

• Ability to handle multiple, concurrent tasks with a variety of time sensitivities in an efficient manager.
• Accuracy and Attention to Detail:
  Ability to report to leadership Propel’s overall status and project health.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Effective written and verbal communication to large audiences

EQUIPMENT:
Expect this position to require a CLIENT’S Laptop. Interim solution for major delays will be to use Virtual Desktop on their own device or supplier provided device. Other than the laptop, in office work, additional equipment will be provided a fully configured workstation. For days that are remote work at home workstation will be worker’s/supplier’s responsibility (except for CLIENT’S Laptop)
Client’s “Propel” program is a multi-year major business and IT transformation initiative with the primary objective of moving from SAP’s ECC version to a ‘greenfield, clean-core’ SAP S/4 HANA version for Finance, Human Resources, Environmental Health Safety, Supply Chain, Work & Asset Management. This PMO role will be working collaboratively with leaders and others across the entire Program to forecast, manage, status, and mitigate issues with cost, schedule, resources, methodology and tools supporting several hundred internal and external resources.

The Program is now entering its third year and transitioning from enterprise to detail design for the first of four major deployments. It is scheduled to complete in 2031.Key responsibilities of the PMO Operations Analyst:
The Propel Program Management Office (PMO) Operations Analyst is responsible for a wide range of activities around developing, communicating, managing and reporting on processes and procedures related to executing Propel. As part of the PMO, this role is responsible for a variety of duties around resource management, financial management, project metrics, and other support responsibilities in conjunction with the System Implementation (SI) partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC).

There is a lot of opportunity for thought leadership and shaping the processes and deliverables in this role.

• Program Execution and Metrics — support weekly, monthly, and phase execution status meetings. Facilitate leadership meetings which use Jira, Power
  
  BI dashboards and other tools supporting Client’s use of Agile and Lean principles. Collaborate with team leaders to improve ability to gain insights from complex, voluminous data.
• Support Sourcing and Contracting Processes, including Invoice verification — Support Propel’s contract management needs with the multiple consulting companies providing professional services. Client’s Sourcing organization has a variety of tools and requirements for creating, extending, and modifying the Statements of Work for the 15-20 vendors in use by Propel.
• Program Dependency Management — Assist with identifying and managing dependencies between Propel and other IT projects in CLIENT’S. Dependency management involves proactively identifying, analyzing, and managing “collisions” between projects. Identify subject matter experts needed to take deep-dives into technical issues to ensure projects are sequenced accurately.
• On-boarding and off-boarding resources:
  Support as needed the efforts for rapidly, and accurately, enrolling and integrating employees and consultants into CLIENT’S. Similarly, with rolling off team members. Effective resource management will ensure accuracy in reporting and cost management.
• Support and Facilitate Content for All-Team Townhalls and New Team member orientations — Organize agendas and gathering cross-program content for virtual townhalls reporting on latest status. Provide Propel overviews to new team members regarding project methodology and key phase deliverables.
• Support PMO Director as needed — Given dynamic nature of SAP implementations, support any number of asks of the PMO from the leadership and others as required. For example, new KPI metrics, team presentations,…