Program Manager - PMO

Program Manager - Contract

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) is searching for a Program Manager for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in Seattle, NY or New York, NY
. The Program Manager will be a key member of the growing and dynamic Project Management Office.

• Drive effective teamwork, prioritization, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities while maintaining strong business relationships.
• Lead the effective and efficient delivery of large complex cross‑functional projects and manage all implementation activities for concurrent work‑streams.
• Ability to create and communicate project metrics, schedule, and status to the entire organization.
• Understand and negotiate needs and expectations of multiple stakeholders while adapting to competing priorities, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, identify risk, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
• Provide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders.
• Maximize resources for the greater good of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to compose clear and concise written communication. Comfortable, clear, and articulate presenting to multiple levels of the organization, from individual contributors to Executive Committee members.
• Expertise with business and process documentation; identify, create, and facilitate design changes by conducting business and systems process analysis and design at a complex level.
• Demonstrated ability to create appropriate business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure consistency with and application of PMO standards, processes, and controls across projects.

• Bachelor's degree required;
  Master's degree preferred
• 7+ years of Project/Program Management experience required, with proven ability to manage multiple related and concurrent work streams
• Excellent listening, presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven delivery background with experience in all program/project phases – plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, and implement.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, ability to multitask and handle interruptions.
• Not afraid to get involved in complex issues to drive problem solving, and rapidly get to solutions.
• Must be a self‑starter with the ability to "manage upward"; ability to self‑manage; able to think on your feet and exercise good judgment and decision making. Must pay attention to details.
• PMP or Project Management certification strongly preferred.
• Financial Services background is a plus.

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