Director Project / Program

Overview

IDEMIA is the global leader in identity and security. Our mission is to create a safe and simple future where identity verification is indisputable, and only you can assert your identity. We are a distributed company leveraging the latest technologies to deliver world-class products in the private and public sectors of finance, telecom, identity, security, retail, sports entertainment, commercial, government, and IoT. We use a variety of technologies and approaches to deliver quality product and services to government agencies and technology companies. IDEMIA is a made up of a group of 14,000 diverse people from different nationalities, speaking over 20 different languages. Together, our solutions impact the everyday lives of citizens and nations. In this ever-changing world, protecting your identity is paramount. Join the team that is ensuring one person - one identity.

Responsibilities

Technical Project Leaders coordinate and complete projects within the Technology & Product organization. The focus for this role is to stabilize, track, and drive projects with an emphasis on driving delivery excellence, tangible outcomes, effective communication, and on-time budgets and deliverables while actively mitigating, tracking, and reporting roadblocks and risk.

• Accountable and responsible POC for overseeing and communicating regular updates on project scope, budget, and project schedule/delivery timeline for one or more projects to include regular briefs with various internal teams and executive leadership. 
• Responsible and accountable for tracking all aspects of the project lifecycle: planning, scope definition, design, execution, and delivery.
• Create and track progress against project plans, project schedules, milestones, budgets (forecasting and actuals), charge codes, or other performance indicators, and reports to colleagues, teams, and management in a timely manner.
• Help formulate plan for delivery and allocate resources alongside resource managers and budget.
• Drive internal dependency management and coordination as well as 3rd party vendor management.

Qualifications

Required

• Meticulous attention to detail including maintaining accurate records and diligently tracking key project outcomes and metrics
• Strong and effective cross-disciplinary communication skills 
• Extraordinary judgement and a proven track record of developing effective and collaborative cross-functional relationships
• A minimum of 8-10 years of project management or equivalent experience

 

Preferred

• 10-12 years of project management or equivalent experience
• Experience in managing personnel