Program Director

Long Description

JD for Program Manager role

Title:    Sr. Project Manager or Program Manager

Planned/Actual Start Date:    10/7/2024

Planned/Actual End Date:      12/30/2025

 

Job Description:

• Lead assigned projects ensuring delivery on-time, within scope and within budget • Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan with resource capacity and actuals analysis

• Liaise with resource managers to ensure resources are available to support the timelines within the project schedule

• Utilize risk management strategies to actively manage project risks that may impact project cost, quality, scope or schedule

• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

• Review and approve time cards associated with your project

• Create business case financial models

• Forecast, monitor and report on project financials, and maintain financials in project management tools

• Manage change requests by assessing impact to scope, schedule and cost; and communicate with key stakeholders

• Liaise with the supplier management groups as needed on supplier engagement, quality of services, experience and cost

• Partner with the project team to ensure compliance with regulations, policies, standards, procedures, and associated documentation including but not limited to computer systems validation, SOX, and PM standards

• Continually update relevant business stakeholders of project status and periodically publish project status reports

Area(s) of responsibility

• Represent the project in various project governance and inter-departmental forums

• Ensure all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in business case

• Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value

• Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria and deliver project to meet those metrics and criteria

• Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company

• Assist, share learning, and mentor others within the PMO regarding standards, organizational understanding, and relationship building to promote the successful delivery of projects

 

Entrepreneurial/Soft Skills:

Proven experience and success in creating positive project team cultures

Strong active listening skills; considers and forms responses appropriate for audience and leadership levels

Proven ability to bring project team together to collaborate and resolve hurdles and challenges

Proven ability to handle multiple project tracks and multiple projects

Strong problem-solving capabilities

Self-awareness – ability to identify when and where to seek advice or escalate

Has experience in guiding project teams through decision making processes

Essential job tasks

Expected Core Competencies:

PMP or equivalent and related years of and breadth of experience

Specific Needs:

Quick learner, follows procedures and processes, self-awareness

 

Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience is required  • Proven record of planning and delivering complex projects • Experience managing remote project teams desired   • Experience and proficiency in Microsoft Project preferred