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IT Program Manager - Hybrid Role at Raleigh, NC

BCForward
Raleigh, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 2/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/13/2025

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Program Manager – IT Application Rationalization

Hourly Pay Rate : $89.50 / hr (W2)

Duration : 1 Year (Contract)

Location : Hybrid (Raleigh, NC)

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Program Manager to lead our IT Application Rationalization Program on a contractual basis. The ideal candidate will oversee the assessment, consolidation, and optimization of the state's application portfolio. This role requires collaborating with IT and business stakeholders to reduce redundancy, lower costs, and improve operational efficiency by identifying opportunities for application consolidation, retirement, modernization, and contract restructuring.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with strong leadership, stakeholder management, and technical expertise.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership

  • Develop and manage the roadmap for the IT Application Rationalization Program.
  • Define program objectives, scope, deliverables, and success metrics in collaboration with key stakeholders.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to ensure project milestones are achieved on time and within budget.

Stakeholder Management

  • Partner with business and IT leaders to understand organizational goals and application usage.
  • Facilitate workshops and meetings with stakeholders to gather requirements and insights.
  • Provide regular program updates to executive leadership, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
  • Application Portfolio Analysis

  • Oversee the inventory and assessment of the current application portfolio, evaluating functionality, usage, and costs (business / technical fit assessments).
  • Identify redundant, outdated, or underutilized applications and recommend decommissioning or consolidation strategies.
  • Collaborate with IT teams to prioritize applications for modernization or replacement.
  • Risk and Issue Management

  • Proactively identify and address risks, issues, and dependencies affecting the program.
  • Develop mitigation strategies to minimize disruptions.
  • Reporting and Metrics

  • Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of the rationalization program.
  • Create detailed status reports, dashboards, and presentations for stakeholders.
  • Qualifications

    Experience

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in program or project management, with at least 3 years leading IT application rationalization initiatives or similar projects.
  • Proven experience managing large-scale IT transformation or modernization programs.
  • Technical Expertise

  • Strong understanding of IT systems, application lifecycle management, and enterprise architecture.
  • Familiarity with tools and methodologies for application assessment, portfolio management, and rationalization.
  • Skills

  • Exceptional organizational, leadership, and communication skills.
  • Proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, or equivalent.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Required Skills & Experience

  • Program / Project Management : 5 years (including 3 years in IT application rationalization).
  • IT Transformation & Modernization : 5 years.
  • Application Development & Architecture Knowledge : 7 years.
  • Technical & Functional Expertise : 7 years (conveying concepts, defining best practices, improving standards).
  • Enterprise Systems & Large-Scale Implementations : 7 years.
  • Company Description

    About BCforward :

    Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward’s 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

    BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class places to work.

    BCforward is an equal opportunity employer.

    Company Description

    About BCforward : Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward’s 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally. BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class places to work. BCforward is an equal opportunity employer.

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