Program Manager, Enterprise Program Management

Job Description

Job Description

Who Our Client Is :

Ourclient brings industry communities together to solve supply-chain problems through the adoption and implementation of their standards. More than 340,000 businesses in 25 industries rely on our client for trading-partner collaboration and for maximizing the cost effectiveness, speed, visibility, security, and sustainability of their business processes. They achieve these benefits through solutions based on their global unique numbering and identification systems, bar codes, Electronic Product Code-based RFID, data synchronization, and electronic information exchange.

What Our Client Needs :

Our client is looking for a Program Manager, Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO). As the Program Manager, you have the opportunity to join a dynamic organization that is constantly innovating and never stagnant. You will be an important member of the EPMO team and will contribute to the EPMOs continuous improvement of program management processes. In return youll be rewarded with great pay and benefits in a hybrid work culture. Youll work at a high-performance company with a world-class culture that invests in its employees. We dont just say culture is important to us, we have the data to back it up.

Who You Are :

You are an excellent communicator (verbal and written) with the ability to manage relationships through influence and diplomacy. You adapt to and work effectively across a variety of situations and individuals and can share accountability for program / project outcomes with organizational partners (matrix environment / team mentality). You possess the ability to create productive working relationships and build work teams to accomplish goals, project manage individual and multiple projects, and communicate clear expectations and achieve quality and scheduling objectives. You possess 10 years of project management or equivalent experience with demonstrated success. In addition, you possess demonstrated leadership of cross-functional program / project teams to successfully deliver within specified timescales and budget (where appropriate). Able to demonstrate ability to deal with major change and ambiguity.

What Youll Do :

As a Program Manager, you will be accountable for hands-on program management for assigned programs and / or projects whether strategic or functional throughout the entire lifecycle following our Lean-Agile principles.

You will be responsible for assigning and managing work / resource allocation and progress tracking (including report outs to senior leadership), accountable for identifying and resolving or escalating areas of concern or program / project risk and responsible for continuous process improvement, stakeholder satisfaction, and reporting of metrics. In addition, you will provide successful, timely, and on-budget delivery of programs / projects with cross functional stakeholders, meeting department and organization goals, and ensuring high stakeholder satisfaction, through effective hands-on program management. Finally, you will monitor completion of program / project deliverables, tracking and ensuring deadlines are met, identifying & resolving or if needed escalating concerns around deadlines, resource allocation, scope, cost, etc.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• Accountable for assigned company portfolio programs and projects, providing successful, timely, and on-budget delivery of programs / projects with cross functional stakeholders, meeting department and organization goals, and ensuring high stakeholder satisfaction, through effective hands-on program and project management.
• Accountable for identifying and resolving or escalating areas of concern with respect to deadlines, resource allocation, budget considerations or other risks to a successful program / project outcome.
• Responsible for coordinating activities across and ensuring accountability across all levels of internal / external business stakeholders.
• Accountable for creation and daily management of plans and resource allocation / management for assigned EPMO initiatives.
• Responsible for monitoring completion of program / project deliverables, tracking and ensuring deadlines are met, identifying & resolving or if needed escalating concerns around deadlines, resource allocation, scope, cost, etc.
• Provide ongoing tracking and measurement of program / project progress, creating and delivering metrics and delivering progress reports to stakeholders including senior leadership.
• For company product and tool offerings, provide program / project management oversight to coordinate internal / external go-to-market readiness activities including, but not limited to, Business Operations, Education &Training, Marketing, Finance, and Legal.
• Support the Director, Program Management to drive continuous improvement for the program and project delivery methodology with a goal of reducing durations and cost while increasing quality and stakeholder satisfaction levels. Employs best-in-class Lean-Agile program delivery methodologies.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, escalate issues raised by stakeholders or team members.
• Develop strong partnerships with internal / external stakeholders to ensure support for successful delivery of programs / projects.
• Provide accurate, timely and transparent communication of process, program / project status, and other relevant information to key stakeholders.

This position may require up to 5% travel.

What Youll Need :

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What They Offer :

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.