What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Manager - Salt Lake City, UT position at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Job Description
“The purpose of this position is to help bring God's children unto Jesus Christ by increasing understanding of His Church and its divinely appointed responsibilities of assisting in gathering Israel on both sides of the veil and preparing the world for the Second Coming of the Savior.”
The Program Manager oversees the products and project management effort in a project portfolio. The Program Manager is a key resource in ensuring products and services are coordinated and aligned. They are a main interface for relationship management with external clients.
Responsibilities
QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
“The purpose of this position is to help bring God's children unto Jesus Christ by increasing understanding of His Church and its divinely appointed responsibilities of assisting in gathering Israel on both sides of the veil and preparing the world for the Second Coming of the Savior.”
The Program Manager oversees the products and project management effort in a project portfolio. The Program Manager is a key resource in ensuring products and services are coordinated and aligned. They are a main interface for relationship management with external clients.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the full reservation and attendance process for attending a Church-owned recreation Property
- Oversees Development, revisions, and improvements of supporting technology systems.
- Responsible for the success of small to medium facilities with low to moderate levels of scope/complexity connected to a project portfolio.
- Maintain relationships and favorable contacts with customers including Local Leaders, Service Missionaries, Product Managers, Directors, and other Church Departments.
- Utilize project management tools and reporting to monitor and report program and project health.
- Resolve customer issues/problems, lead on product planning meetings.
- Ensure the products and services delivered to clients meet Church strategic needs and desired customer experience.
- Work with product manager to establish project prioritization within the program/product plans.
- Communicate status of program and deliverable project(s).
- Approve projects based on the business case, budget and resource availability, and alignment with program and product plan.
- Administer product change controls.
- Provide product-level financial forecasting quarterly.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Business Management or related field.
- 5 years Program and/or Project Management experience.
- Ability to make informed decisions using data.
- Ability to understand and manage small to medium business operations.
- Ability to lead small to medium teams and projects using influence.
- Ability to champion process and policy.
- Ability to get results in a matrix organization.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
Preferred
- Master's degree with 3 years Program and/or Project Management experience.
- PMP certification.
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
