Sr Program manager

Hello

My name is Govind Kumar and I am a Staffing Specialist at MSR Cosmos . I am reaching out to you on an exciting job opportunity with one of our clients.

Job Title Sr. Program Manager

Location Remote

Type Long Term Contract

Job Description:

• Manage a very large complex portfolio and team with global impact across people process and technology
• Articulation of portfolio strategy for the portfolio sponsor and support the sponsor to:
• Set the scope and priorities for the security transformation
• Define and stand up the required governance and portfolio structure
• Determine roles and responsibilities for delivery and benefits realisation
• Responsible for significant budget and business benefits delivery
• Manage the portfolio budget on behalf of the sponsor monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits
• Excellent stakeholder skills ability to influence at a senior level
• High emotional intelligence and ability to take people on the journey
• Highly commercial mindset
• Design and facilitate workshop sessions to drive strategic decisions and requirements
• Prepare and present regular progress updates to senior global stakeholders including option paper decisions (for the programme Steer Co meetings) managing risks issues dependencies and changes to the scope
• Prepare for regular Steer Co meetings including producing high quality packs agendas
• Run regular meetings with sponsoring partners providing guidance on governance challenge on previously agreed objectives and progress; inspiring motivating and sharing the vision of the workstream and portfolio with these key stakeholders
• To manage resourcing in line with the business case
• Lead the implementation of global security standards and tools
• Adoption of portfolio delivery tools and templates as set out by the Technology Portfolio Delivery
• Partner with comms and change colleagues to deliver a consistent comms drumbeat and engagement plan to key stakeholders

Skills:
Desired Skills & Experience:

• Highly technical in delivery of security transformation portfolios and programmes
• Experience of managing a delivery team and driving high performance culture
• Experience leading large scale security programmes
• Significant Programme/ Project delivery experience with strong knowledge of multiple delivery frameworks/methods
• An ability to operate and engage at a senior executive level
• Proficient at producing and presenting senior executive level reports
• Understands a broad range of global business functions
• Able to handle complex programme dynamics and changing business priorities
• Experience working in a large and politically complex organisation
• Proven track record for planning executing controlling and closing projects and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision
• Strong understanding and proven track record of delivery using both waterfall and agile methodologies
• Highly efficient in resource planning and tasks assignment
• Strong knowledge of benefits management
• Highly proficient IT skills in Word Excel PowerPoint and MS project
• Diplomatic ability to influence others at all levels of the business
• Strong and demonstrated ability to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders
• Ability to competently mediate disagreements and negotiate agreeable resolutions
• Experience of leading training and coaching sessions
• Holds reviews on completion of tasks/projects to enhance future quality and planning
• Supports initiatives that promote and reward adding value and delivering the highest quality of service
• Balances the needs of the business by driving efficiencies and managing risk and costs

Desired Behaviours:

• Be flexible and thrive in a rapidly changing environment
• Be open to learning new things
• Takes accountability for the results achieved in their area
• Drives forward pragmatic and creative solutions which improve productivity and efficiencies in key processes/services
• Demonstrates broad business thinking and sound commercial judgement to add value for internal clients
• Proactively builds and maintains strategic relationships with key internal & external stakeholders
• Takes both a shortterm and longterm approach to planning and contingency management
• Confidence to make new contacts deal with senior individuals and provide challenge
• A strong communicator your communication should be clear high level and precise challenging where appropriate to ensure the programme continues to move in the right direction
• Strong team player who is supportive of colleagues
• Flexible working style thriving on new opportunities
• Integrity the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles for the good of the programme
• Ability to competently mediate disagreements and negotiate agreeable resolutions

Thanks & Regards

Govind Kumar

MSRCOSMOS

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