IT Program Manager

Client: Finance

Role: IT Program Manager

Location: Rockville MD

Duration: 6 Months

Job Description:

The main function of an IT Program Manager is to provide successful definition implementation and delivery of complex programs that require crossfunctional collaboration and interdependencies across a group of projects and/or related activities.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver programs within the constraints of scope quality time and budget and under circumstances involving multiple moderateprobability moderateimpact risk factors.
• Programlevel strategic planning interaction with executive level management complex issue resolution excellent communications and team building skills.
• Manage a group or groups of internal exempt and matrixed employees and contractors that serve on the project(s) to deliver systems and systems enhancements that meet specified requirements.
• Oversight of project scope definition and management requirements gathering and documentation time estimating project schedule development and tracking project budget management project status reporting issue and risk management contingency planning customer interaction and communications across multiple organizational levels.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in a technical field such as computer science computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.

Qualification:

• MP or PMI certification57 years experience Project estimating project scheduling & tracking customer interaction and management implementation planning in large organizations Proven people management and team building skills Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization
• Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a largescale multiplatform systems environment Experience with software development lifecycle

Additional Skills:

• Perform project risk assessments and critical path analyses to ensure team deliverables are being appropriately tracked and met. Work with Engineering directors to identify and potentially escalate project risks and issues to ensure effective resolution in a timely manner.
• Define a framework to define capture and track metrics for portfolio health and performance working with individual project and engineering managers as applicable
• Construct and maintain crossfunctional integrated project plans including project timelines
• Evaluate the impact of project activities across the portfolio and where there may be points of synergy or conflict
• Regularly reviews and evaluates opportunities to improve the agile best practices in order to achieve higher maturity including soliciting feedback from teams
• Establish endtoend processes that focus on creating customer and business outcomes and measuring their impact
• Conducts initiative reviews to ensure consistency and performance.
• Candidates interested in this role must:
• Have 10 years of experience managing complex technology cross functional initiatives across portfolios in agile environments
• Be highly competent in portfolio program management agile methodologies project management and business relationship management.
• Proficient in using Jira and Confluence and willing and able to learn jql
• Have practical experience in leading and successfully delivering large projects and leading Agile teams
• Having experience in setting up and improving Agile processes
• Have shown successful leadership of teams to deliver on goals.