Overview:
TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client provider of digital technology and transformation information technology and services
Position: Group Program Manager
Location: Overland Park KS or TX / GA
Duration: 9 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
Responsibilities Program Management & Governance:
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Design communicate and implement governance activities and deliverables to monitor progress control integration and/or separation processes and report on status for IT projects
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Collaborate with stakeholders on the creation of detailed integration and/or separation project plans including identification of timelines dependencies and risks across IT projects
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Identify assess and manage risks and issues associated with integration and separation initiatives collaborating with stakeholders to develop and implement risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans across the IT projects
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Ensure timely resolution of initiative issues to minimize impact on program timelines and objectives across IT projects
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Develop and implement change management plans to ensure smooth transitions and stakeholder buyins across IT teams
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Assembles key players on the project team and nurtures internal working relationships across the enterprise which fosters the development of cross functional teamwork.
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Delegates project responsibilities and task interfaces directs motivates and manages the project work and resources involved within the project.
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Ensures timely activity integration and productivity of technical support and administers efficient use of resources to meet requirements with clear identification of task completion.
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Question ambiguous responsibilities and manage conflicts to an early resolution and escalation of any unresolved issues.
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Plays a support role with technical solutions ensuring all groups responsibilities are included managing very closely with the technical leaders to ensure alignment.
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Manages Project Management functional scope and schedule.
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Provides oversight of management and allocation of personnel and resources to projects. Resolves resource conflicts and priorities.
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Is accountable for and directs others in creation of all project communications
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Directs others in the facilitation of team and project meetings.
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Leads and develops definition and measurement of success metrics to objectively quantify project success.
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Ensures that project execution complies with approved methodology.
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Ensures that overall program in managed to strategic dates.
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Identifies potential risks across a broad number of individual projects and programs and establishes communications and mitigations to address them.
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Communicates risks in clear business terms and technical terms and provides clear messaging and solution options at a senior leader and executive level in both planned and as hoc scenarios.
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Understands what is important to different stakeholders in the business and ensures that their interests are protected as well as the overall program objective through project planning and execution.
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Serves as a higherlevel escalation point for project issues.
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Works with Director and above level peers to resolve crossfunctional project issues.
Integration and Separation Planning and Execution:
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Collaborate with IT stakeholders to define and implement processes and tools to enable operational due diligence activities including any necessary data rooms parlor rooms and/or clean rooms.
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Define implement and lead IT activities to facilitate assessment creation and timelines for integration and/or separation initiatives
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Manage and lead IT projects to meet deadlines for transitional activities including hour by hour plans command centers etc.
Work Experience:
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Bachelors degree and a minimum of seven years related work experience.
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710 years Industry experience as a program or product manager within a technology environment with a progressive record of successful delivery of complex solutions systems or services.
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Two years of experience working on merger integration divestiture activities and/or large technical integration programs
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Two years of experience in establishing and executing transition plans and objectives Five years analytical or operational business experience
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Strong understanding of wireless telecommunications technologies and operations
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
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Demonstrated ability to collaborate with department leaders
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Proven ability to coach and mentor others
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Strong verbal and written communication skills
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Strong influence and negotiation abilities
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Strong strategic planning skills in a complex environment
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Strong leadership skills
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Strong strategic planning skills in a complex environment
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Strong influence and negotiation abilities
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Two years of experience working on merger integration and/or divestiture activities
Mandatory Skills
Tek Wissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.