Program Manager
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Job Description
Role: Program Manager
Location: Chicago preferred or Peoria IL Dallas TX Champaign IL or Westminster CO
Duration: 12 months (long term)
Client: TEKsystems/Caterpillar Inc.
Rate: $55/hr on W2
**Candidate must be within 1 hour of one of the CAT hubs Chicago preferred or Peoria IL Dallas TX Champaign IL or Westminster CO. This role is mostly remote but candidates will need to go into their CAT Hub office up to 1x week for workshops.
Positions Contributions to Work Group:
- Manage delivery of the Platform features and capabilities provide support to the multiple development/scrum teams interface with technical staff and management business resources.
- Provide leadership and mentor less experienced Digital Project Managers.
- Mentor project managers for success delivery of the program.
- Create rough order of magnitude of program budget track actuals and do quarterly forecast of spend throughout the life of the program.
- Radiate program status using a visual tool. Document all program related artifacts including lessons learned on an easily accessible and shared environment.
- Be an advocate of the digital program and market it for a successful adoption.
Bachelors w/ 10 years experience or Masters with 8 years experience required
5 years exp with Agile Project management
2 years Scrum Master experience
Knowledge of MS Azure DevOps
Experience managing software development projects/programs focused on Quality and Testing
Typical task breakdown:
The program manager is accountable for ensuring successful completion of projects ontime within budget and errorfree. The principal responsibility of the Program Manager is to manage the planning and execution of various project deliverables. The incumbent will be responsible for managing the project charter communications metrics reporting and the overall program plan (highlighting dependencies between various projects under the same program) and budget.
The Program Manager will:
- Use knowledge of cloudbased Platforms and digital processes and business acumen to guide crossfunctional teams in the execution of projects.
- Manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge of Caterpillar Inc.; its products and services; its internal systems processes and procedures; and its relevant external influences (competitors laws and regulations market conditions etc.) to meet or exceed customer expectations.
- Serve as the principal communicator with clients and internal stakeholders regarding project status.
- Identify and manage risks and issues
- Define program scope with program success indicators to reap benefits of the program within a defined timeframe.
- Use Agile or Waterfall program management methodology as relevant to the program execution. Follow latest industry execution practices and processes (e.g DevOps Continuous Integration
- Continuous Delivery) for highest velocity and innovation.
- Prioritize program requirements working with Product Owner or other stakeholders.
- Write communication plan and stakeholder management plan for the program. Develop stakeholder register analyze positive and negative stakeholders and manage the expectation of stakeholders across the program.
- Provide regularly update to Business stakeholders and consumers of program deliverables.
- Create and manage dependencies across all active projects. Collaborate across the program to leverage diverse thoughts and ideas.
- Log and review program risks with stakeholders and take timely action to mitigate or eliminate risks.
- Evaluate team members of the program organization and look to add required resources or train resources to improve IT skills for the benefit of the digital program.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with all levels in the organization.
Enterprise Req Skills
Program management Project management Agile
Job Title: Program Manager
Top Skills Details
- Bachelors w/ 10 years experience or Masters with 8 years experience required
- 5 years exp with Agile Project management
- 2 years Scrum Master experience
- Knowledge of MS Azure DevOps
- Experience managing software development projects/programs focused on Quality and Testing
(Desired)
- Scrum master certifications
- Familiarity with Application Development life cycle
- Familiarity with different levels and types of System Test
- Familiarity with manual and automation techniques for system testing
Soft Skills
(Required)
- Advanced human relations skills are needed for a cooperative working relationship with others inside and outside the department
- Ability to drive issues to resolution
- Manage delivery of group of related projects that delivers a common program goal in line with Digital Strategy.
Thanks & Regards
Naveen Paila
Phone: 1(925)5234284
Employment Type
Full Time
