Lead Project/ Program Manager

Years of Relevant Experience:

·         8+ years Project/Program Management experience

·         8+ years’ experience with full lifecycle implementation projects from requirements definition through implementation

Preferred Education:

4-year college degree or equivalent technical study

Job Description:

The Program Manager directs, controls, and administers programs and projects within the organization. The Program Manager is the individual ultimately responsible for execution of assigned projects and management of the project team. The Program Manager’s primary responsibility is to drive initiatives from start to finish. The Program Manager must ensure that the program/project is completed on schedule and that the final product meets the business, technical, and established quality requirements.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

·         Manages the complete lifecycle of projects, including initiation, planning, execution, and closure.

·         Responsible for project compliance with established agency and project management standards and procedures.

·         Develop a detailed program/project plan, including identification of project needs and definition of tasks and milestones, all based on scope, budget, and resources.

·         Accountable for delivery of all work tasks identified in the program/project plan.

·         Responsible for the capture and reporting of required program/project management metrics.

·         Ensure all changes to scope follow established change procedures and are documented.

·         Accountable for management of scope for the program/project and gaining agreement and approval of scope changes with project sponsor and affected stakeholders.

·         Manage and track the program/project progress against the program/project plan.

·         Monitor project milestones and phases to ensure the project is on schedule. Take corrective actions if a project begins to slip its schedule.

·         Prepare and distribute status reports; schedule and monitor reviews as required.

·         Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across teams.

·         Responsible to tailor and baseline all program/project templates.

·         Notify team leads of project timelines, milestones, phases, work requests, and target dates.

·         Communicate effectively with all stakeholders, including team members, sponsors, vendors, and external partners, ensuring alignment on timelines, milestones, and objectives.

·         Analyze and distribute reports on program/project metrics associated with work items.

·         Accountable for the approval and sign-off of the program/project plan from project sponsor and all affected program/project stakeholders.

·         Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and project sponsor.

·         Serve as the primary point of contact for all program/project-related issues and resolution of issues.

·         Coordinate and present proposals to agencies as necessary.

·         Identify and manage program/project risk and develops risk mitigation strategies, track to closure.

·         Anticipate issues and proactively address them.

·         Develop and facilitate achievement of program/project service commitments and performance metrics.

·         Ensure that tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the program/project and meet service commitments, conduct reviews with stakeholders.

·         Accountable for the final program/project management evaluation review with stakeholders for approval upon program/project completion.

·         Balance workload with program/project team members’ capacity.

·         ·        Plan program/project specific training and orientation needs

Mandatory skills

·         Ability to effectively communicate with written and verbal communication to all levels of an organization, from front line staff to C-level executives.

·         Managing vendors and vendor-driven projects.

·         Managing technical/IT projects.

·         ·        Proficiency in use of project management software

Certifications or Desired skills if any

·         Contract and/or vendor management

·         Cross-functional collaboration

·         Critical thinking

·         Problem solving

·         ·        Priority setting

Nice To Have Skills

·         Change management

·         Business analysis

·         Conflict resolution

·         Government and/or Public Sector project experience

Qualifying questions if any

N/A

Laptop Shipped/ Need to pick up

Will need to be picked up at worksite.