PROGRAM MANAGER (LEVEL-III)

Serve as Program Manager within the Program Management Office responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects. Provides project management oversight of all major NEXCOM IT projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:


Plans and controls large scale IT project(s) where required.

Provides project oversight for all major IT projects.

Develops Project Management training and mentors PM's on Project Management best practices and NEXCOM's PMM.

Defines project scope and objectives, and develops project estimates for assigned projects.

Develops detailed work plans, schedules and project estimates and status reports for assigned projects.

Identifies resources and skill sets required to complete the project for assigned projects.

Conducts project meetings with key personnel to ensure timelines and standards are adhered to.

Assists in the hiring process as required.

Recommends project staffing through the assignment of roles and responsibilities to identified team members for assigned projects.

Creates and maintains the project budgets (including the variable consultancy budget applied to the project) for assigned projects.

Plans and facilitates status and project review meetings for assigned projects.

Provides leadership and appropriate recognition to team members for assigned projects.

Develops and executes program reports and updates.

Develops and maintains project management standards, tools and procedures, which can be leveraged by all major projects.

Ensures that overall project benefit realization tracking and risk management are accomplished.

Participates in program presentations, post project reviews and identifies and recommends opportunities for improvement.

Facilitates adoption of Project Management Methodology.

Keeps supervisor up to date on all assignments.

Works under the general supervision of the Director, IT Governance and Administration, who provides policies, procedures, goals and objectives and consults with the incumbent on a day to day basis in connection with unusual problems encountered as well as work progress. Guides consist of manuals and instructions promulgated by higher authority, those issued by NEXCOM. Review of completed work is normally made for efficiency of operations, soundness of recommendations and adherence to established objectives, policies, procedures and other regulatory material.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

This position is designated IT 3 (Non Sensitive) in accordance with SECNAV M 5510.30 and will require a favorable National Agency Check and Inquiries (NACI).


Total of six years of experience as follows:

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: 3 years experience in administrative, technical or investigative work that demonstrated the ability and aptitudes required to perform technical, managerial or analytical work involving management information systems.

OR

SUBSTITUTION OF EXPERIENCE FOR EDUCATION: One year of related academic study above the high school level may be substituted for 9 months of experience up to a maximum of a 4 year bachelor's degree in a business/information systems discipline for 3 years of general experience.

AND

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
Three years of progressively responsible experience in a majority of the following:

>Retail merchandising, store operations and/or logistics experience including operations management, business definitions, system design reviews, systems deployment planning and execution, training and support.
>Experience at a supervisory/management level in a headquarters environment, store operations or a multi store support distribution center operation.
> Project Management experience, including project planning for retail business systems, vendor negotiations, and coordination of multi departmental activities, budget planning and tracking for multi million dollar projects.
> Functional and/or technical experience with the Oracle Retail suite of products
> MS Project experience
>Experience developing methodology, including documenting Standard Operating Procedures and business processes.
>Business Process Reengineering (BPR) experience utilizing an accepted business process management methodology, e.g. six sigma

This position is designated IT 3 (Non Sensitive) in accordance with SECNAV M 5510.30 and will require a favorable National Agency Check and Inquiries (NACI).