Program Manager
Location: Atlanta, GA 30328 Duration: 12 Months
Job Summary:
- Client is seeking an effective Program/Project Manager with demonstrated project management and leadership experience to contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives.
- Leads and directs larger, more complex program(s) in support of program and overall strategy.
- Provides direction to project staff assigned to projects and stages within program.
- Establishes governance and drives all aspects to ensure that assigned program(s) is implemented, accepted, and operating effectively.
- Translates corporate objectives into program objectives and practices.
- Serves as a liaison and builds bridges and relationships with sponsoring executives and among different groups within and outside of technology and operations.
- Works directly with the business line to understand business objectives and strategies related to project priorities.
- Consolidates projects under program-level umbrella to provide focal point for communications.
- Manages communications regarding project and program management practices that create clear, concise requirements in program and project functionality, resourcing, budgets, and timings.
- Oversees assigned projects from initial concept through final implementation utilizing approved project methodology/tools and within enterprise standards and guidelines.
- Constructs a program reporting and tracking framework and benchmarks.
- Provides oversight to projects to meet established function, quality, cost, and schedule. Escalates issues and risks to appropriate level.
Key Responsibilities:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- At least 10 years' experience with tools and techniques for planning, organizing, monitoring and controlling IT projects.
- Required Qualifications
- Experience with Jira and Confluence for workflow management
- Experience working with remote teams via Mural or Miro for collaboration
- Extensive experience in Technical project management
- MS Project
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working experience in: System/Software development life cycle (SDLC)
- Extensive experience in:
- -Document management
- -MS Project
Subject matter expert in:
- Project control and reporting
- Project planning and organization
- IT project management