Program Manager

Program Manager (for Program Office)

The Position:

• Directs and co-ordinates corporate or client business units in the planning and development of strategic or tactical business plans. 


• Plans, directs, and co-ordinates global programs incorporating interrelated, complex, high-risk projects and the acquisition and development of new business to an operational stage. 


• Manages Programs impacting multiple organizations and requiring partnering with third-party suppliers. 


• Works with senior management on program proposals, bids, contracts, estimates, and schedules. 


• Leads complex matrixed teams to develop master plans that model program commitments and timing. 


• Conceptualizes and proposes add-on program opportunities.  


• Sets and reviews costs, operational budgets, schedules, and staffing requirements for cross-functional program teams. 


• Analyzes the effect of Programs on various operating and support areas to determine the most practical and cost-effective method to obtain the required resources. 


• Identifies and assembles the appropriate blend of resources to meet needs and requirements of major programs.  Sets strategy for contingency planning. 


• Controls program requirements, scope, and change management issues. 


• Reports Program status, progress, and benefits to company leadership. 


• Establishes appropriate key performance indicators for measuring program success. 

Responsibilities:

• Direct complex, inter-related, high-risk programs


• Manage multiple projects with include global scope


• Perform management consulting


• Work jointly with the FBS Leadership to develop and implement standard program and project management practices, supporting orientation and training through workshops as required


• Maintain a repository of all standard templates and tools.  Drive tool standards.


• Inventory current practices to identify opportunities to leverage and eliminate unnecessary or unneeded work


• Support cadence and standard calendar for FBS milestones and deadlines for project and program management processes


• Work jointly with FBS team to identify and implement key metrics that will allow the organization to effectively track program and project value.


• Collect and consolidate corporate deliverables, including project monitoring and presentation materials.


• providing program management rigor, discipline, and accountability to major programs and projects


• facilitate transformation by bringing together the proper tools, operating principals, processes, and people to make fact-based decisions that provide maximum shareholder return


• Drive continuous improvement by actively participating in the program management center-of-excellence and through strong partnerships with shareholders, employees, and partners

Job Essential Functions:

• Change management


• Coach/mentoring


• Project and Program Management consulting


• Enterprise program management


• Program office management


• Strategy and planning consulting


• Program portfolio support


• Business planning support


• Process definition, improvement and reengineering

Experience

10 years 10500 hours practical, non overlapping Programme Management experience

10-14 years professional experience required

7-9 years business experience required (manage by fact, making decisions, exhibiting acumen, using business perspective)

6-10 years P&L experience variance analysis, budget and forecast, modeling)

5-7 years leading both direct and matrixed teams (People care, resource planning, performance assessment, compensation)

5-7 years continuous improvement experience, including practical use of 2 or more methodologies

Personal Attributes

• Proactive


• Partnering


• Tolerant of ambiguity


• Standardization advocate


• Remove barriers through alternate paths, exploring options or escalation


• Drive team to deliver results


• Surrogate for senior leader


• Anticipate needs of senior leader