Program Manager Level 3

This is contract role & can sit 100% remote Senior Program Manager

• Experience moving support and operation work from one team to another is key
• Agile experience
• High degree of communication and coordination work
• This is highly visible work and an aggressive schedule
• Experience with offshore teams
• Multiple teams and workstreams will be involved
• Work in a Product Led environment is a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach Project Managers within the program.
• Establish and update project and program plans with actual and forecasts and manage deviations from plan and program parameters.
• Ensure all program and project requirements and/or objectives are properly documented and vigorously pursued to deliver the final product.
• Deliver to time and cost within agreed tolerances for projects/programs.
• Provide leadership for project managers and stakeholders and apply conflict resolution skills to resolve program and project issues.
• Manage program and project risk, develop mitigation plans, and escalate decisions and unresolved issues as needed.
• Create and track schedules, budget, risks and issues
• Maintain program level communications with stakeholders at multiple levels
• Work with peers to develop and drive goals, define technical specifications and detailed implementation plans for projects/programs
• Effectively apply skills to impact program decisions
• Focus on the benefits to be realized and the outcomes to be achieved.
• Provide coordination of complex planning activities and optimize the use of resources (human and material)
• Provide for an integration of outcomes with on-going business operations
• Manage issues as they arise among the program's component projects
• Track project's contributions to the program and toward the organizations' overall benefits and work to ensure the ultimate success and acceptance of the program
• Maintain continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives and make recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent

Required Skills : - Need individuals that have done work in an Agile environment. - Very visible role and moving operations/support work from an existing team to a new team. Big focus is moving work, not people. - Someone that has done an “Offshoring” activity or “Outsourcing” type task at a former employer. Moving over tasks, responsibilities, procedures, etc… Basic Qualification : Additional Skills : Background Check :Yes Drug Screen :Yes Notes :Can sit 100% remote just need to be okay working EST. Selling points for candidate : Project Verification Info : Exclusive to Apex :No Face to face interview required :No Candidate must be local :No Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No Interview times set : :No Type of project :Project Management Office Master Job Title :Program Manager Branch Code :Cincinnati