[Remote] Program Manager - Mainframe Software migration

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The client is an IT Services and Consulting company. The company is seeking a Program Manager to lead software migration projects for clients on the IBM Z platform, overseeing planning, execution, reporting, communication, risk management, and continuous process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management of software migration projects for clients on the IBM Z platform
• Consult with management and review project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, and allocation of resources
• Analyze the need for and provide the necessary project management for project planning, execution (including the development of project plans)
• Report on project activities, changes in scope, challenges and requirements to the leadership team as a strategic tool in keeping implementers and decision makers moving toward consistent, business or mission-focused goals and objectives
• Communicate with management internally and at the customer on ongoing status, milestones, and project risks
• Review and analyze process & procedures in order to find opportunities for improvement and increased efficiencies, then help drive implementation of these improvements
• Monitor, assess, and improve the effectiveness of program best practices, ensuring continual process and quality improvement with a primary focus on the client account

Skills

• At least five years of technical project management experience
• PMP or PRINCE2 certification
• Demonstrated knowledge of operations and project management skills
• Demonstrated excellent written and communications skills
• Experience managing cross-functional technical teams, with overall responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables, which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management
• Demonstrated experience creating and managing complicated project plans that span multiple years that leverage client, consulting and 3rd party organization resources
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to organize competing priorities and adapt to change
• Project management experience
• IBM Z Mainframe experience
• Experience with IBM Z software products
• Microsoft Office (Word, PPT) certification
• Experience doing application development on IBM Z, including programming languages like Cobol or PL/1 is a plus

Benefits

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities

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