Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.comShort Description: The Program Manager (PM) designs, plans, and coordinates work teams.
Complete Description: The Program Manager (PM) mentor, counsel and direct vendors to enforce and document accountability to project deliverables. Assist in review of vendor proposals and project plans and identify alternatives when necessary. Manage the vendor portfolio from a strategic vendor relationship management prospective.
Understand the overall business and strategic initiative goals as well as the timelines of those goals. Develop efficient and reliable metrics for measuring program and project progress towards those goals.
Work to ensure that vendors meet or exceed their contractual obligations by delivering quality products and services on time.
Proven ability to develop effective relationships and to work at all levels of the company including senior and executive management. Experience working effectively across divisional or department lines in a complex organization.
Experience negotiating large external vendor contracts.
Results oriented and possess excellent analytical, facilitation and strategic planning skills.
Extensive experience with large-scale enterprise wide project and program management; including skills and in depth understanding of project management methodology, project management planning, issue tracking and reporting, etc
on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Usually reports to a senior manager.
Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience |
MS Project | Required | 3 | Years |
Manage the vendor portfolio from a strategic vendor relationship management prospective. | Required | 6 | Years |
Assist in review of vendor proposals and project plans and identify alternatives when necessary. | Required | 6 | Years |
Application Development project experience | Required | 3 | Years |
Experience interfacing with third party vendor product implementation and intregration | Required | 3 | Years |
Mentor, counsel and direct vendors to enforce and document accountability to project deliverables | Required | 3 | Years |
Develop efficient and reliable metrics for measuring program and project progress towards those goals. | Required | 6 | Years |
PMBOK project methodology experience | Required | 3 | Years |
Background in mixed data center environments that include AIX and Windows based servers, networking, as well as mainframe equipment | Required | 3 | Years |
Extensive experience with large-scale enterprise wide project and program management; | Required | 3 | Years |
Skills and in depth understanding of project management methodology, project management planning, issue tracking and reporting, etc | Required |
PMI certification | Highly desired |
Results oriented and possess excellent analytical, facilitation and strategic planning skills. | Highly desired |
