Job Title: Senior Program Manager
Location: Whippany, NJ (hybrid)
Job Description:
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:
Large scale program management and governance experience
Ability to master and navigate new subject domains quickly.
Exceptional analytical and presentation skills.
Experience of working with multiple senior stakeholders across Business, Technology, Operations and Group Functions i.e., Risk and Strategy.
Key Accountabilities
Take the lead on executing the change required to deliver against agreed outcomes of this large scale and complex program across the functional, business, technology and operations teams.
Develop and manage the plan, and approach for the execution optimizing timelines, resources and ensuring a strong focus on incremental and agile delivery.
Responsible for set up and management of program governance, working with the respective leads to manage working groups and management meetings as required to support delivery.
Co-ordination and control of program delivery, ensuring execution is interlocked across work streams, risks and issues are identified and escalated to resolution effectively.
Provide regular and effective communication of updates and changes to senior internal management/ leadership.
Accountable for project budget, tracking of budget, ensuring ongoing costs and capitalization meet MTP and budget requirements.
Maintain a future focus, looking ahead to ensure any risks or dependencies are managed effectively.
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
Maintain a future focus, looking ahead to ensure any risks or dependencies are managed effectively.
Build trusted relationships with a network of key stakeholders that help influence project outcomes, acting as an advocate for the change and joining up executives and delivery teams.