Program Manager

Title: Program Manager

Contract Length: 7 months

Location: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

Duties:

• Oversees and manages ongoing project costs, schedules, resources, scope, issues, and risks. Prepares or reviews time and cost estimates, project plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Facilitates process assessments and leads redesign efforts to drive operational improvements and efficiencies.
• Collaborates with the project steering committee and senior project management to optimize project processes for successful outcomes.
• Coordinates with business leads, vendor project managers, and quality assurance teams to ensure adherence to established project standards, procedures, and quality benchmarks.
• Leads or facilitates project kickoff meetings, clearly defining roles, responsibilities, and expectations. Ensures all team members are equipped with the necessary tools and training for effective performance.
• Manages project scope, using relevant data and analysis to support negotiations related to time, cost, and quality expectations.
• Develops, monitors, and coordinates key project activities such as scheduling, progress tracking, reporting, and managing change initiatives.
• Provides leadership and direction to project teams, including scheduling, tracking task completion, and reviewing project deliverables.
• Monitors project milestones and critical deadlines, proactively identifying risks to timelines and working to mitigate schedule impacts. Keeps leadership informed of significant issues.
• Evaluates project variances, collects performance metrics, and implements adjustments to ensure the project stays within scope, budget, and quality parameters.
• Conducts formal reviews with business sponsors and leadership throughout the project lifecycle and upon completion to confirm satisfaction and acceptance of deliverables.
• Offers constructive feedback to team members to improve individual and overall project performance.
• Builds and maintains productive working relationships with project sponsors, vendors, and key stakeholders to ensure alignment and support.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field or specialized training and three years of IT project management experience.
• PMP certification from PMI or equivalent certification.
• 7 years' experience leading projects of moderate to high complexity.
• Hands-on experience with MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint 2013, and MS O365.