Program Manager

Job Title: Program Manager

Location: St. Paul ,MN - Onsite - Hybrid

Duration: 6+ Months

F2F interview needed for the final round

Job Description

Program Manager resource to work on the Enterprise Transit Fare System Upgrade project. The selected resource will manage the end-to-end planning, execution, and operationalization of strategic, complex, cross-functional multi-million dollar initiatives essential to the organization's success.

Tasks
Program Management

• Develop comprehensive program, portfolio, and project plans using Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery methodologies.

• Define scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.

• Apply extensive vendor management experience to ensure delivery of contractual scope within agreed upon constraints.
• Leverage experience to actively manage testing activities and resources to ensure unit, performance, functionality, and user testing objectives are met.
• Utilize departmental tools for program and project management, tracking, and reporting.
  Team Leadership

• Demonstrate business acumen and professionalism in order to clearly communicate with senior level executives in oral, written, and presentation formats.
• Lead conversations to facilitate the prioritization, road mapping, and trade off discussions with program stakeholders.
• Manage project managers within the program to provide day to day guidance and oversight in order to ensure service delivery.

• Support a collaborative and productive work and PMO team environment.

• Facilitate communication and coordination for projects / programs across cross-functional teams.

• Lead change management and conflict resolution efforts within the program.

• Ensure teams have clear roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
  Stakeholder Management

• Build strong stakeholder relationships to become a trusted advisor to project sponsors and senior leaders.

• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and executive management in a timely manner to set expectations and escalate as appropriate.

• Ensure alignment of project objectives with business goals through stakeholder management activities.
  
  Risk & Issue Management

• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project / program risks and issues through mitigation planning.

• Monitor and report project / program progress and performance throughout delivery lifecycle.
  Budget & Resource Management

• Develop and manage program and project budgets, per governance requirements.

• Allocate resources effectively to ensure program and project success through demand management and capacity planning for projects / programs assigned.

• Monitor expenditures and ensure adherence to budget constraints.
  Transformation & Organizational Change Management

• Oversee / Lead transformation and change management scope within the program, as appropriate, to ensure solution adoption and process adherence.
  Process Improvement

• Support the evaluation and refinement of project management methodologies and processes.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO.

• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience managing multiple IT and business projects
• Note: Highest completed degree in the following majors: Computer Science, Business Management, or Project Management will count towards the minimum nine (9) years of required work experience.
• Associates degree counts as two years of experience
• Bachelor's degree or higher counts as four years of experience
• Two (2) or more years in a lead role that required collaboration across multiple divisions with stakeholders from varying organizational levels.
• Active PMP or PgMP Certification

• Active CSM or SAFe Certification
• 2 years experience with MS Project
• 1 years experience with Azure Dev Ops or Jira

Desired Skills

• Experience program managing large, complex SaaS vendor implementations
• Experience program managing transit initiatives
• Exceptional soft skills and emotional intelligence to navigate at multiple levels across the organization
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Proven track record of delivering large initiatives within challenging constraints
• Experience with PPM Tools

With Regards,

Dinesh B

CS Solutions, Inc

7525 Mitchell Road, Suite 106, Eden Prairie, MN 55344

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