Project / Program Manager (Data governance, management & quality)

Our client - a major utility firm based out of Westchester County, NY - has an immediate need for Project / Program Manager. The particulars of the position are as follows.

Note: Hybrid Work. 3 days Onsite. (White Plains, NY 10601).

Project Overview:
The Program Manager role will support and manage the execution of one or more projects that require Innovation services. Responsibilities will include governance and reporting and providing information for effective management decision-making. Both waterfall and agile project delivery approaches may be used. The Program Manager plays a key role leading the project, ensuring it is implemented on schedule and within budget and monitoring and managing risk.

Job Functions & Responsibilities:
? Act as the bridge between Innovation, business and IT. Work cross-functionally to ensure project success.
? Ensure open communication across project teams and handle broad-based, often complex, communication for internal and/or external audiences.
? Diffuse difficult situations and use them to constructively build greater shared commitment to end goals.
? Surface and resolve sensitive issues and drive alignment.
? Prepare exceptional, highly polished written and oral communication for executive-level presentations for EVP and Board level audiences
? Define and manage the Innovation workstream and documents of projects (schedule, tasks, cost, changes/risks/issues) via existing PMO processes, procedures, and tools for assigned projects. As needed, manage all project workstreams.
? Monitor the project schedule, budget, and deliverables. Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met appropriately.
? Recognize problems or situations that are or may impact the project delivery. Work cross-functionally to resolve issues, mitigate risks and implement changes. Work with senior management to escalate and resolve more complex issues and risks.
? Manage the project with realistic resource plans for all phases of the project including the handover to production support.
? Assesses impact of technology requirements and constraints on project scope.
? Utilize project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) to drive technical solution delivery.
? Employ Innovation processes, procedures, and toolsets (DevOps, configuration management, change management) to deliver stable, hardened, and scalable solutions.
? Manage Innovation project financials - project budget and forecast for external resources, hardware, software, labor.
? Ensure the solution and the team follow governance standards, Enterprise Architecture, Cyber Security standards/policies, and other technical standards.
? Fulfill requirements for the existing PMO and Governance process including PPM Pro entries, project documentation standards, project reviews, gate promotions as defined in the PMO Playbook.
? Work collaboratively with program teams, project teams, various cross functional teams, and related business unit staff for project success.
? Promote and maintain communication between project team members and stakeholders and manage expectations. Prepare correspondence, presentations and/or reports as required. Follow-up on correspondence and outstanding requests for resolution.

Skills:
? Experience in leading initiatives across organizational boundaries
? Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple different Business Partners at all levels of the Business, including at the executive level.
? Understand the software development process and experience in Technology project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) and IT solution delivery processes, procedures, and toolsets (DevOps, configuration management).
? Familiarity with engineering/ construction project management lifecycle
? Strong and tested project management skills including Customer relationship management, Sponsor expectation management, Risk management, Change Management, Vendor Management.
? Understand data governance, management & quality.
? Organized, good communicator, deadline driven, team builder, leader, planner, problem solver, and agile.
? Ability to promote and maintain a positive and inclusive work environment with project team members, co-workers, management, and vendors by behaving, collaborating, and communicating in a manner consistent with professional standards.
? Superior interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, and negotiating skills, to ensure open communication across project teams. Ability to handle broad-based, often complex, communication for internal and/or external audiences.
? Ability to diffuse emotionally charged situations and use them to constructively build greater shared commitment to end goals.
? Ability to ?read the room?.
? Outstanding record of project management success, both in results achieved and in use of professional methodology

Education & Certifications:
? Bachelor?s Degree in technical or business discipline. An advanced degree is preferred.
? Project Management Certification is preferred.
? Minimum 10 years of increasingly responsible experience, including experience successfully managing various multi-year and multimillion dollar projects.

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