Program Manager

Program Manager

Overview:
The IT Delivery job is accountable for the successful end-to-end delivery of strategic projects, programs, and portfolios. The job leads projects, programs, portfolios or leads an Agile ART or several agile teams, through the systems development life cycle from planning through hyper care, working in close partnership with IT and
business leaders including executive sponsors. The work also includes leading, collaboration, coaching team members and influencing others outside their direct team to ensure the success of initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage teams either directly or indirectly
• Responsible for mentorship of junior team members
• Coach, develop and encourage excellence from teams
• Define, lead program budgets
• Identify risks and mitigate at a program level
• Develop a communication, training strategy
• Build strong teams
• Organize programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals SGWS
• Creating and managing long-term program goals
• Develop a budget and operating plan for the program
• Develop an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement
• Manage a team with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities
• Ensure goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, delivery quality and team member
• performance
• Implement and managing changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved
• Meet with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and
• decisions
• Produce accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate program risks
• Work on strategy with business stakeholders

• Bachelor's Degree
• 9+ years leading medium to complex systems development multi-million-dollar projects at one time
• Size of project is ***M+, multiple medium to large projects at a time, or a small to medium program,
• Critical thinker
• Analytical/ ID key interdependencies
• Influencer
• Strategic Thinker
• Has strong business and financial acumen
• Results -oriented
• Facilitator
• Problem solver
• Budget and risk management
• Excellent communicator
• Highly collaborative
• Process-oriented
• Excellent communications
• Excellent presentation skills
• Executive presence
• Proficient change management skills
• Extensive experience managing multiple large very complex projects across multiple functions
• Experience managing and mentoring staff including providing stretch opportunities and coaching to develop team and deliver results
• Proven expertise successfully managing business and technical resources under an integrated project plan to ensure the alignment of resources
• Proven respect and recognition -within IT and across other functions - as an authority who can be trusted to make the most of limitations and make actionable decisions
• Proven experience leading and working with senior leadership on successful projects
• Proven experience in identifying the root cause of issues and tackling them, rather than just the symptoms
• Proven ability to move between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail
• Experience in anticipating stakeholder needs and developing potential solutions prior to stakeholder identification
• Developed specialized expertise in one or more area (IT or business)
• Leader in building trust with teams and stakeholders through open and honest conversation
• Proven record for successful program strategy, governance and management including resource deployment, quality control, project reviews and reporting
• Demonstrated hands on leadership of large-scale process development / improvement initiatives
• Proficient in concepts of Organizational Change Management
• Track record of coaching and collaborating with Scrum Master(s) to deliver value
• Experience launching Agile Release Trains
• Experience engaging directly with stakeholders to define mission value, prioritize work and build intellectual capital in Agile techniques
• Ability to build, coach and lead teams with Agile delivery values

• Openness - Team and stakeholders agree to be open about all work and challenges
• Commitment - Personally commit to achieving the goals of the team
• Respect - Respect your team members to be capable and independent
• Courage - You have courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems
• Focus - Everyone focus on the work in the sprint and the goal of the scrum team. Rise and fall as a team

• Master's Degree
• Continuous Improvement / Process Management experience (Agile, Six Sigma/LEAN, DMS) including relevant certification

• Experience in managing large and complex technical programs and projects
• Understanding of fundamentals of IT Architecture & Systems to deliver solutions is a must
• Experience in integrating multiple systems (logic and data) across the enterprise is required
• Functional knowledge and experience in implementing large and complex solutions either related to software, data or Infrastructure programs and projects is required
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools is required
• Ability to create and follow work and data flow charts is required
• Need to understand Software Development Life Cycle and various delivery methodologies like Waterfall and Agile

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay
• 401(k) Retirement plan
• and much more!

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.