Program Manager - BPCI

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Program Manager - BPCI for a contract assignment with one of our premier SaaS clients in San Jose, CA.

This Program Management position will be part of Volume and Scale Pricing Frameworks Team, shaping future technology strategy and driving cross-product and federal-level initiatives. We are looking for a program manager to help lead programs or projects involving departmental and cross-functional teams focused on delivering new systems and infrastructure capabilities. In this highly visible role, the program manager will help drive alignment across multiple cross-functional teams to meet key business objectives and milestones. The program manager will provide strategic program management by working with a broad set of partner organizations (Pricing Operations, Pricing Technologies, Engineering Development, Quality Assurance, and cross-functional Program Management). The candidate will also be responsible for designing and refining a set of standardized, repeatable portfolio management processes to tackle complex, cross-company initiatives and drive execution. This position will have a 45-day probationary period.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with senior leaders to build strategic roadmaps, transforming into execution plans and delivering against business objectives and milestones.
• Performs project planning to establish an overall project plan, including key milestones, and drives progress to achieve the project plan within time constraints.
• Understand and coordinate the sequencing of projects to make progress.
• Understands and assesses critical paths and dependencies for delivering projects and facilitates discussions between project teams, Pricing Ops, Pricing Technologies, and Engineering.
• Performs risk management duties by identifying and analyzing risk management controls and contingency plans to help increase the probability of positive events for the project.
• Aggregates, organizes, and synthesizes program and project information to communicate with the extended team and management Resolve misalignments across requirements, priorities, and schedule.
• Evaluates existing processes and procedures. Makes recommendations and drives process improvement and adoption of best practices (processes, tools, etc) to improve team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Drive release management activities to ensure the successful deployment of system capabilities.

Required Skills:

• Strong program and project management skills, demonstrating a collaborative mindset
• Experience leading transformation programs, define and establish program structure and governance
• Ability to handle complex, highly cross-functional projects with highly matrixed environment
• Ability to work with technical teams - can help translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Ability to be flexible, adaptable, and think quick on your feet given the fast change in business needs
• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills, and ability to develop positive relationships
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills with the ability to appropriately communicate with the intended audience, especially executives
• Excellent documentation skills
• Quick learner and proactive in solving problems
• System tool knowledge: SharePoint, Jira, MSFT Office, SAP, Workfront, and Pricing Tools a plus
• Bachelor's Degree

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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