Senior Program Manager - Security Hardening Program

Position: Sr Security Hardening Program Manager

Duration: 09 Months Contract
Location: 100% Remote EST Hours

Job Title: Senior Program Manager - Security Hardening Program

Need to have skills:

• Proven experience managing large application implementation programs and multi-year programs.
• Experience managing large multi-million dollar program budgets.
• Ability to collaboratively develop an overarching strategy with program stakeholders and define the necessary program structure and needs.
• ServiceNow, Smartsheets, and Google Suite
• PMP/PMI
• Bachelors degree
• Effective communication skills to articulate the needs and plans of the program to executive leadership.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, particularly across multiple technology operating groups.

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Program Manager to lead the delivery of the Security Hardening program. This is a contract-to-hire role that involves overseeing multiple programs and coordinating with senior leaders and delivery team members. The successful candidate will have a strong leadership presence and demonstrated ability to manage large multi-team programs. Cybersecurity experience is strongly preferred but not required.

Key Responsibilities:
Successfully define, implement, and deliver complex programs requiring cross-functional collaboration and interdependencies across a group of projects and/or related activities.
Deliver programs within the constraints of scope, quality, time, and budget, under circumstances involving multiple moderate-probability, moderate-impact risk factors.
Engage in program-level strategic planning, interact with executive-level management, resolve complex issues, and demonstrate excellent communication and team-building skills.
Manage a group or groups of internal exempt and matrixed employees and contractors to deliver systems and systems enhancements that meet specified requirements.
Oversee project scope definition and management, requirements gathering and documentation, time estimating, project schedule development and tracking, project budget management, project status reporting, issue and risk management, contingency planning, customer interaction, and communications across multiple organizational levels.

Skills/Experience:
Project estimating, project scheduling & tracking, customer interaction and management, and implementation planning in large organizations.
Proven people management and team-building skills.
Demonstrated ability to be flexible/adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities.
Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization.
Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions.
Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment.

Top Three Must-Haves:
1. Proven experience managing large application implementation programs and multi-year programs.
2. Experience managing large multi-million dollar program budgets.
3. Ability to collaboratively develop an overarching strategy with program stakeholders and define the necessary program structure and needs.

Preferred Experience:
Strongly prefer candidates with healthcare experience due to the significant learning curve associated with rolling out applications in a healthcare setting.

Soft Skills:
Excellent relationship-building skills, particularly across multiple technology operating groups.
Effective communication skills to articulate the needs and plans of the program to executive leadership.
Experience with the software development lifecycle.
PMP or PMI certification required.
Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering, or a related field required.
MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.

Specialty Justification: This role is classified as a specialty position due to the following unique requirements:
Experience managing and overseeing multiple programs simultaneously.
Strong executive-level engagement and communication skills.
Proven ability to manage large multi-million dollar program budgets.
Cybersecurity experience is strongly preferred, given the nature of the Security Hardening program.
Leadership presence and the ability to coordinate with many senior leaders and delivery team members.