Senior Program Manager Marketing

## Senior Program Manager Marketing Apply:
Remote:
Minneapolis, MN:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
R31378

The Sr. Program Manager will serve as the bridge from strategy to execution for multiple strategic programs and initiatives across the Transformation team. A strong candidate for the role will have a self-starter attitude and in-depth knowledge of many areas of the organization. The Sr. Program Manager will create, manage, and execute detailed program schedules, reports and analysis to ensure planned achievement of milestones and to keep stakeholders informed, and will possess and demonstrate strategic thinking for reducing program risks and maximizing program benefits.
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* Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

*** Leads special projects and initiatives as assigned, often times programs will be complex and involve many partners across the USHE and SEI enterprise.
* Works with program leadership and business/project owners to ensure business cases are built, solutions are defined and proposal level estimates are gathered
* Orchestrates project and workstream tasks and timelines – ability to turn concept into action and manage interdependencies across work streams
* Works with other departments to secure resources/support needs for delivery
* Clearly and calmly assists in issue identification & escalation processes.
* Prepares and facilitates all project/program meetings, leadership alignment meetings, and process improvement discussions
* Maintains roadmaps and oversees critical milestones across programs to support progress, and prioritization
* Proactively identifies issues that could impact successful execution of project/program
* Ensures that all of the components being delivered meet the expectations for the overall success of the initiative
* Drives decision making amongst partner teams by using facts, capacity constraints, and prioritization exercises in regard to proposed project plans and activities
* Leads and directs the work of others – through influence
* Uses probing and thought provoking questions to arrive at the root cause of a problem, issue, or roadblock
* Prepares and delivers presentations to bring people along in the strategy, gain buy-in, or request approval
* Establishes and executes program communications to leadership, stakeholders, and project teams  
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Skills:

*** Intellectual curiosity to enable contributions at both a strategic and tactical level
* Highly adaptable to the growing and changing needs of the business.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to manage complex and varied interpersonal relationships to successfully complete projects and implement change
* Excellent ability to organize time and detailed information to successfully manage and complete multiple projects
* Displays sense of urgency and accurately delivers information on time
* Proficient with MS Office applications
* Detail, data, and process driven
* Ability to anticipate roadblocks, diagnose problems, and generate effective solutions
* Strong negotiation, conflict resolution, and interpersonal skills
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills
* Experience working cross-functionally and across levels of the organization
* Ability to manage direct conversations in a non-confrontational manner  
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* Work Experience:

*** 5–8 years of project leadership experience (managing complex projects), with emphasis being placed on individual’s ability to successfully manage projects and utilize leadership and strategic thinking skills  
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* Education:

*** Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university.  
** Other:
*** Must be able to travel occasionally should a business need arise. For most roles travel would not be common. Travel may involve planes, car or metro. In…