Lead Consultant; Program Manager

Position: Lead Consultant (Program Manager)
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Job Description # Lead Consultant (Program Manager)
Apex Systems is a leading global technology services firm that incorporates industry insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients’ digital visions. We provide a continuum of services, including strategy and enablement, innovation and productivity, and technology foundations to drive better results and bring more value to our clients.

Apex transforms our customers with modern enterprise solutions tailored to the industries we serve. Apex has a presence in over 70 markets across North America, Europe, and India. Apex is a part of the Commercial Segment of ASGN Incorporated (NYSE: ASGN). To learn more, visit .
* Build and Maintain Relationships:
Establish strong relationships with clients, industry professionals, and technical communities. Represent Apex Systems as leaders at industry and professional events, while developing and maintaining a robust internal and external customer relationship.
* Demonstrate Expertise:
Exhibit technical knowledge, skills, and effective professional consulting abilities. Foster trust and respect among internal and external stakeholders and model collaborative teamwork.
* Organizational Evaluation and Strategy:
Evaluate the culture and structure of the organization. Collaborate with client staff to establish a long-term vision and guiding principles, identify obstacles and impacts of initiatives, and create strategies to ensure successful implementation.
* Stakeholder

Collaboration:

Work closely with clients, internal team members, and executive stakeholders to align project goals and expectations.
* Roadmap and Reporting:
Develop an engagement roadmap and related reporting for client delivery. Oversee and ensure all deliverables are met in alignment with the Statement of Work with a focus on exceptional delivery. Develop and track metrics to evaluate the performance of the project, including KPIs and project success metrics. Create workflows, dashboards, and reports to provide the team with meaningful operational and performance metrics.

Create and present bi-weekly and quarterly project status reports for clients.
* Project Planning and Management:
Develop comprehensive project plans, manage resources effectively, and adhere to budgetary requirements. Ensure project deadlines are met and adapt the project roadmap as needed to stay on track
* Team Leadership:
Lead and oversee daily work priorities, track metrics, and communicate progress to the team and stakeholders. Lead multiple pods of nearshore teams, mitigate blockers and risks as they arise.
* Delivery and

Risk Management:

Oversee delivery planning, manage project risks, prepare documentation, and support team development by eliminating obstacles and utilizing organizational resources to enhance project capacity. Knowledge of risk assessment and mitigation strategies specific to the agriculture sector.
* Content Creation:
Develop project plans and job aids with a resourceful approach to content creation, making connections, filling in gaps, and reading between the lines. Create and edit PowerPoint presentations to provide a visually engaging experience for the audience.
* Consulting and Leadership

Skills:

Demonstrate professional consulting skills, leadership abilities, and executive-level communication and presentation skills. Show adaptability and flexibility to meet business needs.
* Innovation and Problem-Solving:
Continually seek creative solutions and find new ways to add value. Understand client needs, proactively provide solutions, and approach challenges with a consultative, solution-focused mindset.
* Client Relationship Management:
Stay attuned to the future needs of the client and work with internal resources to identify opportunities. Participate in sales pursuits by providing strategic guidance, estimates, scoping and other pre-sales activities. Liaise between the product teams, business teams and IT teams to ensure delivery expectations are met.

* Experience:

6+ years of relevant product and program management experience. Extensive portfolio and program management skills required. 3+ years of Agile project management experience.…