Program Management Lead – IT

• Provide guidance and support to project managers in resolving complex project challenges.

• Administer company policies that directly affect subordinate employees.

• Champion employee engagement and professional development initiatives.

• Provide management to professional individual contributors and experienced support individual contributors.

• Acts as advisor to team and may become actively involved, as required, to meet schedules and resolve problems.

• Developing supervisory expertise.

• Direct employees according to established policies and management guidance.

• Management reviews work to measure objective obtainment.

• Frequently work with your team/peers and customers to gain cooperation of others or conduct presentations of technical information or project activities.

• Build productive internal/external working relationships.

• Promote project management standards, methodologies, tools, and best practices.

• Improve continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project delivery effectiveness.

• Develop and maintain project documentation, templates, and governance processes.

• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.

• Apply company policies and procedures to resolve variety of issues.

• Build strong relationships with executive sponsors, business leaders, and project stakeholders.

• Facilitate steering committee meetings

• Communicate project status, key decisions, risks, and recommendations to leadership.

• Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure alignment throughout project life cycles.

• Oversee project planning, execution, monitoring, and closure activities.

• Ensure projects are delivered according to scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives.

• Promote program governance, status reporting, and executive communications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of time.
• Typically requires 2+ years of relevant experience in Program and People Management.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in cybersecurity SAFe Framework / Agile Experience
• PMP Certification
• Jira / Jira Align Experience
• MS Project Experience
• Power BI Reporting

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Program and People Management, with a strong focus on project planning, execution, and compliance with organizational policies. Proficient in utilizing project management tools and methodologies to enhance project delivery and stakeholder engagement.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• PMP Certification
• Cybersecurity SAFe Framework
• Agile Experience
• Jira / Jira Align Experience
• MS Project Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Project Planning
• Project Execution
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Governance Processes
• Project Documentation
• Budget Management
• Quality Assurance
• Team Coordination

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Relationship Building
• Problem Solving
• Employee Engagement

Certifications & Qualifications

• PMP Certification

Industry Keywords

• Project Management Standards
• Agile Methodologies
• Compliance
• Professional Development
• Employee Engagement

Tools & Technologies

• Power BI Reporting
• Jira
• Jira Align
• MS Project