Senior Program Manager

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Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 3,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants.

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Role: Senior Program Manager

Location: Hybrid in Minnetonka, MN (3 days onsite)

Rate: up to $71.68/hour W2, dependent on skills and qualifications

The ideal candidate has the following experience and will be able to...

• Partner well with Tech and the Business
• Work well in the grey
• Manage Financial tracking
• Hold people accountable
• Experience with Smartsheet (preferred)

The Senior Program Manager is responsible for leading and managing one or more cross-departmental transformation programs that align with the organization's strategic plan, regulatory requirements, new product development, or operational initiatives. The Program Manager will provide oversight to all project managers and teams within their program(s) and will ultimately be responsible for program performance including, but not limited to: timing, budget, and the quality of the scope of work completed.

The programs/projects may involve evaluating and/or implementing services, systems, or opportunities for business process improvement.

• Partner with Business stakeholders to define and/or understand program scope, milestones, and business outcomes. Support development of business case(s,) partnering with business owners, Finance, Technology, etc.
• Identify resource requirements for the program, aligning to budget constraints and working with program leadership to facilitate hiring; reassess on a regular cadence.
• Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning, System Demo, and Solution Demo, as necessary to ensure alignment across multiple ARTs and business divisions; role is to highlight and assist in resolving any gaps in alignment for deliverables.
• Understand and report on the progress of the program MVP with key stakeholders, including steering and portfolio management.
• Develop a critical path / business milestones and timeline in partnership with business representatives and Product Management to meet business outcomes; continuously update critical path / milestones as necessary due to business decisions.
• Ensure coordination and synchronization of epic-related (program) activities across all entities as required (business readiness, communications, process design, technology delivery, etc.).
• Manage executive stakeholder communications, including preparation and facilitation of Executive Steering Committees.
• Ensure transparency and management of dependencies, issues and risks; facilitate resolution or decisions where needed.
• Support the Product Managers, Product Owners and Business Readiness representatives in managing expectations for program deliverables.
• Hold teams accountable for their deliverables and commitments; serve as an escalation resource and help to remove obstacles and facilitate decisions.
• Financial Management for Programs assigned; ensure appropriate expenditures are applied to the program and work with financial representatives and / or Portfolio Management to resolve issues.

• Collaboratively and effectively work with internal and external entities including external vendors.
• Organize, motivate, and…