Program Director

Job Description:

• Provide leadership and oversight to a highly matrixed team comprised of IT and Business team members
• Provide program/ multiple project teams with expertise, direction, motivation, and encouragement
• Manage global team of PMs/PMO Analysts
• Manage customer stakeholders and participate in governance meetings
• Be responsible for all aspects of program and project management from program initiation through closure
• Define and direct resource plans, budget tracking and forecasting
• Manage program/ projects to achieve target scope, schedule, and cost.
• Identify and manage dependencies and impacts among programs/ projects across the portfolio.
• Manage issues escalated from related programs/ projects.
• Work with vendors, business, and technology subject matter experts to define scope, create estimates, develop budgets and project plans, and produce Statements of Work and other documentation needed for funding approvals.
• Hands-on with Project Planning, Issues and Risk Management and Project Quality Assurance
• Direct program/ project activities, conduct reviews, manage risk mitigation, and change control processes, and communicate status to senior executives within the development and business partner organizations

Experience:

• Good client-interfacing skills
• Extensive PPM tools expertise
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage large projects

Required:

• Extensive experience in program/ project management of Business and IT programs

Mandatory

Skills:

• Certifications-PMP/ ITIL/ Six Sigma /SAFe
• Must have program director experience (PMO/Portfolio)