Program Manager - Crescens Inc.
Richmond, VA
About the Job
Title: Program Manager
Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid)
Duration: 7+ Months
Type: Contract
Note: PMP certification must.
Job description:
Required Skills:
Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid)
Duration: 7+ Months
Type: Contract
Note: PMP certification must.
Job description:
- Seeking a senior, experienced IT Program Manager to join the Project & Product Delivery portfolio. This position is in Richmond, Virginia.
- Candidate will lead and manage Project & Product delivery program team using Agile, SAFE, Waterfall and Kanban methodologies.
- This includes working with Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Project Managers, and Scrum Masters to ensure delivery of initiatives.
- Working closely with all stakeholders including the senior leadership, business, cross functional teams and vendors.
- This position's specific responsibilities and duties will include, but are not limited to: Oversee initiatives for the program.
- Work with business to collaborate and deliver the initiatives
- Oversee work in assigned program to ensure consistent delivery.
- Assign resources to complete initiative planning and delivery.
- Monitor and report deviations to critical path of the initiative
- Define and monitor the control points for the program
- Compliance with VDOT and VITA policies, standards, and guidelines.
- Work with peers and subordinates to define strategic direction for assigned program.
- Be an expert in VDOT and VITA project management procedures and requirements.
- Be an expert in the use of the division core project management tool, Microsoft Project On-Line (POL).
- Establish and maintain Agile Project Management, Scaled, Kanban and Waterfall Project Management frameworks and their supporting practices
- Monitor initiatives for compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Monitor initiatives to detect risks and issues and escalate as needed to ensure appropriate mitigation is applied to keep the program on-track.
- Guide RTE/SMs and PMs in identifying and managing risks.
- Guide project managers in managing organizational change.
- Guide project managers in defining critical path and managing schedule.
- Guide project managers in managing budget.
- Define and track the KPI's for the program.
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with strategic goals.
- 10 years of experience leading and managing direct reports.Set direction and strategy for the assigned team
- Strong leadership and team management abilities.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of interacting with stakeholders at all levels.
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability to handle challenges creatively.
- Experience in budgeting and financial management related to product lines.
- Ability to interact effectively with customers and project team members.
- Knowledge of project management tools, methods and practices.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- PMP certification
- Advanced skills using Microsoft Project Professional.
- 15 years' experience with Waterfall, Scrum, Agile, SAFE and Kanban methodologies.
- 15 years' experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams and high organizational change.
- Must be able to quickly and easily adapt to changing priorities, embracing changes to deliver leadership and guidance.
- Strong functional understanding of MS Project, Project Server, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner, Azure DevOps and Power BI
- Ability to assess project risks and issues, and determine mitigation required to contain or resolve them.
- Demonstrated understanding of project portfolio and lifecycle management processes
- Demonstrated understanding of governance processes, procedures and policies for project management.
- Demonstrated understanding of organizational change.
- Demonstrated understanding of how to manage the project critical path.
- Demonstrated strong facilitation and collaboration skills.
- Demonstrated skills in developing new processes that incorporate best practices and address stakeholder needs.
- Demonstrated ability to create clear and concise written procedural documentation.
- Ability to articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed.
- Ideal candidates would be self-starters who can articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed
Required Skills:
- Experience managing and leading direct reports
- Experience managing and providing guidance to project teams
- Project Management experience
- Program Management experience
- Experience managing Product lines and agile projects
- Experience reporting metrics
Source : Crescens Inc.
