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Job Description
Live Assets | IT Staffing Solutions is hiring a Senior IT Program Manager for our government client.
Key Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will be responsible for the coordination and completion of IT program and projects. Oversees all aspects of the program and projects. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project.
Program Management Responsibilities
- Defining program controls, such as procedures and reporting
- Developing progress reports for the program
- Supervising a team of project managers
- Managing the budget of a program, writing funding proposals and allocating company resources
- Managing the risks and contingency plans of a program
- Organizing programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization
- Developing new programs to support the strategic direction of the organization
Project Management Responsibilities
- Compile project charters and business/project plans to support activities, including the most suitable approach to be used in the development of each applicable project, to ensure business objectives and data integrity are achieved.
- Manage project(s) that will document business requirements, design, and deliver IT solutions that are compliant with and contribute to the enterprise architecture.
- Assist with the development of recommendations including providing details of resource requirements, dependencies, interdependencies, policy implications pertaining to internal/external influences and the methodology to be applied.
- Produce and package deliverables for presentation to various internal support teams, steering committee, and other project stakeholders.
- Manage multiple projects, project resources and project governance.
- Work with project sponsors to ensure that effective project communication exists through the duration of the project including escalation of risks as required.
- Take responsibility for ongoing client satisfaction – manage peer-level client relationships and overcome hurdles to ensure win-win solutions.
- Collaborate with business and IT leadership to develop a well-defined project plan that clearly states the project’s objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, resource requirements, risks, benefits, and budget.
- Work with project sponsors and the project management office to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders.
- Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget, and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues and risks.
- Develop project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop, and monitor work plans and take corrective action for completion of project tasks.
Necessary Skills
- University graduation in business, management, or a related discipline and 6-yr Program Manager experience; OR 2-yr diploma in business, management, or a related discipline and 8-yr Program Manager experience; OR 1-yr certificate in business, management, or a related discipline and 9-yr Program Manager experience; OR 10-yr Program Manager experience.
- Experience as Program Manager managing a portfolio of projects by providing governance, prioritizing, monitoring, reporting at a Program level.
- Experience leading project governance, change management and communication activities.
- Experience in developing project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop, and monitor work plans for completion of project tasks.
- Experience developing project deliverables including project charters, business cases, briefing notes, status reports, risk logs and project closures.
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