Job Description:
· Setting up processes & project standards across the program/portfolio.
· Owning execution at the project level - including reporting & cross portfolio impact assessment.
· Managing tools which business teams use to stay aligned and communicate internally.
· Acting as a program management function for key cross functional initiatives within Sales.
· Managing end to end UAT, including writing test scripts, testing, ticket resolution follow-up and managing triage calls.
· Tracking and managing project risks, actions, issues, dependencies.
· You may be called on to step into a critical program delivery role under pressure for a short window of time to assure the delivery of highly visible cross functional programs.
· Support ongoing organizational development activities which need to be planned, scheduled, and executed such as training programs, new joiner inductions, workshops, meetings.
· Strong Analytical skills with continuous process improvement mind set. Ability to use data to tell a story, drive root cause analysis and extract actionable insight.
· Capacity to manage competing priorities and being thorough in deliverables.
Key Qualifications
· Deep understanding of project, program and portfolio planning and delivery to the level that they can set standards, propose policy, and coach others.
· Well versed in multiple styles of Release & Change Management processes including Agile/Scrum, Waterfall and Iterative
· Minimum of 4+ years of managing complex and highly integrated projects with a technical component. Experience writing user stories & test scripts required.
· Strong analytical skills with continuous process improvement mind set. Ability to use data to tell a story, drive root cause analysis and extract actionable insight.
· Passionate about driving quality & efficiency within a project organization.
· Exceptional communication skills - verbal, written and presentation. Knack for fostering positive relationships and ability to communicate at all organization levels.
· Ability to facilitate Brainstorming sessions to gather lessons learned from implementation with business and BPR, and Information Technology group (IS&T)
· Excellent teamwork skills and ability to influence others and an ability to quickly establish trust and credibility.
· High level of professionalism, energy and sense of urgency to “make things happen.”
· Self-motivated, driven individual who is comfortable working in a global, matrixed, fast-paced environment with high levels of complexity and ambiguity and will have experience with agile method of working.
· Curious, flexible, results oriented and a dedicated problem solver.
· Innovative mind set and ability to think “out of the box”, challenge status-quo and incorporate industry best practices.
Education
· Bachelor’s degree
· PMI/PMP certification preferred.
· Agile certification preferred.
Bachelor's degree