Program Manager - NR Consulting LLC
Durham, NC
About the Job
Job Title: Program Manager
Location: Durham, NC (REmote till Covid)
Position Type: Contract with possible extension
Duration: 12+ months Contract
Short Description:
Seeking an experienced program manager. This lead management role will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders to implement, and maintain Cloud Migration and modernization efforts.
Complete Description:
Seeking an experienced program manager. This lead management role will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders, project teams, divisions, departments, and vendors to strategize, implement, and maintain Application and Infrastructure Modernization Project. This position will interact with all levels of staff in the DHHS including executive staff. This position will ultimately be responsible for ensuring that projects in the DHHS serve to advance and enhance the departmental IT roadmap and goals.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
•Work closely with project sponsor, PPMs, to identify and prioritize initiatives at a division level
•Collaborate with Project Portfolio Management and other staff to develop and manage Program roadmaps for Application and Infrastructure Modernization Initiative
•Work with business and cross-functional teams to develop Business Case and Cost Benefit analysis for prioritized initiatives within the program
•Manage and obtain various DHHS and state approvals for initiating projects within the program
•Participates in the construction of Statements of Work in collaboration with the business and other agency teams for projects within the program
•Manage multiple Vendor onboarding
•Establish and implements governance model for the Cloud Migration and transformation efforts across programs
•Work with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department
•Manage budget across various workstreams and funding channels for maximum productivity
•Tracks, maintains and present program details, progress, status, risk and other relevant topics to senior and executive management
•Work with Project Portfolio Managers and Project Managers within the program to maintain clear, effective, and transparent communications
•Manage resource allocations and expectations for program
•Collaborate with the State Department of Information Technology (DIT) to ensure program compliance with the State IT Roadmap and all State Privacy and security requirements
•Presents program status to various committee and executive meetings
•Identify workstream resources and their roles and responsibilities for all workstreams and communicate appropriately
•Identify all key milestones across all workstreams and create plans to train, communicate appropriate stakeholders
Skills:
•The selected candidate must be a results-oriented individual with a strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership, negotiation, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills
•Experience in the management of a portfolio of multiple projects that may be in significantly different stages of development or have differing timelines and priorities
•Experience in communicating in a fashion tailored the audience and their needs
•Excellent written communication and presentation skills
•Demonstrates experience in working effectively with all levels of staff, clients, and other IT personnel
•Experience in the responsibility for acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timeframes, and quality for a program
•Experience in proposing and leading strategic initiatives
•Ability to identify and plan systematic corrective action to reduce errors and improve the quality of the systems and services, by examination of the root causes of problems
•Demonstrated ability to provide advice, assistance, and leadership in improving the quality of IT projects, by focusing on program definition, management, repeatability, and measurement
•Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results
•This position desire prior experience in Migrating from On-prem to Cloud using cloud infrastructure on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions
Management prefers applicants with the following:
•Experience managing or supervising programs involving Cloud migration(AWS), Application modernization and modularization projects
•Experience collaborating with State and Local Government
•Experience in complex, cross-functional team environments
•Candidate with PgMP Certification
Location: Durham, NC (REmote till Covid)
Position Type: Contract with possible extension
Duration: 12+ months Contract
Short Description:
Seeking an experienced program manager. This lead management role will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders to implement, and maintain Cloud Migration and modernization efforts.
Complete Description:
Seeking an experienced program manager. This lead management role will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders, project teams, divisions, departments, and vendors to strategize, implement, and maintain Application and Infrastructure Modernization Project. This position will interact with all levels of staff in the DHHS including executive staff. This position will ultimately be responsible for ensuring that projects in the DHHS serve to advance and enhance the departmental IT roadmap and goals.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
•Work closely with project sponsor, PPMs, to identify and prioritize initiatives at a division level
•Collaborate with Project Portfolio Management and other staff to develop and manage Program roadmaps for Application and Infrastructure Modernization Initiative
•Work with business and cross-functional teams to develop Business Case and Cost Benefit analysis for prioritized initiatives within the program
•Manage and obtain various DHHS and state approvals for initiating projects within the program
•Participates in the construction of Statements of Work in collaboration with the business and other agency teams for projects within the program
•Manage multiple Vendor onboarding
•Establish and implements governance model for the Cloud Migration and transformation efforts across programs
•Work with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department
•Manage budget across various workstreams and funding channels for maximum productivity
•Tracks, maintains and present program details, progress, status, risk and other relevant topics to senior and executive management
•Work with Project Portfolio Managers and Project Managers within the program to maintain clear, effective, and transparent communications
•Manage resource allocations and expectations for program
•Collaborate with the State Department of Information Technology (DIT) to ensure program compliance with the State IT Roadmap and all State Privacy and security requirements
•Presents program status to various committee and executive meetings
•Identify workstream resources and their roles and responsibilities for all workstreams and communicate appropriately
•Identify all key milestones across all workstreams and create plans to train, communicate appropriate stakeholders
Skills:
•The selected candidate must be a results-oriented individual with a strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership, negotiation, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills
•Experience in the management of a portfolio of multiple projects that may be in significantly different stages of development or have differing timelines and priorities
•Experience in communicating in a fashion tailored the audience and their needs
•Excellent written communication and presentation skills
•Demonstrates experience in working effectively with all levels of staff, clients, and other IT personnel
•Experience in the responsibility for acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timeframes, and quality for a program
•Experience in proposing and leading strategic initiatives
•Ability to identify and plan systematic corrective action to reduce errors and improve the quality of the systems and services, by examination of the root causes of problems
•Demonstrated ability to provide advice, assistance, and leadership in improving the quality of IT projects, by focusing on program definition, management, repeatability, and measurement
•Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results
•This position desire prior experience in Migrating from On-prem to Cloud using cloud infrastructure on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions
Management prefers applicants with the following:
•Experience managing or supervising programs involving Cloud migration(AWS), Application modernization and modularization projects
•Experience collaborating with State and Local Government
•Experience in complex, cross-functional team environments
•Candidate with PgMP Certification
Source : NR Consulting LLC