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IT Program Manager, Corporate Functions (Remote)

Management

Manager

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Allendale, New Jersey, United States

Who we want:

Purpose-driven. A person who thrives when they have a mission that matters:
Together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better.”

Leader. A person who can direct, guide, and influence the behavior and work of project teams towards accomplishing the program objectives.

Collaborator. A relationship-savvy person who intentionally makes and strengthen connections with both internal partners and external contacts.

Achiever. A change agent who strives to accomplish tasks and is constantly driven to do more.

Strategic thinker. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.

What you will do:

  • Provide overall program leadership, guidance, and manage all aspects of a given program, including requirements gathering, business case creation, and implementation.
  • Demonstrate steady leadership in the face of uncertainty, change, and aggressive deadlines common to a rapidly growing company with an evolving business model.
  • Develop resourcing strategies to ensure optimum support for projects and for the day-to-day operational activities.
  • Proactively set performance expectations and help project managers and subordinates manage expectations of delivery and requirements, yielding consistent results.
  • Review program budget variance and scope change requests, and participate in the budget-resolution process.
  • Ensure that the scope of the projects within the program align with business priorities.
  • Partner with multiple functions (HR, Legal and Compliance, Finance, Quality Assurance, Operations, Regulatory) to drive laser-focused program execution that fulfills our customer needs.
  • Manage program-level risks and interdependencies.
  • Promote collaboration and coordination across broad categories of stakeholder.
  • Lead cross-functional meetings and foster teamwork; drive escalation and resolution of issues.
  • Address escalated resourcing issues with project manager and resource manager, as needed.
  • Support and coach project managers within the program
  • Provide technical expertise in planning, execution, and leadership of program, projects, and initiatives.
  • Provide program reporting and status to senior management.
  • Maintain excellent relationships with all levels of the matrix organization.
  • Create funding requests, forecast, monitor, and report on project financials, and maintain financials in project management tools.
  • Liaise with the supplier management groups as needed on supplier engagement, quality of services, experience, and cost.
  • Ensure all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in business case.
  • Assist, share learning, and mentor others within the PMO regarding standards, organizational understanding, and relationship building to promote the successful delivery of projects.
  • Contribute to the growth and professionalization of our PMO through the standardization of the project management best practices.

What you need

  • Bachelor’s Degree required
  • PMP certification required
  • ​Agile Certification preferred
  • Six-Sigma or related experience preferred
  • Minimum of 10 years of professional experience is required
  • Minimum of 7 years of program and project management experience in IT or other industries required
  • Experience working with Compliance, HR and Finance related projects required
  • Experience managing and lead remote project teams required
  • Expertise in Microsoft Project and other project management tools required
  • Demonstrated experience in full project management lifecycle for software/maintenance/ development/ implementation projects and IT methodologies (ITIL) required
  • Experience with projects in multiple technologies and functions; demonstrated experience managing customer relationships required

#LI-Remote

“This job may be performed remotely from anywhere in the United States, except that this job may not be filled or performed in Colorado.”