We are seeking a CONTRACT Senior Program Manager-IT Infrastructure to join our growing team.
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How will you make a difference?
Lead day to day IT Infrastructure and cloud migration projects, including facilitation of solution requirements and architecture strategy, migration strategy, application suitability/readiness assessment, migration planning, and execution coordination
Proactively develops detailed project plans in collaboration with key stakeholders within the transaction team, business unit and/or target organization
Leverages experience, perspective, and key lessons learned from other projects to ensure future project success
Identifies key stakeholders, understand their expectations, and execute effective communication plans
Independently leads medium to large projects with minimal supervision
Supports the Program Management Office in all program governance activities and AS9100 compliance
Proactively manages all aspects of a project/program through the project life cycle project planning, monitoring and controlling through execution, and project closure
Implements project management best practices to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget and meet the overall project objectives
Proactively develops and communicates risk mitigation and contingency plans for key program risks with project stakeholders
Facilitates collaborative negotiations with project participants and stakeholders to drive alignment on addressing significant issues before they impact the project
Confidently leads and facilitates project meetings - completion of pre/post meeting activities including ensuring appropriate invitation list, meeting minutes, action item logging, and update program documentation as required
Prepares accurate presentations and presents strategic project status updates tailored for various levels throughout the organization, including Executive Leadership team
Coaches project managers and other junior resources
Responsible to oversee and correct deliverables from project managers and junior team members
Ensures electronic project documentation repository is up to date for all project documentation, business/technology documents related to the initiatives/projects/programs; tracks and sets up deliverable process (sign-off, documentation)
Facilitates process to gather input and finalizes the program's project close document, including lessons learned to ensure continuous improvement to the integration/separation life cycle
Compiles inputs from multiple areas/teams and consolidates into summarized strategic materials for leadership
Develops initial project budget and ensures proper mechanism for gathering key inputs from all key stakeholders
Establishes process to establish, track and communicate key project KPIs
Qualifications
7+ years Project Management experience / PMO experience
3 years' experience in on-premises and cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and security projects
Required Skills, Talents & Experiences
IT transformation project experience (assessments, migrations, consolidations, virtualization projects, etc.)
Foundational understanding of public cloud models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and providers (AWS, Azure, Google)
Experience developing and delivering presentations to senior leadership
Ability to establish credibility and trust with key stakeholders and project teams to effectively lead through influence
Superior discernment skills; know which competing task takes priority at a given time
Practical problem solving and critical thinking skills with excellent judgment and attention to detail
Superb collaboration and communication skills with all levels of stakeholders, both internal and external
Must possess managerial courage; demonstrate confidence with a data-driven approach to managing risks and making decisions that will impact project execution and organizational objectives
Demonstrated resourcefulness to explore creative solutions to eliminate potential program roadblocks
Preferred Skills, Talents & Experiences
Experience in the wireless communications, data communications and/or aviation industry
Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification or equivalent PM experience
Proficiency in Microsoft Project and Project Server
Experience implementing projects using Agile and SAFe methodologies
Pay Rate: $54/hr-$69/hr
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