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ID #5964377
State Nebraska
City Omaha / council bluffs
Job type Permanent
Salary USD Depends on Experience Depends on Experience
Source CSS Staffing
Showed 2020-11-21
Date 2020-11-20
Deadline 2021-01-19
Category Accounting/finance
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Strategic Initiative Program Manager Omaha, NE contract

Nebraska, Omaha / council bluffs, 68101 Omaha / council bluffs USA

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Strategic Initiative Program Manager

Omaha, NE We are hiring for a Strategic Program Manager to manage a $4M Portfolio of Strategic Initiatives. Various workstreams are focused on BI initiatives, Mobility, Compliance, and Core Services.

Core Responsibilities:
  • Strategic Initiative Support: act as a central hub for SI work streams
  • Act as a central point of unified planning for the SI work
  • Single point of contact for SI program’s issues/risks identification and reporting
  • SI program point of contact to tie into other SI within the client
  • Identify, track and coordinate cross program dependencies
  • Ability to manage top tier consultants and vendors
  • Strategic Initiative Monitoring: analyze BU performance against planned milestones
  • Create program reporting (e.g., status updates, reviews) and deliver presentations indicating progress reports
  • Financial/Budgetary reporting on SI funding utilization
  • Identify and escalate resource constraints
  • Support BU leadership with the development of comprehensive plans, business case proposals, measurements/metrics of success, and resourcing requirements
  • Analyze initiative portfolio for potential conflicts in resourcing, feasibility of schedules, delivery dependencies and other factors that may impede the successful delivery of portfolio outputs
  • Monitor and track progress, modify and recommend appropriate actions to keep BU on plan for all initiatives
  • Develop communication and Change Management plans and cadence with Sponsor and Stakeholders
  • Strategic Initiative Leadership: along with sponsor provide leadership for the SI program
  • Lead the Strategic Initiative which included internal/cross-functional projects or participate on teams in various capacities (SME/Support Contributor/Advisor-Consultant, etc.
  • Provide experienced and senior leadership for the program
  • Must have executive presence
  • Must be able to provide updates in concise and polished form ready for presentation to senior leadership
  • Support teams and provide real time feedback and coaching

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
  • Minimum of 6-8 years’ formal program and project management experience of IT projects
  • Prior experience program managing 2 or more programs simultaneously with value of over $2 million each
  • Strong analytical and consulting skills
  • Previous project, program and portfolio management experience
  • Previous experience managing the delivery of multiple assignments with overlapping priorities & timelines
  • Previous experience working in and/or leading cross-functional teams
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and effectively collaborate in team environments
  • Demonstrated planning and facilitation skills
  • Competency in program and project management tools

Desired:
  • Experience in the utility industry
  • Strong working experience with strategic program management
  • Previous working experience in program management in more than one functional area of an Enterprise (e.g. IT & Finance)
  • Master’s degree
  • Project management certification

Additional Information:
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Assignment Length: 6-month initial contract with rolling, long term intent

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