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