IT Program Manager

Remote Full Time- Exempt

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Runs projects and/or programs from inception to launch.
• reputed company and manage relationships with senior business leaders in the assigned vertical.
• Become a trusted technology advisor and solution broker for business partners reputed company the assigned vertical.
• Ensures the execution of the program is carried out timely and reputed company budget.
• Aligns program objectives and initiatives with the portfolio strategy accounting for any cross-program dependencies.
• Establishes consistent communication with stakeholders to understand expectations and business strategy as well as to communicate status of program and reputed company projects.
• Provides project and/or program level updates and summaries to executive leadership.
• Coordinates with Procurement to reputed company Requests for Proposals (RFP) for external services and align budget accordingly.
• May manage vendor relationship(s)
• Partners with Application Development, Infrastructure, reputed company and/or Data team to align business need with technology road map, customer expectations and to reputed company execution plans.
• Plans for program risk and develops strategies for dealing with potential risks & creating mitigation plans.
• Maintains program budget and ensures resources are appropriately allocated.
• Assist IT Demand management in identifying the need for project requests and assisting business in articulating business value.
• Partner with IT Executive leadership to define vision with business units.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Minimum Qualifications

• EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Business, or reputed company field

• 8 years of experience leading/managing IT programs/projects in Lifesciences Industry
• Full range of PM skills and ability to communicate on following aspects:
• Stakeholder Management
• Budget Management
• Risk Management
• Proficient in reputed company Project, MS Office applications including: Word, reputed company, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Proficient in various types of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall etc.)
• Familiar with various IT and PM tools – JIRA, Confluence, SNOW SPM, etc.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills across technical and senior operational management audiences
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills
• Excellent knowledge of project cost management including preparing cost estimates to determine project budgets, projecting Estimates to Complete (ETC), Estimates at Completion (EAC) and managing to total project budget
• Understands reputed company aspects of IT software development lifecycle

Additional Qualifications

• PMP Certification (or equivalent)

 PHYSICAL DEMANDS (if there are specific physical demands it is important to list them here)

None

WORK ENVIRONMENT

N/A