Description
Summary:- Project management guidance, coordination, and support
- Project/program management subject matter expertise and knowledge
- The PM builds and maintains collaborative relationships across the Transformation to help translate actions into an Integrated Plan, RAID (Risk, Actions, Issues, and Dependencies) registers and other deliverables aligned to Global PMO guidelines.
- The PM plays a critical role owning the tools that present overall status.
- Serve as a thought leader and subject matter expert project and program management tools, approach and practices
- Supports communications to leadership and key stakeholders including leaders at global PMO, and Market/Function level on the progress of initiatives
- Translates strategy into executable action plans in collaboration with Program, Capability/Initiative and Market leaders
- Drives consistency and quality in execution aligned with the PMO methodology
- Proactively identifies, effectively assesses, and mitigates program/project level
- Provides guidance for Project Managers to create cost estimates and work plans, ensures the completion and consistency of all projects and readiness to go-live
- Ensures effective knowledge management
- Establishes and maintains strong and collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and customers to create the best plans to meet objectives
- Collaborate with PMO Lead and other leaders to define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on measuring the progress and success of initiative programs
- Implements KPIs and monitors key measures on a regular basis
- Provides and/or presents program-level reporting and status updates
- Proactively looks for risk areas and works with PMO team and/or Initiative Leads to develop and implement action plans to mitigate risks effectively in a timely basis
- Sets up tracking to ensures programs and projects are delivered on time, on budget with support from Finance/
- Monitors success of program and recommends adjustments to strategy or timing to PMO Lead as needed
Education:
- BA/BS Degree Required
- PMP Certification preferred
- Business, Finance/Accounting, IT or related
- The ideal candidate will be trilingual, fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
- Program Management: Experience in program/project management and cross-organizational leadership roles.
- Stakeholder Management: Ability to establish and manage effective partnerships at global and region/country level; strong communication skills and managerial courage to challenge
- Performance Management: Ability to use data to make recommendations and decisions; knowledge and experience in KPI, Managerial Reporting, Forecast/Budgeting
- Operations Management: Experience with operations in a geographically diverse organization
- PowerPoint, Excel, collaboration tools like SharePoint, MS Project helpful but not necessary
- +6 years experience
- Must have excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills to actively engage customers and build partnerships with Region/Market/Function/Program leaders
- Can coach, help build plans, recommend actions, orchestrate across initiatives; needs to influence and have courage to challenge