Description
BB26464
Downey, CA 90242
1 Year
Project Manager
Manages a complex group of portfolio projects and acts as a change agent. Maintains a strategic focus, and manages complex inter-project relationships. Ability to lead and provide an environment with project managers and project leads that drives to superior results despite challenges. Manages a project utilizing proprietary process for Project Management. Manages supply and demand to ensure adequate resources are available and delivery commitments are met. Acts as the primary interface for the business partners and the initiative. Manages timelines, status reports and statistics. Ability to lead a cross-functional team while motivating team members to their highest potential. Requires excellent oral and written communication skills as well as business presentation skills. Excellent analytical skills. Interfaces effectively with all levels and across organizational lines. Effectively utilizes external vendors and internal resources. Demonstrated success at building team relationships and partnerships.
Experience Level: BA or BS required, MBA preferred; PMP certification required; minimum of 8+ years of direct relevant experience.
This specific role is within the Program Management Office of one of client's largest complex programs. The Outpatient Pharmacy Replacement program requires significant discipline across all program sub-projects. Putting that discipline in place, communmicating to the program managers, and monitoring/tracking is essential to the program success.
Top 3 - 5 Daily responsibilities
Maintain release schedule across all client regions for the Pharmacy PRogram
Negotiate release dates between the program and the regional teams
Track releases; update; report out to program leadership
Collaborate with team members to resolve issues, track progress, and escalate as needed
Schedule and attend meetings as appropriate
Top 3 - 5 Required Skills
Project Management fundamentals with a specific focus on implementation management and release management
Project scheduling - MS Project and MS Project Server
Document management - MS Sharepoint
Communications at all levels - up to program leadership; across to peers; down to team members
Desired skills
Program management of large programs with 3 or more sub projects
Designing executive messaging for communicating the status of program releases and implementation status
Soft Skills
Communications
Planning
Collaboration
# of people supervised
One, maybe two in a collaborative matrixed manner for project deliverables. Not supervision from a personnel performance management.
Size of the team
Program team size is 100+. Direct project team leads this role interfaces with is 23+
Stage of the project
Multiple: Some tracks in prod support, some in development, and some have releases planned in 2012. This role focuses on managing the upcoming releases.
Is a 4 year degree required?
yes
Will this Req convert to a FTE position? If so, do you only want to see individuals eligible to convert to FTE status?
not in the near term. Is a possibility, but not in the current plan.