Description
Manage deployment resources with the global deployment plan and approved Global Shared Services market sequencing schedule. The projects under the purview of the program include: implementing a global financial platform, leveraging shared services capabilities, and ensuring the global financial curriculum aligns to support the overall financial transformation vision. This position will play a key role in deploying the program within a market or group of markets to ensure successful on-time, on-budget delivery and realization of program benefits. The program resource manager will have the opportunity to work with key customers from the Strategy & Alignment program and project leadership, Finance, Global Shared Services (GSS), HR and IT Solutions.Planning & Execution
- Key areas of focus for this role are managing the assignment of resources to the project and partnering with HR to ensure individuals assigned to the project receive performance reviews.
- In collaboration with leadership/deployment, leads schedule and deploy team members to market deployments.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of each team members' qualifications and the requirements of each deployment.
- Mobilize resources and fully brief them on roles and responsibilities.
- Prepare resource schedules and rolling 18 month forecasts.
- Support the recruitment and on-boarding process.
- Partner with HR on any performance or employee relation issues, escalating or following instructions as appropriate.
- Support the annual Performance Management process as directed by HR.
- Review reports on utilization, variance, PTO, learning hours, headcount, and deployment needs to make appropriate recommendations to leadership.
- Maintain accurate staffing system data.
- Take responsibility for providing periodic updates to the business case, puts and takes.
- Provide resource status in management meetings.
Key Skills and Leadership Competencies Include:
- Achieves through teamwork.
- Working knowledge of project management tools; well-versed with office applications.
- Communicates candidly and effectively - demonstrating strong leadership and communication skills.
- Be a team player and build solid working relationship with all team members.
- Brings a global perspective and has demonstrated an ability to work with individuals across multiple cultures and experience working with off-shore resources
- Leads through influence
- Leads change and innovation
- Prior experience in Project Management: 5-7 years.
- Finance, HR or IT bachelors degree preferred.
- Ability to plan, mobilize and manage resources to achieve deliverables.
- Ability to work with related technology SMEs to develop an aligned global solution.
- High-level understanding of GSS objectives, business processes, deployment plan and technical/functional capabilities.