Senior Program Manager

Description:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Principal lead for delivery efforts in the deployment of successful projects, aligned with the SCJ strategic objectives, executing the strategic roadmap

• Lead strategic program/project objectives and their key success factors, utilizing subject matter skills and expertise across matrixed teams to deliver impactful and measurable solutions

• Partner with business sponsors, stakeholders, and IT leaders to coordinate resources, align priorities, manage budget, scope, risks and issues, and establish support models to ensure program/project/product long term success

• Provide regular, timely, transparent communication on progress against digital product / solutions and programs to both internal BPT and functional stakeholders, including Steer Co & Program update preparation/delivery

• Participate in technology evaluations to assess products against the requirements and create materials making recommendations with supporting data & analysis; Develop detailed business cases, cost/benefit analyses, ROIs and financial models

• Manage implementation partner and vendor relationships including contract definition, negotiations, and execution of RFIs and RFPs for successful partnership

• Champion and be an integral part of our Better Work-Better World’s digital journey, defining and adhering to measurement and tracking of KPIs to accelerate business outcomes, in partnership with the business unit, regional and functional stakeholders

• Review technical requirements to ensure alignment with business strategy, while providing constructive input and direction for application delivery, project, and operational teams

• Ensure compliance to established project methodologies, ensuring that communication channels and appropriate milestone reviews are executed; Provide oversight to manage resource, cost and timeline planning for program/projects

• Manage solution coordination / alignment / readiness within the IT organization, including Security, Infrastructure & Operations, and Data & Analytics teams

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of products, solutions, competition, customer, industry and digital trends related to CPG Sales and Marketing functions

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business, relevant/related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 10 + years of professional program management experience exemplified by complex full life-cycle projects/products in a global setting

• 7 + years of demonstrated experience shepherding entire programs from kickoff to completion, managing multiple programs in a fast-paced, deadline focused environment and mastery as a program manager, delivery successful IT and operational excellence initiatives