• Oversees tactical planning and day-to-day management of one or more programs in the IT portfolio.
• Collaborates with IT and business leadership on annual strategic planning for the program.
• In partnership with the program portfolio manager, engages stakeholders on project ideation and assists in the creation of business cases and return on investment assessments.
• Develops a deep understanding of projects within the program and the broader IT portfolio; manages assigned projects with a clear understanding of business and IT context, and develops a deep understanding of cross-program portfolio synergies and dependencies.
• Ensures alignment of proposed projects with the program roadmap and its goals, and manages project planning and execution accordingly.
• Drives complex, cross-functional enterprise projects, leading multiple efforts within a specific program simultaneously, with complexity as a limiting factor.
• Leads high performing, cross-functional, often globally distributed teams.
• Works independently, without the need for day-to-day guidance.
• Serves as a project manager for initiatives within the program.
• Performs core project management duties, including guiding the project through formal approval and funding gates; developing a project plan that includes a detailed budget, project timeline, detailed task-driven schedule, project RACI and resource plan, and communication plan; and managing project execution from analysis/design through build, test, and deployment.
• When leading an Agile project, partners closely with the scrum master and product owner on all activities.
• Ensures that program and project status reports and quarterly updates are relevant, transparent, and add value.
• Partners with relevant IT and business hiring managers to ensure that the project has the skillsets and the resources required for delivery.

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