Ekman Associates, Inc. is a Southern California based company focused on the following services: Management Consulting, Professional Staffing Solutions, Executive Recruiting and Managed Services.
Summary:
We are seeking a Pro gram Manager to manage the d ue diligence phase for an Electronic Content Management (ECM) system. Lead project/ program team(s) through all phases o f project lifecycle: Initiate, Plan, Execute, Monitor, Close. Align resources on projects and align projects with overall business strat egy. Potentially guide Project Managers assigned to specific work streams within the Program.
Key Experience:
- Ability to manage complex enterprise IT/applications implementation program/project
- Electronic Content Management (ECM) experience
- Build and maintain strong relationships with various stakeholders from both business and IT
- Provide comprehensive project plans, maintain action items, and manage scope/schedule/budget
- Effectively manage multiple projects at varying stages of the process
Responsibilities:
- Develop a working knowledge of assigned business focus, strategy, and key priorities.
- Responsible for managing the overall performance and delivery of large/cross-functional programs/projects; including scope, schedule, risks, issues, and budget.
- Provide program governance with clear and consistent communication of program level and project level status throughout the organization at all levels.
- Ensure that issues and risks are identified, communicated to project sponsors and stakeholders
- arly and proactively managed in a manner that mitigates risk to scope, cost, and schedule.
- Manage the prioritization, resource allocations, and budgeting for programs/projects.
- Strictly adhere to the client’s Project Management Methodology and reporting requirements; including project plans, agendas, meeting minutes, risks/issues logs, status reporting, and any other required project deliverables.
- Define, communicate, and manage project/program objectives/ scope.
- Manage interdependencies and effective communication channels between all existing projects, key initiatives, and stakeholders.
Job Requirements:
Qualifications:
- B.S./B.A. degree in relevant field (or equivalent work experience)
- 7+ years’ work experience in Program Management role using MS Project or similar software
- Technology project management experience working within a technology team, technology department or an IT department
- Minimum 5 years’ experience leading infrastructure projects with proven ability to identify scope, build an effective plan and execute to completion
- Willingness to travel and work overtime, and on weekends with short notice
- Excellent organization and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex concepts for a variety of audiences
- Strong leadership skills with the proven ability to coordinate with various team members from multiple internal departments and external vendors/freelances
- Proven ability to manage global teams with diverse backgrounds, business objectives, and time zones constraints
- Ability to effectively prioritize critical path activities to ensure on-time delivery
- Ability to effectively present ideas and communicate with senior leadership
- Appropriate sense of urgency and commitment for critical deliverables
- Foundational understanding of application and infrastructure technologies (compute, storage, network, database, web, integration, virtualization, cloud hosting, etc.)
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Adaptable performer who can lead effectively under pressure and through significant change
- Experience advising and interfacing with senior executives on technology related issues
- Ability to synthesize and simplify complex concepts/requirements to the team and stakeholders and tie back to business objectives.
- Ability to interact productively with employees at all levels
- Ability and desire to continually learn about new technologies, program management methodologies and adapt to ever-changing business and industry needs
- Results- and goal-oriented, with initiative to work until job is complete
Qualified Candidates Only: If you wish to learn more about this opportunity and additional qualifications/responsibilities, please submit your resume. To learn more about Ekman Associates, Inc. please visit our website at www.ekmanassociates.com.