Position: Program Manager
Bay Area, CA (initially Remote).
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Program Manager Role

The successful candidate for this role will bring strong technology program leadership skills, with broad Logistics, retail experience

Description:

Uses established project management methodologies/tools to develop and execute IT project plans

The position can be remote but preferably in the Bay Area

Specific Responsibilities:

Performs all the senior project manager duties plus:

• Using established project management methodology/tools, develops project plans for highly complex projects of strategic importance which include work plans, schedules, budgets, needed skills and resources, project scope and deliverable/responsibility matrices
• Performs variance analysis (including schedule, costs vs. budgets, resources and changes to scope). Makes trade-offs with sponsor, as necessary
• Performs project risk assessment quantification, response planning and control.
• Communicates risks to clients and/or IT management, project sponsors & vendors
• Develops and executes mitigation strategies
• Validates client and functional requirements for sponsor
• Determines the impact on current/existing technologies and communicates impact to clients, sponsor, IT management and vendor
• Makes recommendations on existing application products that could address client requirements
• Evaluates alternative operational efficiencies /business process change.
• Makes presentations to IT management, sponsors, and/or vendors
• Accountable for pre and post implementation plans
• Provides work direction to project managers
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• Exercises strong judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Orchestrates and recommends Program strategy