11951-IS&T Program Manager (ZISPL Job No 621)

• Provide project / program management expertise and leadership in the execution of complex IT application and infrastructure projects
• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives that span across different business capabilities, acquiring valuable insight as to how parts of the organization impact one another
• Apply project management principles, processes to drive appropriate organizational change in a global development environment
• Make effective use of enterprise PPM tool, available dashboards and reports to collect project metrics data e.g. completed and in-progress work, schedule and cost variances, resource health, risks and issues etc.
• Manage and direct the assigned project resources to best meet the project objectives
• Plan and direct schedules, monitor the project from initiation through delivery within the constraints of budget, schedule, the agreed scope and quality requirements
• Understand cross team dependencies and organize the interdepartmental activities and other project specific information and regularly communicate it to the project stakeholders
• Manage project communications and meetings (Daily Stand Up Meetings, Project Reviews, Ad-Hoc Requests)
• Manage or maintain the project execution logs associated for Risks, Actions, Issues, Key Decisions and Meeting Minutes
• Provide regular project status updates to the project sponsor and the leadership team

Experience/ Qualifications:

• 10 to 12 years of experience in IT Project Management with proven track record of leading complex projects through to completion
• Thorough understanding of project management concepts and knowledge areas
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), problem solving & leadership skills
• Experience of working in shared resources environment with teams based across different time zones
• Knowledge of Planview Portfolios (or any other enterprise PPM tool) for overall project tracking, Jira for tracking Agile development and SharePoint as collaboration tool
• Solid decision making, organizational and prioritization skills
• Good understanding of budgeting, estimation and project financial management, timecard management
• Change/Release management
• PMP, ACP or similar certification with good understanding of project management and methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile
• Experience of delivering Infrastructure projects will be an advantage