Program Manager - Senior

• Ability to think and act strategically. Big picture thinking, and solid understanding of program scope, management, and operations.
• Good understanding of the wider objectives and how to ensure strategic alignment of the program to business priorities.
• Experience leading organizational development, strategy development, business, and program planning.
• In-depth knowledge and experience producing program and project management artifacts and deliverables required to support program strategic objectives.
• Ability to work positively with the wide range of individuals and stakeholders involved in program management.
• Strong leadership and management skills and experience.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills and experience.
• Strong presentation and meeting facilitation expertise.
• Experience handling difficult situations and managing stakeholder alignment to ensure program success.
• Ability to find innovative ways to resolve problems and pro-actively manage program issues and risks.
• Ability to use appropriate strategies and actions to proactively overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of program projects - concept, definition, planning, implementation, and close-out.
• In-depth knowledge of strategic program budgeting and resource allocation methods and techniques to ensure program success.

• Experience with the coordinated planning, management, and execution of organizational change initiatives
• Outstanding knowledge of performance evaluation processes
• Experience with procurements, managed services, and vendor management
• Experience with iterative and agile delivery
• Experience with journey mapping
• Experience with developing and advancing transformational roadmaps
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to a wide variety of audiences including executives.

• 5+ years' proven experience as a Program Manager or other Managerial position:
• Experience developing and managing program and project scope, schedules, and deliverables.
• Experience with monitoring and forecasting program and project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met.
• In-depth knowledge and handling of project and program management methodology and techniques.
• Ability to promote I&IT program and project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies.
• Experience gathering and developing business requirements to create and maintain a detailed program, project schedule and/or integrated plan.
• Experience directing program and project teams to ensure program and project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards.
• Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring program and project processes developing/communicating guidelines and procedures.
• Experience with resolution of resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensuring knowledge is shared among team members, and program objectives and deliverables are met in a timely manner.
• Ability to proactively identify potential program risk events and issues before they occur including identification of appropriate mitigating strategies and plans.
• Experience with effective articulation and prioritization of issues and risks to senior executive levels and recommendations of mitigation strategies for decision makers.
• Experience with establishment and facilitation of program steering committee and stakeholder forums and meetings.
• Experience with providing project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
• Experience with promoting Public Sector I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology and the control of the use of I&IT resources
• BSc/BA Diploma in Management or a relevant field
• PMP is an asset.

• Good understanding of the wider objectives and how to ensure strategic alignment of the program to business priorities.
• Strong presentation and meeting facilitation expertise.
• Ability to use appropriate strategies and actions to proactively overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of program projects - concept, definition, planning, implementation, and close-out.
• 5+ years' proven experience as a Program Manager or other Managerial position:
• Experience with resolution of resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensuring knowledge is shared among team members, and program objectives and deliverables are met in a timely manner.

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