Program Manager - Senior - RECRUITED - CAN

Are you a Senior Program Manager looking for a new opportunity?

Are you looking for a new contract opportunity?

We are pleased to offer you a new contract opportunity for you to consider : Senior Program Manager

• Start : ASAP
• Estimated length : 12 months
• Location : Toronto
• Onsite role

Actively seeking for candidates with below requirements.

Advantages

You will have an opportunity to work with a leading employer in the local market.

Responsibilities

• Ensure program momentum by owning, driving, and championing through quality execution, clear decision making, and providing visibility on progress and gaps
• Produce and manage program roadmap & milestones, status reports, steering decks, resource plan and budget
• Oversee the deliverables of agile work streams to coordinate and communicate scope, approach, goals, synchronization of milestones, interdependences, governance, and overarching change management
• Develop team rapport and client relationships by providing excellent communication and successful program execution and delivery
• Quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders, mobilize, motivate and lead teams and set direction and approach
• Communicate findings and recommendations succinctly in a logical and coherent storyline that facilitates productive program discussions and decision making
• Anticipate threats to team progress and proactively engage stakeholders and leadership to address issues, prioritize projects, and achieve objectives
• As program scope and requirements will continue to evolve during execution, your ability to successfully manage changes, risks, issues and actions is critical to success
• Your teams and clients may be located across multi-site and time zones, so you will need to be flexible and adaptable in managing these needs

Qualifications

• 8+ years overall experience in IT project management / delivery, scrum master and agile (Scaled Agile) experience
• 2 3+ years program delivery experience with complex IT initiatives
• 2+ years experience managing global teams
• Experience in DevOps and Agile Toolset (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience in Agile framework and principles (including Kanban and Scrum) and Agile At Scale
• Experience managing large complex IT initiatives and programs with budgets of $1-5M+
• Proven experience leading and managing cross-functional agile teams
• Ability to make sound decisions in a timely manner, leveraging data and engaging others from the start
• Adept at stakeholder engagement, political consensus-building, and conflict resolution
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize a wide range of tasks
• Proven effective relationship building skills with demonstrated ability to influence others (including mangers, directors, and senior leadership) successfully
• Excellent ability to communicate at all levels with clarity and precision (verbal & written)
• Understanding of web architecture, user experience, and web design principles i.e Digital Web and Marketing technologies, front-end development, Web Accessibility, SEO, Search, Website Analytics
• Experience managing large program budgets and vendor costs

Preferred skills :

• Bachelor’s degree or similar education
• PMP, Program Mgmt Certification or similar
• Certified Scrum Master, SAFe certification or similar
• Experience in Agile Toolset (JIRA, Confluence) and time-tracking systems (Planview)
• Excellent problem solving and resolution, influencing, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple program workstreams (multiple agile scrum teams) simultaneously while maintaining quality and meeting stakeholder and business expectations
• Motivated individual capable of owning and driving assignments
• Financial Services Sector experience is beneficial, but not required.

Summary

Do you have this experience? If you answer YES, then please apply IMMEDIATELY to so we can then discuss your experience and interest in this opportunity!

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