Senior Director, Program Management

The Senior Director for Program Management will manage, coordinate and coach Project Managers to ensure timely execution of projects within a program.  Utilizes technical, organization and communication skills to define PM framework and ensure compliance with it.  Provides overall coordination and is personally responsible for project execution and provides leadership updates on health of the portfolio.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day execution of projects
• Track requirements, stakeholder expectations, key milestones, testing progress and project health and provide regular updates to customers
• Outline multi-generational project strategy aligned to deliver on the expected outcomes
• Coordinate internal and vendor Project Managers executing various projects across multiple programs
• Coordinate allocation of Project Managers and technical resources
• Work with project controls to provide financial predictability within the P&L for the quarter, the year, and the overall program.
• Work directly with global technical teams, both internal and vendor provided, to drive execution of projects in portfolio
• Drive ownership within each program.
• Ensure all programs are properly staffed.
• Provide appropriate escalation for programs.
• Support execution team with resolution of roadblocks and interdependencies. Partner with technical and functional teams external to the project to ensure their tasks are completed as required
• Provide regular portfolio status updates to leadership
• Define flexible project management framework to be utilized by all Technical Project Managers coordinating and able of containing both waterfall and agile projects
• Define and drive adoption of portfolio, program and project management tools to be used for all projects
• Drive adoption of agile and lean approaches to project execution
• Coach PMs and provide feedback on their performance and improvement opportunities
• Drive improvement initiatives and incorporate latest industry trends
• Perform initial and final financial reviews, and ensure ongoing budget tracking
• Define execution methodologies and project management practices to be followed by all projects within the program
• Organize project teams comprising from internal and external technical and functional experts based on budget, scope and timeline

Desired Characteristics:

• Proven experience working with executive-level stakeholders in large projects to define enterprise software implementation and delivery strategy while managing a portfolio of projects
• Track record of successful solution delivery with demonstrated success managing multiple complex projects, juggling competing priorities, and meeting exacting deadlines
• Experienced with managing budgets including annual budgets and large-scale projects.
• Strong leadership skills with ability to influence outcomes and organize teams to attain shared goals.
• Demonstrated success as a seasoned manager with ability to hire, mentor, coach, develop, and motivate a geographically dispersed high performing team
• Proven customer focus - evaluates decisions through the eyes of the customer, builds strong customer relationships, creates processes with customer viewpoint and partners with customers to help shape their future initiatives
• Strong analytical and strong problem-solving skills. Communicates in a clear and concise manner and effectively evaluates information / data to make decisions, anticipates obstacles and develops plans to resolve, creates actionable strategies and operational plans

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is currently $161300-229800 The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.

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