Senior Program Manager, Information Technology

Build a career powered by innovations that matter!  At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible.  We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  Looking for a great place to work?  You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment.  Come explore Novanta.

Company Overview

Build a career powered by innovations that matter.  At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible.  We serve as a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, engineering components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is a global organization with offices located throughout EMEA, The Americas and Asia Pacific.  Novanta is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under symbol NOVT.

Business Unit Overview

This position is part of Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services global teams.  Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services teams play an important role in executing the company’s strategic mission and operations.  Included in Corporate and Shared Services are the business functions including Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Development and Corporate Marketing.  The Corporate and Shared Services teams work closely with all Novanta business units to support operating initiatives contributing to the organization’s financial success.

Summary

As a Senior IT ERP Program Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing large, complex technology programs and ensuring successful delivery. Your main purpose will be to develop and execute project plans, manage budgets, and coordinate cross-functional teams to achieve ERP project objectives. Your leadership skills and experience in IT project management will drive the success of critical transformation initiatives related to our ERP transformation. Your background in Program Management Office’s will contribute to the growth and maturation of the IT PMO to ensure successful delivery of business value.

Primary Responsibilities

• Leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex ERP programs on time, within budget, and in alignment with business objectives.
• Developing and implementing program strategies, plans, and budgets that align with the organization's goals.
• Developing and managing program budgets, resources, timelines, and risk mitigation plans.
• Leading roadmap planning and tracking of dependencies across other applications and systems.
• Establishing program governance structure and ensuring compliance with relevant policies and regulations.
• Building solid relationships with business partners and external vendors.
• Leading efforts to establish and mature the IT Program Management Office, including drafting and implementing new processes and training.
• Contributing to the development and adoption of PMO tooling and PMO frameworks.

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

• Have experience in managing large-scale enterprise programs.
• Have experience with Global ERP implementations, experience with SAP is a plus.
• Be committed to continuous learning and professional development.
• Possess excellent problem-solving abilities and the capability to think critically.
• Be able to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Be able to proactively manage project risks and issues and implement necessary changes.
• Have experience in managing cross-functional teams and collaborating with different departments.
• Have experience with Smartsheet and Atlassian.
• Be able to identify the best PMI and/or agile methodology and framework to use for project, program and/or portfolio management work.

Travel Requirements

• As needed based on projects, estimated at 30% of the time.  
   

Physical Requirements

• Mobility to work in a standard office setting and to use standard office equipment, including a computer.
• Ability to use vison to read computer screen and read printed materials

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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