8356- Infrastructure Program Manager
Enon, OH 45323 US
Job Description
#8356
Location: REMOTE
Duration: 12 MONTHS+
Job Responsibilities:
- The IT Infrastructure Program manager is responsible for establishing governance for managing and providing direction for infrastructure programs of varying size and complexity from initiation through completion across cross-functional project teams.
- In this role, you will liaise between business stakeholders and our IT department, balancing business needs with hardware capacity and supporting seamless integration.
- You will review all project requirements and determine scheduling, budgeting, and resource needs.
- In addition, you will ensure the scope of work is well-defined and consider the integration of systems to ensure a seamless deployment. In addition to educational qualifications, applicants should have experience in IT project planning and be comfortable adhering to strict deadlines.
- Manages the day-to-day aspects of a project(s) to deliver high-quality, on time, on budget outcomes within the project scope.
- Coordinates the identification and planning of all project work streams, including working with each functional manager and/or Project Manager to plan work product schedules, identify key milestones, manage dependencies, identify, track, and manage risks/issues/decisions, and report on project progress.
- Implements consistent process and tools and identify emerging best practices and issues to help continuously advance project methods and practices.
- Work closely with executives, business unit leaders and product owners to educate organizations to use a variety of approaches to deliver customer value in both business and IT teams.
- Provide expertise to align multiple teams, collaborate and facilitate quarterly planning with large groups, manage portfolio backlog and facilitate decision making with project stakeholders, Senior Leaders, and Architects.
- Coaches, mentors, and provides guidance to all project team members.
- Provide feedback to management at all levels regarding the progress project teams
- Leads and oversees the identification, execution, and updating of project timelines, tasks/responsibilities, and deliverables.
- Works with project team to identify project risks and mitigation plans, resolve issues, and eliminate project challenges.
- Coordinates and responds to project changes, including escalating project issues and decisions as needed.
- Provides strong leadership capabilities to lead and direct project teams, leading team decision-making processes, and cultivating an environment of healthy team debate and collaboration.
- Ability to build project plans for Agile and Waterfall methodologies to align with infrastructure resources.
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Project management experience and knowledge of concepts and practices.
- 10+ years of IT Project management experience
- 5+ years of IT Infrastructure Project management
- Experience in leading programs for large network/datacenter projects & voice projects is a MUST.
- Ability to lead, manage, coordinate, plan and deliver projects on-time, on-budget, on-scope with high quality.
- Experience with digital transformations (Waterfall to Agile).
- Experience managing vendor contract deliverables to ensure they are met and accepted.
- Ability to demonstrate and apply a thorough understanding of complex information systems and technology organizations.
- Experience developing and managing software, hardware, and services contracts.