Program Manager
6 Months ago • 8 Years +
Finance
Product Management
Operations
Job Description
This Program Manager role within the Global Data Solutions (GDS) team focuses on driving operational standardization and efficiency. The position requires strong collaboration skills to work with stakeholders across various departments and global locations. Key responsibilities include identifying opportunities for process standardization, translating strategic goals into actionable plans and roadmaps, leading initiative implementation, tracking progress, and analyzing impact on key performance indicators (KPIs). This role is crucial for improving operational efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Responsibilities encompass program development and execution, financial management, stakeholder management, process improvement, and team leadership, including mentoring junior team members. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in leading large-scale global transformation programs with strong program and project management experience and proficiency in English.
Good To Have:
- Smartsheets or Jira proficiency
Must Have:
- 8+ years experience in program management
- Strong project management skills
- Cross-functional collaboration skills
- Financial management expertise
- Process improvement capabilities
- Stakeholder management
- Team leadership & mentoring
This role is a strategic initiative manager within the Global Data Solutions (GDS) team, focused on driving operational standardization and efficiency across the organization. The role requires strong collaboration skills to build relationships with stakeholders across different departments and global locations.
A key responsibility is identifying opportunities to standardize operational processes within GDS and across the wider organization, including areas like Product/R&D, Data Science, and Technology. This person will translate strategic goals into actionable business plans and roadmaps with clear value propositions. They will then lead the implementation of these strategic initiatives, track their progress, and analyze their impact on financial operating plans and other key performance indicators. Essentially, this person will be a key driver in improving operational efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness across the global organization.
Primary responsibilities:
- Program development and execution: Leading cross-functional initiatives (tech, operation, commercial), managing risks, and ensuring projects stay on track and within budget.
- Financial management: Forecasting, tracking, and analyzing financial data related to programs, and collaborating with finance teams to ensure accuracy and alignment with operational plans.
- Stakeholder management: Building strong relationships with global teams and stakeholders to drive collaboration and achieve program goals.
- Process improvement: Identifying opportunities to streamline processes and improve efficiency in data management and reporting.
- Team leadership: Holding accountability, mentoring and developing junior team members on project management skills.
Key traits of successful individuals in this role:
- Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience.
- Proficient in English
- 8+ years of experience in designing and leading complex, large scale global transformation programs with strong program and project management experience.
- Business level knowledge of technology capabilities, platforms and services, including automation functionality, and their benefits in solving multi-faceted challenges.
- Demonstrated examples of program management and financial forecast skills across a range of projects and programs.
- Proven ability to successfully manage and communicate across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at various levels of leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with associates and to work effectively within a team and with people from diverse backgrounds and areas across the organization.
- Ideally, Smartsheets or other PM software like Jira.
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