IT Program Manager Job Description
IT program manager
provides overall technical, managerial, and administrative direction for medical communications infrastructure and low voltage systems outfitting project in El Paso, TX.
IT Program Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
The project financial management and delivery within the agreed variance
Building partnerships within the firm across IT, Front-Office, Operations, Chief Risk Office
Defining the project scope with the stakeholders and associated end to end delivery plans
Managing proactively the project risks and issues and defining the appropriate mitigation strategy and remediation plans respectively
Managing the project dependencies
Identify, create and document the detail application requirements and the Design of the solution
Communicate status of program within and across departments
Optimize results through highly effective communications
Leverage the program governance model to influence decision-making and minimize risk to the program
Effectively and appropriately communicate with C-level executives and all other levels within the organization
IT Program Manager Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for IT Program Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, PMI, ITIL, SW, PM, SPC, RTE, CSM, MS, GLSS
Education for IT Program Manager
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Employers hiring for the IT program manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Business, Project Management, Education, Technology, Healthcare, Technical, Engineering, Information Systems, Business/Administration
Skills for IT Program Manager
Desired skills for IT program manager include:
Telecommunications
Data facilities technologies
Low voltage data cabling
Systems Administration
WAN
Wireless
Methodologies and processes
Various Project Management and Product Development concepts
Information Technology
Excel
Desired experience for IT program manager includes:
Ability to effectively use MS Project, Visio, Office
Structured program and project management
Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline
Experience and proven ability to resource, drive and deliver software projects including ERP, 3rd party, or custom developed applications using an offshore model
A minimum of 8 years’ of experience managing projects
Use status reports and other communications to elicit feedback and incremental modifications and optimizations to the overall list of activities for the team
IT Program Manager Examples
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IT Program Manager Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of IT program manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for IT program manager
- Deeply understands all project and program management disciplines and their key activities, processes, and artifacts
- Develop and lead a comprehensive, innovative, and outcome focused global IT and Cybersecurity audit program that consider all relevant risk factors, Company and Board expectations, and related business needs
- Partner closely with the IT Audit Director and Program Managers in performing risk assessments, staffing of those projects, reviewing the work, and maintaining relevant business relationships to support their programs
- Network with senior leaders in Corporate IT, Engineering Groups (EGs), and Information Security functions, business and finance as a means of continuously assessing business environment and an identifying inherent IT risks, effectively deploying timely and responsive audit projects, and to position Internal Audit as an effective and reliable provider of value added, objective and professional audit assessment
- Develop and execute communication strategies to effectively report the results of audit programs, initiatives and projects to senior and executive management, and through the Chief Audit Executive to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
- Develop, analyze, and execute budgets
- Develops documentation and mechanisms for team use to maximize productivity across projects and programs
- Perform all project management functions
- Discover opportunities to enhance or create business value through IT capabilities, assets and investments
- Model and simulate current workspace layouts and process flows and use results to perform scenario analysis to improve efficiencies
Qualifications for IT program manager
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related fields
- Must be willing to work out of an office in Chicago IL or Norwalk, CT
- 6 + years of experience within Project and Program Management in a retirement services organization
- 4+ years of experience managing Program of 10M+ in an Agile environment
- 4+ years of experience working within a matrixed environment
- 4+ years of experience delivering technology solutions and products for external clients
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IT Program Manager Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of IT program manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for IT program manager
- Manages teams of multiple project managers, project leaders and/or support staff as direct or dotted line reports
- Monitors, measures and reports on project status to IT leadership and senior business leadership
- Governance – Support and lead the IT Governance framework
- Identify and manage required resources, including a team of consultants, business resources, and other internal IT resources
- Provide oversight and audit accountability for all SOX/Compliance requirements in the space
- Establish and manage project and team budget
- Build, develop, and grow any business and IT relationships vital to the success of the project, and continued growth within the organization
- Presents project status to Senior Program stakeholders and is responsible for program/project dashboards
- Troubleshoots problem areas, manage changes in program scope-schedule-budget
- Identifies potential risks and devises contingency plans
Qualifications for IT program manager
- Experience maintaining accurate estimation and on time, on budget delivery
- Minimum 10 years of demonstrated work experience in IT audit or a combination of IT auditing and other experience that includes progressive and diversified private industry experience in an IT or internal controls role
- A BS/BA degree in information systems, computer science, finance/accounting or other related IT field
- Proven program management skills, with a track record of effectively managing an IT audit program in a decentralized, empowered and constantly changing environment
- Strong knowledge of IT auditing and IT related internal controls
- 10 years' experience with tools and techniques for planning, organizing, monitoring and controlling IT projects
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IT Program Manager Job Description
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of IT program manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for IT program manager
- Responsible to support Portfolio and Global PMO management activities
- Support weekly PMO status forums, Portfolio reporting
- Management of issues, risks, changes and scope
- Support Change & Release Mgmt
- Builds and assembles the appropriate participants to complete the assigned project according to plan and budget
- Self-starter with ability to conceive of and accept responsibility for projects and see them through to completion
- Responsible for IT SOX risk assessment and scoping process and management of IT SOX testing conducted by internal and external organizations
- Evaluate and analyze systems for ITGC/application controls scope
- Work collaboratively with external auditors, management testing representatives and control owners to ensure alignment of the IT systems, controls, testing strategy and schedules
- Manages the documentation and testing of IT General Controls for in scope IT applications and supporting infrastructure and ensure project milestones are delivered timely
Qualifications for IT program manager
- Proficient in using MS Project and other project management tools
- Knowledge of general MS office computer software
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university within preferred field of study in Computer Science or Business Management
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills, understanding of client relationship building are essential
- Ability to execute many complex tasks simultaneously, and work as a team member independently
- All contractor personnel working on this effort shall have a minimum of ADP-II level of access, as described in DoD 5200.2-R
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of IT program manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for IT program manager
- Lead and influence assigned project team to improve their development process
- Serve as an active advocate for client’s quality, technical, and architectural standards
- May lead assigned team in defining its standards
- Decrease team support cost through process engineering, training, and Metrix tracking
- Assign priorities to multiple competing activities quickly and effectively, balancing short and long-term needs
- Mentor others through periods of change in the strategy, or organization.Search Jobs US
- Partners with IT Strategic Partners to define Continuous Improvement opportunities and implement those improvements
- Improves and optimizes the performance of large project teams in a multi-site, multi-cultural setting in terms of collaboration, delivery, performance, quality, risk and issue management
- Partners with strategic partners, project sponsors and stakeholders to define program/project objectives, business requirements, work orders and statements of work as appropriate
- May lead full life cycle project delivery for medium / large projects or larger programs
Qualifications for IT program manager
- Seven (7) years of program management experience required, 4 years program management in an IT environment preferred
- Must have excellent leadership negotiation and mediation skills
- Must have excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Proven enterprise program manager that consistently delivers desired results
- Understanding of software, subscription, and metered billing licensing models
- Experience with PMBOK and other Project Management leading practice methodologies
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of IT program manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for IT program manager
- Implement targeted digital programs, communications, that support the execution of above
- Collaborate with business leaders to plan and identify strategic digital solutions to elevate mobility program throughout our organization
- Design and implement the process, people and technology infrastructure needed to enable world-class digital IT services that support the growth strategy of the company
- Oversee the preparation and monitoring of digital program and financial budgets to support digital business cases needs
- Engage with commercial leaders in designing digital IT solutions, promoting mobility across the business and embedding into the business process
- Manage multiple projects across multiple placemat items with multiple internal and external dependencies, complex or multiple scope, a higher level of risk requiring mitigation plans, multiple integration points with some external integration related to functional capabilities, time sensitive works within multiple teams of resources
- Responsible for Program Management and integration across multiple placemat items and in some cases multiple BRMs
- Accountable for the financial management of one big or multiple smaller placemat items including the integration opportunities and cost reductions
- Responsible for approving multiple plans across multiple projects and initiatives (Program level or integrated plan level)
- Acts as a Mentor both formal and informal to other PMs across the Enterprise
Qualifications for IT program manager
- Ability to navigate through uncertain situations and drive for clarity
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple efforts and prioritize
- Experience in investments, financial services or related industries
- Agile/Lean experience
- Develop, manage and lead the Hyperion program which consists of various projects and maintenance activities
- Accurately determine, assign, track and manage project task, activity, documentation, time and information per internal practices and key financial systems best practice standards