Senior Program Manager

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate various streams of work.
• Ensure strategic technology investments are delivered cost effectively and efficiently, and in compliance with organization's methodologies, standards and frameworks.
• Support strategic planning and implementation.
• The candidate shall perform the following Services and Deliverables:
• Schedule, attend and participate in planning and collaboration meetings.
• Document and follow up on important actions and decisions from meetings.
• Support the team in the preparation of necessary presentation materials.
• Support team in ensuring that project deadlines are met.
• Provide administrative support as needed.
• Undertake project tasks as required.
• Maintain artifacts in alignment with the established program management framework and methodologies.
• Ensuring all documentation is maintained appropriately.
• Provide support for program governance activities.
• Co-ordinate and contribute to reporting and briefing materials for various levels of management.
• Support teams in the identification and management of issues and risks.
• Support teams in sprint planning and tracking using collaboration management tools.
• Create and maintain comprehensive supporting documentation as required.
• Candidate may be assigned to additional and/or other projects as required.

Skill Set / Experience Required:

• Experience providing program management support for a large, diverse program with an established program management framework.
• Experience with identification of risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigation strategies can be developed.
• Experience with co-ordinating and contributing to reporting and briefing materials.
• Experience with creation of diagrams to visualize and specify requirements and/or concepts.
• Experience with advising on strategic planning best practices and deliverables.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills capable of maintaining strong relationships.
• Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid organization and multitasking skills.
• bility to pay attention to detail and think ahead.
• team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and delivering high profile, complex initiatives.
• Experience in the use of collaboration management tools.
• Understanding of Agile Methodology and frameworks.
• Experienced user of MS Office toolset including Microsoft teams.
• Knowledge of Government I&IT standards and best practices.
• Knowledge of Project management best practices.
• Must haves: Experience providing program management support for a large, diverse program with an established program management framework.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements - Evaluation Criteria:

• Program Management and Planning - 40%
• Experience providing program management support for a large, diverse program with an established program management framework.
• Experience with identification of risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigation strategies can be developed.
• Experience with co-ordinating and contributing to reporting and briefing materials.
• Experience with creation of diagrams to visualize and specify requirements and/or concepts.
• Experience with advising on business strategies best practices and deliverables
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Soft Skills - 30%:

• Strong interpersonal skills capable of maintaining strong relationships.
• Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid organization and multitasking skills.
• bility to pay attention to detail and think ahead.
• team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and delivering high profile, complex initiatives.

Technical Skills - 25%:

• Experience in the use of collaboration management tools.
• Understanding of Agile Methodology and frameworks.
• Experienced user of MS Office toolset including Microsoft teams.

Government Experience - 5%:

• Knowledge of Government I&IT standards and best practices.