Program Director-Philadelphia, PA.
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Location: Harrisburg, PA 17112
Description:
Role: Program Director
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Position Type: contract
Rate: DOE (W2/1099)
Interview Process:Phone followed by a F2F
Company Overview:
This fast-paced employer is one of America's largest video, high-speed Internet, and phone providers. It also enjoys an international reputation as a leading media, entertainment, and communications company. The corporate culture presented by the employer provides an innovative and diverse environment for employees, and reflects the individuality of its customer base. Working for this company will guarantee access to innovative technology, and it has also been consistently competitive in "top places to work lists.
Scope:
The Program Director role is responsible for facilitating complex program execution by coordinating cross-functional workstream activity across multiple organizations including local markets, Divisions, Engineering, Business Units, Product Development, Software Engineering, QA, Customer Care, ePMO and Operations.
The successful candidate will be able to work with cross-functional team members to identify tasks, build and manage program plans, identify, assign and commit functional resources to meet commitments, develop risk and communication plans, and coordinate with external vendors and organizations as required. This role will work with external groups, divisional and regional representatives, System technical personnel and deployment resources on the team to coordinate the scheduling of deployments and subsequent updates as required by the program they are assigned to. Close coordination with the appropriate Product leads will be required to ensure alignment between the technical, product and field teams on schedule commitments.
This position requires a strong program management background and ideal candidates will be experienced with agile development and deployment. proven track record in delivery execution under aggressive schedule demands and competing priorities is a must as are strong communication, collaboration and leadership skills. Product management, cable industry and business analytics experience are a plus.
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Please provide the following details along with your resume to make the submissions quicker.
Note: If you are on H1b, please attach your visa copy. We want to make sure that you are a genuine candidate. otherwise your resume will be rejected.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Position Type: contract
Rate: DOE (W2/1099)
Interview Process:Phone followed by a F2F
Company Overview:
This fast-paced employer is one of America's largest video, high-speed Internet, and phone providers. It also enjoys an international reputation as a leading media, entertainment, and communications company. The corporate culture presented by the employer provides an innovative and diverse environment for employees, and reflects the individuality of its customer base. Working for this company will guarantee access to innovative technology, and it has also been consistently competitive in "top places to work lists.
Scope:
The Program Director role is responsible for facilitating complex program execution by coordinating cross-functional workstream activity across multiple organizations including local markets, Divisions, Engineering, Business Units, Product Development, Software Engineering, QA, Customer Care, ePMO and Operations.
The successful candidate will be able to work with cross-functional team members to identify tasks, build and manage program plans, identify, assign and commit functional resources to meet commitments, develop risk and communication plans, and coordinate with external vendors and organizations as required. This role will work with external groups, divisional and regional representatives, System technical personnel and deployment resources on the team to coordinate the scheduling of deployments and subsequent updates as required by the program they are assigned to. Close coordination with the appropriate Product leads will be required to ensure alignment between the technical, product and field teams on schedule commitments.
This position requires a strong program management background and ideal candidates will be experienced with agile development and deployment. proven track record in delivery execution under aggressive schedule demands and competing priorities is a must as are strong communication, collaboration and leadership skills. Product management, cable industry and business analytics experience are a plus.
Key Responsibilities:
- Function as the Product Delivery Lead for the assigned program to include full lifecycle management from development and QA to facilitation of trials and deployment planning.
- Provide leadership to other resources as assigned and support all existing communication forums as needed as well as proactively suggest & implement new forums as appropriate.
- Provide program management leadership and expertise. Serve as the source of truth on GA commitments and ensure all parties are on the same page regarding objectives and definition of success.
- Manage the program and team through the deliverables associated with the program by establishing milestones and monitoring adherence to plans and schedules by holding leads accountable as appropriate.
- Identify project risks and mitigation plans as appropriate and drive mitigation solutions to completion.
- Communicate with stakeholders including development teams, operations, product and Sr. Leadership as required.
- Minimum of 8 years of program management experience, including people management and leading cross-functional organizations in a complex, technical environment
- 5+ years of related industry experience
- Understanding of and experience with the full product development lifecycle, including functional and technical specifications as appropriate, implementation, QA processes, deployment and maintenance.
- Experience with release management in an Agile environment.
- Strong technical program management experience with a focus on Agile development methodology a plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent meeting facilitation, planning and management skills required
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Keen attention to detail and high level of commitment.
- Proven track record of collaboration with product owners
- Excellent MS Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
- Proficiency in Jav plus.
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