Program Manager

Job Location:  Available to work Hybrid, Richmond, VA.

Note: within a 60-70 miles radius of Richmond, 3 days on-site, interview-either Phone or In Person.

Job Description:

seeking a senior, experienced IT Program Manager to join the Project & Product Delivery portfolio.  This position is in Richmond, Virginia.

Candidate will lead and manage Project & Product delivery program team using Agile, SAFE, Waterfall and Kanban methodologies.  This includes working with Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Project Managers, and Scrum Masters to ensure delivery of initiatives. Working closely with all stakeholders including the senior leadership, business, cross functional teams and vendors.

This position’s specific responsibilities and duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Oversee initiatives for the program
  
• Work with business to collaborate and deliver the initiatives
  
• Oversee work in assigned program to ensure consistent delivery.
  
• Assign resources to complete initiative planning and delivery.
  
• Monitor and report deviations to critical path of the initiative
  
• Define and monitor the control points for the program
  
• Compliance with VDOT and VITA policies, standards, and guidelines.
  
• Work with peers and subordinates to define strategic direction for assigned program.
  
• Be an expert in VDOT and VITA project management procedures and requirements.
  
• Be an expert in the use of the division core project management tool, Microsoft Project On-Line (POL).
  
• Establish and maintain Agile Project Management, Scaled, Kanban and Waterfall Project Management frameworks and their supporting practices  
  
• Monitor initiatives for compliance with established policies and procedures.
  
• Monitor initiatives to detect risks and issues and escalate as needed to ensure appropriate mitigation is applied to keep the program on-track.
  
• Guide RTE/SMs and PMs in identifying and managing risks.
  
• Guide project managers in managing organizational change.
  
• Guide project managers in defining critical path and managing schedule.
  
• Guide project managers in managing budget. 
  
• Define and track the KPI’s for the program
  
  

Requirements

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