Senior Manager, Program Management

Required Education and Experience

* Minimum 10 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management, another related field or its equivalent. 

Required Skills

* 8+ years of experience in a global Information Technology organization 

* 8+ years’ experience as Senior Program Manager in Product Development or Professional Services implementing state-of-the-art and bleeding edge technologies.  This includes demonstrable experience in: 

o Subject matter and domain experience in Networking, Security, infrastructure or cloud adoption.

o Leading multiple concurrent and interdependent projects, for a sustained period, to achieve a successful and measurable outcome.

o Leading and managing cross matrix; multi-functional; and global teams.

Desired Skills 

* MBA preferred 

* Ability to govern Program(s) and successfully meet goals with tight deadlines/budgets and minimal supervision. Candidate must use one's own initiative to provide robust and timely solutions.

* Strong interpersonal & leadership skills with heavy experience working at an executive level and coordinating other senior level multifunctional global stakeholders to achieve an outcome.

* Strong presentation and communication skills including ability to effectively communicate ideas in both written and spoken form to executive staff, business sponsors, managers, and technical resources in clear concise language that is appropriate to the target audience.

* Strong consulting, facilitation and planning skills including ability to workshop and translate strategy into actionable and resourced plans.

* Exceptional change management experience in global organizations.

* Line management experience including recruiting, developing, performance management (including offshore teams where required), as well as cohesively managing global teams.

* Strong leadership presence with influential skills when negotiating day to day resolutions/issues and decision-making with key senior stakeholders.

* Accreditation in a formal Project/Program Management and/or the Change Management methodology.

* Experience with various project planning tools JIRA/Confluence, Google, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet.

* Experience with SaaS, IaaS, PaaS and significant vendor management experience

* Hands-on technical experience in network infrastructure and/or security is a strong plus

* Demonstrated ability to quickly grasp new technologies

* Experience with multiple development methodologies, i.e. Waterfall, Agile, DevOps.

* Hands-on technical experience in network infrastructure and/or security is a strong plus

* Demonstrated ability to quickly grasp new technologies

* Experience in the high-tech and / or software industry a plus.