Company:
Atlantic Partners Corporation
Location: Seattle
Closing Date: 05/08/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
The Senior Program Manager will be a key member of the technology team. The mandate is to build a best-in-class platform to support the future of the firm. This role will work across multiple technology stacks and be chiefly responsible for structuring, planning, and executing a highly visible set of technical solutions that form the foundation of the new platform.
The Senior Program Manager, will bring engineering, business objectives, and best-of-breed technologies together and play a critical role in leading initiatives through needs analysis, iterative implementation of solutions, and measuring impact of those solutions as we deliver on our ambitious vision. This role is highly cross-functional and will require a strategic thinker comfortable with ensuring cross-departmental alignment; building tools, processes, and capacity to achieve the organization's goals.
In addition to managing programs, the Senior Program Manager will be responsible for defining, scoping, estimating, and structuring enterprise initiatives that have significant complexity, are high risk, and are visible across PPA and the broader organization. The Senior Program Manager will be able to act independently and with a high degree of autonomy in defining and managing these efforts. The Senior Program Manager will be skilled at identifying and communicating dependencies within and across a dynamic portfolio of work. This resource must display expert abilities in written and verbal communications and be relied upon to manage executive level communications independently.
The position will report to the Managing Director, Process Resilience and Execution but will be closely partnered with key Managing Directors across technology, the firm's CTO and function in alignment with the Project Management office. The Senior Program Manager may act as a mentor to other project managers aligned to technical pillars.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with business and technology partners to deliver comprehensive roadmaps for strategic initiatives
Partner with work stream leads, Product Management, PPA leadership teams to create and refine program, roadmap, implementation plans, and tracking
Integrate with disparate technology teams to design, implement, and deliver portfolio of applications and services to enhance the Client Experience
Manage implementation activities for concurrent work-streams
Translate business use cases into functional specifications and work with team leads on work-breakdown
Develop and track KPIs and project success metrics
Ensure consistency with and application of PMO standards, processes, and controls throughout and across programs
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred or related experience
7+ years of Business Analysis, Project/Program Management experience required, with proven ability to independently manage multiple related and concurrent workstreams
PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP and/or CSM certification strongly preferred
Asset Management domain expertise with experience managing software delivery is highly preferred
Proven ability as liaison between technical teams and business visionaries – not a "go between” but rather facilitator and someone who can capture the vision from both points of view into a cohesive roadmap and implementation plan
Proven ability to write well-formed, clear documentation
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with particular emphasis on leadership and executive stakeholders
Significant experience and a demonstrated track record in successful and on time delivery of large, high-profile Projects/Programs with non-negotiable deadlines.
Expert organizational skills and proven ability to structure complex initiatives
Absolute passion for enhancing client and user experience through technology
Experience with Agile/Kanban/Waterfall Software Development
The Senior Program Manager, will bring engineering, business objectives, and best-of-breed technologies together and play a critical role in leading initiatives through needs analysis, iterative implementation of solutions, and measuring impact of those solutions as we deliver on our ambitious vision. This role is highly cross-functional and will require a strategic thinker comfortable with ensuring cross-departmental alignment; building tools, processes, and capacity to achieve the organization's goals.
In addition to managing programs, the Senior Program Manager will be responsible for defining, scoping, estimating, and structuring enterprise initiatives that have significant complexity, are high risk, and are visible across PPA and the broader organization. The Senior Program Manager will be able to act independently and with a high degree of autonomy in defining and managing these efforts. The Senior Program Manager will be skilled at identifying and communicating dependencies within and across a dynamic portfolio of work. This resource must display expert abilities in written and verbal communications and be relied upon to manage executive level communications independently.
The position will report to the Managing Director, Process Resilience and Execution but will be closely partnered with key Managing Directors across technology, the firm's CTO and function in alignment with the Project Management office. The Senior Program Manager may act as a mentor to other project managers aligned to technical pillars.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with business and technology partners to deliver comprehensive roadmaps for strategic initiatives
Partner with work stream leads, Product Management, PPA leadership teams to create and refine program, roadmap, implementation plans, and tracking
Integrate with disparate technology teams to design, implement, and deliver portfolio of applications and services to enhance the Client Experience
Manage implementation activities for concurrent work-streams
Translate business use cases into functional specifications and work with team leads on work-breakdown
Develop and track KPIs and project success metrics
Ensure consistency with and application of PMO standards, processes, and controls throughout and across programs
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred or related experience
7+ years of Business Analysis, Project/Program Management experience required, with proven ability to independently manage multiple related and concurrent workstreams
PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP and/or CSM certification strongly preferred
Asset Management domain expertise with experience managing software delivery is highly preferred
Proven ability as liaison between technical teams and business visionaries – not a "go between” but rather facilitator and someone who can capture the vision from both points of view into a cohesive roadmap and implementation plan
Proven ability to write well-formed, clear documentation
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with particular emphasis on leadership and executive stakeholders
Significant experience and a demonstrated track record in successful and on time delivery of large, high-profile Projects/Programs with non-negotiable deadlines.
Expert organizational skills and proven ability to structure complex initiatives
Absolute passion for enhancing client and user experience through technology
Experience with Agile/Kanban/Waterfall Software Development
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