Senior Staff Program Manager, Enterprise Program Lead

DivIHN (pronounced Divine) is a nationally-recognized Business Technology Solutions and Staffing services provider headquartered in Chicago. Since our formation in 2002, we have been trusted by Fortune 500 organizations to help them locate and hire best-in-class talent through our Award-winning Professional Workforce Solutions program.

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One of our BEST F500 customers has engaged us to help them hire a Senior Staff Program Manager, Enterprise Program Lead to be available to work out of their office in San Diego, California; details can be found below.

3 months

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Rakeshwar at 630-847-0275

Title: Senior Staff Program Manager, Enterprise Program Lead

Duration: 3 Months

Location: San Diego, CA

Description

Position Summary:

In order to support the rapid growth and scale, we are seeking an experienced, highly-motivated Senior Staff Program Manager, Enterprise Program Lead. As a successful cross-functional leader within a business enterprise, the Staff Program Manager will be an essential player in the implementation of a multi-year enterprise scaling effort. A successful candidate must demonstrate a proven track record in managing a range of complex, high-impact business programs with strong organizational leadership and influencing skills across many different business functions.

You will effectively manage multiple programs of work involving strategic analysis and roadmap development, creating cross-functional enterprise solutions, communicating to various stakeholders, and implementing business change management. To be successful in this role, you are an enterprise program management senior professional able to support internal customers in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Information Technology, Human Resources and other functions as needed. This position reports to the Director Operational Excellence, Business Transformation and Operational Excellence.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Works in a large strategic portfolio using a wide range of program management expertise with the ability to use company objectives to resolve complex issues in effective and creative ways.

Independently identifies risks to portfolio and develops mitigations with senior stakeholders as well as project team using concepts, influence, and techniques to conduct in-depth evaluation and problem solving.

Coordinates, leads, and oversees strategic planning & gap analysis meetings with senior stakeholder groups to develop strategy models and program forecasts.

Daily engagement with VPs, Directors, & Managers, with the confidence and ability to lead senior stakeholder meetings and initiate action on assigned items.

Works with Director to identify target groups and build roadmaps for change communications across a cross-functional organization.

Networks and influences key senior stakeholders across the organization and outside own area of expertise.

Prepares and delivers change management communication content electronically or in briefings to executive and program leaders to develop awareness, knowledge, and desire for upcoming program changes and events.

Tracks communications effectiveness with target audiences.

Oversees stakeholder adherence to program governance and makes recommendations for updates, changes, or improvements.

Drives innovation for system, process, and technology that support Ops Scale initiatives.

Augmentation for operations staff Program/Project Management for limited duration projects specific to Ops Scale program.

Translates complex technical data and creates information products that are easily understood by a wide range of audiences.

Independently tracks workstream initiatives, develops reporting dashboards, makes reports, and builds executive briefings.

Required Qualifications

Minimum 10-15 years of related and direct experience in business program management area with Bachelor’s degree and preferred Masters degree.

Demonstrated deep program management skills, with a proven track record of leading broad, international, and/or strategic programs combined with the ability to execute at a tactical project-level activities and tasks.

Strong understanding and appreciation of business process and pain points in business areas. (preferably in High Tech or Biotech environment)

In-depth knowledge and experience leading cross-functional teams, with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Broad business and technical acumen and proven experience working effectively in a matrix organization and ability to collaborate effectively across geographies.

Integrate process, people, quality, and commitment-centric approach to getting work done – strong customer service orientation.

Ability to work with different cross-functional stakeholders to establish and ensure a reliable and productive working relationship. Strong partnering skills.

Excellent written and oral communication skills including capacity to comfortably interface with senior leaders.

Exceptional skills in assessing, summarizing, and presenting business or operational priorities and decision-points for effective, timely and efficient management/executive decision-making.

Fluent user in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, SharePoint, and Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

PMP Certification

Lean Six Sigma Certification

Worked within a Business PMO structure

Life science or medical device industry experience

International business experience in Asia

Travel Required

10%-20% as needed.

Language Skills: Must be able to communicate effectively in English. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. May be required to perform the following Physical Activity: Standing, walking, sitting, using hands, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear, taste or smell. May be required to lift 0 lbs. to over 100 lbs.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. May be exposed to the following environmental conditions: Wet or humid conditions, work near moving parts, work in high – precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, extreme heat (non-weather), extreme cold (non-weather), risk of electric shock, work with explosives, risk of radiation, vibration. The noise level in this work environment can range from quiet to very loud.

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

About Us

DivIHN, the ‘IT Asset Performance Services’ organization, provides Professional Consulting, Custom Projects, and Professional Resource Augmentation services to clients in the Mid-West and beyond. The strategic characteristics of the organization are Standardization, Specialization, and Collaboration.

DivIHN is an equal opportunity employer. DivIHN does not and shall not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.
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