Program Manager

Center of Excellence Program Manager.

**Local Richmond, VA candidates required due to onsite requirement

**This position requires onsite 3 days a week with 2 remote

**Contractor will be responsible for purchasing parking through client s Parking

Management Office or procuring their own parking

This position will lead strategic direction for assigned program area. Candidate will lead and manage the CoE team. Candidate will provide guidance to project teams using Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, and Kanban methodologies. This includes working with other Program Managers, Project Managers, Scrum Masters, and Release Train Engineers (RTEs) to ensure they comply with client procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years' experience leading and managing direct reports. Set direction and strategy for the assigned team
• Ability to interact effectively with customers and project team members.
• Knowledge of project management tools, methods and practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to program and create custom reports using IT application standard tools.
• PMP certification
• VITA Project Manager Certification (can be obtained within 120 days of hire) is a plus but not required.
• Advanced skills using Microsoft Project Professional.
• 15 years of combined experience with scrum, Agile, SAFe, Product Line and Waterfall methodologies.
• 15 years experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams and high organizational change.
• Must be able to quickly and easily adapt to changing priorities, embracing changes to deliver leadership and guidance.
• Experience creating and managing knowledge bases, job aids and training programs.
• Strong functional understanding of MS Project, Project Server, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner and Power BI
• Ability to assess project risks and issues, and determine mitigation required to contain or resolve them.
• Demonstrated understanding of project portfolio and lifecycle management processes
• Demonstrated understanding of governance processes, procedures and policies for project management.
• Demonstrated understanding of organizational change.
• Demonstrated understanding of how to manage the project critical path.
• Demonstrated strong facilitation and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated skills in developing new processes that incorporate best practices and address stakeholder needs.
• Demonstrated ability to create clear and concise written procedural documentation.
• Demonstrated understanding of procurement and vendor management Ability to articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed.
• Ideal candidates would be self-starters who can articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed

Required/Desired Skills	Years Used	Last Used
Experience managing and leading direct reports
Experience managing and providing guidance to project teams
Project Management experience
Experience providing training to project managers and project teams
Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server), Microsoft Project/POL experience
Experience working in a PMO office
Experience working in a remote and local team environment
Experience reporting metrics
Business process improvement experience
Experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams and high organizational change

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