Responsibilities:
- Responsible for managing one or more highly complex or enterprise-wide IT program(s) consisting of multiple projects
- Develops the program strategy, supporting business case and various enterprise-wide high-level project plans
- Ensures integration of projects and adjusts project scope, timing, and budgets as needed, based on the needs of the business
- Communicates with IT leadership, senior leadership, and IT Business Consultants to communicate program strategy, direction, and changes
- Responsible for delivering all projects contained in the IT project portfolio on time, within budget, and meeting the strategic and business requirement.
- Responsible for tracking key program milestones and recommending adjustments to Project Managers
- Partners with senior leadership of the business community to identify and prioritize opportunities for utilizing IT to achieve the goals of the enterprise
- Successfully build and manage relationships with program members, senior leadership, and external partners to the district
- Must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools, resource management practices, and change management techniques
- Responsible for managing all aspects of the design, development, and implementation of the program
- Directs and mentors a large team of project managers and/or other project management staff
- Coordinates resource availability, alignment, and allocation across all projects of the program
- Responsible for managing multiple vendors acting as prime for the solution
Required Knowledge/Education:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience
- Project Management certification is required.
- 15+ years of IT and business/industry work experience
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing enterprises-wide IT efforts or programs
- 10+ years in managing projects
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Excellent use of verbal communication skills to influence project teams and decision makers with or without direct leadership involvement
- Excellent written presentation and documentation skills
- Excellent project planning skills possessing the ability to think ahead, see “the big picture” and to improvise when necessary as program unplanned issues arise
- Excellent organizational skills paying close attention to detail
- Excellent relationship skills
- Strong skills with Microsoft Office, MS Project, Project Web Access, and SharePoint
- Demonstrated success managing, working with and through people in establishing goals, objectives, and action plans to produce expected results
- Excellent skills in enterprise software solution architecture
- Excellent skills in database modeling, engineering, and data warehousing