Program Manager

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Job description

Client Job ID: 47885-1

Location: Chicago, IL office is ideal; but open to CAT Hub locations (ALL)

Remote is possible, however Hybrid Work model is ideal (2 days a week in office) but this could change at any point where they need to go in more than 2x a week.

Education & Experience Required:

- The position requires a Master of Science degree in engineering, computer science, or related disciplines with 8+ years of direct Project Management experience OR

- The position requires a Bachelor of Science in engineering, computer science, or related disciplines with 10+ years of direct Project Management experience

- Proven experience with project management concepts including project charters, scheduling and planning projects and successful completion

- Excellent interpersonal skills are required in order to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or influence others inside and outside the department to take specific actions.

- Should have strong project management skills, team leadership skills, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask effectively, strong analytical and organizational skills.

- Previous agile training (spring planning, daily scrums, sprint, retrospective)

Technical Skills

- PMP certification preferred

- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) preferred

- Working knowledge Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS) highly desirable

- Knowledge of Confluence preferred

- Knowledge of Power BI is highly desirable

- Advance knowledge of Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Project

- Strong communication and presentation skills

Typical task breakdown:

- The Project Manager is accountable for ensuring successful completion of projects, on-time, within budget, and error-free.

- The principal responsibility of the Project Manager is to manage the planning and execution of project team members.

- The incumbent will be responsible for managing the project charter, communications, metrics, reporting, and the overall project plan and budget.

- Incumbent will support various project teams and obtain/provide a variety of information starting at concept stage and continuing through prototype, pilot, implementation and follow-up stages of various projects

- Develop and produce project management schedules.

- Use professional project management tools and techniques to manage reporting, tracking charts, checklist, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately.

- Manage change and take active leadership in timely decision making.

- Manage schedules that reflect detailed information related to the changes, including effected components and functions, timelines for various stages of project completion, cost, etc.

- Will work with the individual team members from multiple functional disciplines and customers to establish completion dates.

- Monitor progress of projects, discusses problems with affected areas, assures appropriate personnel are informed of problem and steps are in place to meet schedules.

- Depending on nature of problems, expected to recommend possible solutions and alternatives.

Interaction with team:

- Program Management office; roughly around 20 folks

Soft Skills

- Excellent communication skills

- Conflict and mediation skills.

- Presentation skills

• Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.

• Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.

Benefits:

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California Pay Equity:

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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

If you need assistance in completing this application, or during any phase of the application, interview, hiring, or employment process, whether due to a disability or otherwise, please contact our HR Department .

Rose International has an official agreement (ID ), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).

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