Senior Program Manager - Deerfield, IL

Job Summary:

• We are seeking a senior program manager manages complex strategic portfolio or multiple programs to achieve key business objective goals. 
• Creates, monitors, and updates portfolio or program plans. Helps establish work plan and assists with the staffing for the portfolio or programs. 
• Establishes and maintains comprehensive portfolio communication plan across teams.
•  Provides management and strategic direction to cross-functional portfolio teams. 
• Accountable for managing portfolio scope, budget and schedule. Manage prioritization of projects and program with in the portfolio. 
• Ensuring that each program achieves its overall benefits. 
• Resolved resource escalations between programs with resource conflict, and determine the best use of resources based on the priority of programs.
•  Deep financial acumen including managing the program progress based on the financials provided and financial forecast of progress. 
• Analyze the program financials to provide the key messages and risks. 
• As problems arise, ability to deep dive into issue resolutions.
•  Reviews and may provide input into the portfolio scope definition.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the program financials to provide the key messages and risks.
• As problems arise, ability to deep dive into issue resolutions.
• Reviews and may provide input into the portfolio scope definition.
• Coordinates development and approval of the business and technical requirements documents.
• Proactively works with portfolio teams to identify portfolio level risks and issues.
• Assists with the resolution of issues/risks and escalates when appropriate.
• Resolve risk and issues when they involve multiple senior leaders and drive toward resolution and mitigation.
• Represents the company with contractors, suppliers, business partners and other parties as required.
• Coordinates activities of portfolio or program teams to ensure progress is on schedule and within budget.
• Recommends and makes adjustments to the portfolio plan and staffing.
• Effectively monitors, measures, and communicate portfolio status to portfolio stakeholders and executives.
• Responsible for managing and mentoring Project Managers or Program Managers.

Qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 5 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors

Skills:

• Project Manager
• Program Management
• supply chain
• Outsourcing
• Portfolio Management