Many of these roles are in technology, though some are not. Here are some sample job advertisements for Program Management & Project Management Office roles….
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
- 5+ years of experience delivering cross functional projects
- 5+ years of experience in program or project management
- 5+ years of experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Proven experience leading cross functional, global projects
- Proven experience building new workflows impacting multiple teams
- Proven ability to drive adoption of new processes including with senior stakeholders
- Proven ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Excellent communication & presentation skills, both verbal & written
We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to join Sizmek by Amazon’s Professional Services team. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and demonstrate teamwork, relationship building and the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.Program Managers work on a variety of internal and external projects, ranging in scope from global to local initiatives, supporting and improving day to day functions across teams within the organisation. The ideal candidate will be able to invent new processes and workflows or simplify existing ones. They will ensure program objectives are clearly defined, stay on track and are delivered within the defined time frame.Key responsibilities
- Accountable for the successful launch of programs across the Sizmek organisation. These programs will focus on a number of areas including:
- Improving processes and workflows
- Creating efficiencies
- Defining processes and workflows to address identified gaps
- Responsible for project managing multiple programs concurrently, ensuring that they are on track, delivered on time and that key stakeholders are held accountable at each phase.
- Responsible for the creation and maintenance of supporting documentation for each program
- Provide Sizmek’s Customer Success Team with consultative services and support on:
- the management of global accounts
- the onboarding of new customers to Sizmek – the rollout and adoption of Sizmek’s new ad server (Sizmek Ads Suite – SAS) the auditing of existing accounts and processes
- Create new and manage existing customer escalations programs (e.g. the Sizmek Red Accounts program and Customer Happiness Program)
- Program management experience in marketing or advertising operations
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Essential Job Functions
- Develops work statements, scope/priority definitions, budgets and schedules for assigned moderately complex programs. Develops documents with appropriate standards to meet client requirements and needs.
- Selects and/or oversees the selection of assigned personnel for projects. Ensures communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives. Acts as point of contact with client program management.
- Monitors program status and identifies risks. Documents program progress including implementation, timelines, issues, risks and successes to maintain program course. Assesses results and determines and implements risk mitigation solutions as appropriate.
- Maintains grade and quality of program deliverables within defined and agreed upon program requirements. Identifies and resolves matters of significance impacting the productivity of assigned programs globally. Implements changes and adjusts as appropriate.
- Interfaces and collaborates with team members, stakeholders and management to anticipate and manage changes to projects, such as, but not limited to, technical requirements, business requirements and schedule. Determines when additional resources are needed, plans for and adjusts as needed. Gathers information regarding possible solutions that may create additional, different or unique project objectives or results.
- Participates in proposal efforts and sales calls to ensure product meets client needs and specifications. Interfaces and provides input to discussions regarding project-related decisions and project direction at the executive level.
- Manages expectations of client project/senior management, company management and project team for agreed upon project performance by obtaining, providing, analyzing and interpreting project metrics.
- Gathers feedback from client on program results; analyzes feedback and incorporates same into future programs. Identifies and determines global implications of program parameters and redefines, redesigns or revises as appropriate.
- Leads assigned personnel for program(s). Provides direction and assigns work as appropriate with regard to timeliness and completion of objectives. May address performance issues within prescribed guidelines and may provide performance input.
- Prepares and recommends program operating and personnel budgets for approval. Monitors spending for adherence to budget, reviews and recommends variances as necessary. Balances program resources, globally, to optimize objectives for assigned programs.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Nine or more years of project management experience
- Experience working with project management methodology such as Catalyst including budget development, project planning, control and assurance methodologies including earned value management, project management software and finance and accounting concepts and practices
- Experience working quality management approaches and techniques
- Experience working with delivery assurance policies, procedures, and principles to ensure compliance
- Experience working with productivity and methodology tools that increase project efficiency and effectiveness
- Experience working with administrative processes
- Experience working with techniques and approaches related to the development, integration and deployment of project phases
- Project Management Certification (PMP) preferred
- Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance preferred
- Public sector experience in contracting, statutory compliance, enforcement of standards and requirements, and delivery of mission services preferred
Other Qualifications
- Strong communication skills
- Good creative, analytical and problem solving skills
- Good leadership and negotiation skills to manage programs and develop new business
- Good interpersonal, leadership and presentation skills for interacting with and influencing team members, clients, thought leaders, and globally recognized subject matter experts
- Good human relations skills to select, coach and mentor team members
- Strategic management and planning skills
- Personal computer and business solutions software skills
- Ability to manage project(s) up to medium complexity and size, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and to switch between tasks quickly
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and change
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to create and maintain formal and informal networks
- Willingness to travel
Work Environment
- Office environment
- Frequent evening or weekend work and on-call work
Barbarian is looking for an experienced Program Manager to ensure operational success throughout a client engagement, across disciplines. The Program Manager will manage product and service programs from inception through completion, ensuring successful delivery and deployments against defined processes.
We are looking for a proactive, well-rounded individual who can solve problems, manage team dynamics, manage project financial performance, clearly communicate status, and drive progression towards dates. This individual is also responsible for building, coaching, and leading teams against said process to ensure successful deliveries.
Role and Responsibilities
- Lead multi-disciplinary teams to facilitate the process of developing effective strategies, briefs, and deliverables
- Work with creative, technical, UX, and strategy leads to manage the project lifecycle from end-to-end, mobilizing and driving the integrated team towards forward progress, action and results
- Own program operations, including workflow, documentation, and coordination with account teams and partner agencies
- Track and report on performance, ensuring each piece of the program is delivering above and beyond promised value for clients
- Be a trustworthy point of contact for clients; managing client expectations and either implementing resolution of project-level issues or escalating to appropriate internal parties to develop a solution and ensure successful delivery
- Proactively communicate schedule and scope changes; escalates program issues internally and with the client
- Analyze processes continuously for refinement; executing measures for optimization
Requirements
- 7+ years of project management, account management, and/or business analyst experience at a digital or design agency – industry experience is a must
- Work experience managing projects with Marketing and Advertising Technology (e.g. DMP, DSP, SSP, DCO, CDP, CMS, DAM etc.)
- Experience managing Salesforce Marketing Cloud and/or Adobe Experience Cloud implementations prefered
- 1 or more project management certification(s); such as, Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Coach (CSC), Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification, SAFe® Agilist
- Experience using JIRA
- Understanding of business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Ability to provide proactive and assertive leadership in problem solving, managing financial success of projects, maintaining timelines, and reducing waste
- Ability to effectively work across departments with diplomacy and a firm understanding of other’s roles and perspectives, while building trust with team members
- Experience managing multiple projects effectively and efficiently
- Ability to view problems in context at the system level and align solutions with the strategic direction of our clients and company
- Experience with multiple application lifecycle management solutions
- Experience thriving in a collaborative, cross-functional agency environment
- Strong organizational, communication skills, both oral and written
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Positivity and patience when solving problems
- A positive attitude, flexibility, and a sense of humor
Barbarian is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We strongly support diversity and inclusion in the workforce.
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Develop and execute PMO governance processes, metrics and measurements aimed at creating a consistent operating model and driving efficiency and quality across the organization
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Work with Portfolio Managers and Product Owners to identify, refine, and prioritize the demand pipeline into a committed Product Backlog. Track the delivery of projects within the backlog, understand variances from targets, and ensure meaningful metrics and projects updates are communicated to stakeholders
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Refine Demand Management process leveraging existing processes for a very complex book of work
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Coach Project and Portfolio Managers as needed on project management best practices and governance standards
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Work with Business Management and App Dev team to ensure all milestones are properly tracked and reported
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Plan Town Halls including coordinating topics, materials, speakers
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Plan Offsites/special sessions including coordinating topics, materials, speakers
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Prepare materials as needed for CTO
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Support other ad hoc reporting on status, issues and risk to completion as needed
- BS/BA degree or equivalent experience.
- Technology Program/Project Management and Project Controls experience.
- Related business experience (Commercial Lending/Loan Servicing)
- Solid experience in managing program / project schedules, tracking program / project and milestone completion, and reporting progress effectively to stakeholders in a timely fashion
- Strategic, organizational thinker with a track recorder of strengthening program governance and controls within a large organization
- Experience with the tools used to produce governance documentation, stakeholder communications, and track program metrics (PowerPoint, MS Project, Excel, Clarity, etc.)
- Ability to manage this function with discipline while being flexible to changing business needs
- Strong Analytical, conceptual and problem-solving ability
- Ability to automates repetitive activities
- Able to influence across virtual teams and disparate stakeholder groups
- Assertive (yet diplomatic) personality with the ability to lead, influence and motivate others
- Excellent interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills with the ability to coach others in the best ways to present and explain information concisely tailored to the target audience
- Executive communications skills, including messaging and presentations.
Our Commercial Banking division uses technology driven by innovative minds like yours to provide companies, as well as real estate owners and investors with a range of financial solutions designed to help them achieve their business goals. With annual client revenues ranging from $20 million to over $2 billion, the service and the solutions we provide is critical to both our and our clients’ success.
When you work at JPMorgan Chase & Co., you’re not just working at a global financial institution. You’re an integral part of one of the world’s biggest tech companies. In 14 technology hubs worldwide, our team of 40,000+ technologists design, build and deploy everything from enterprise technology initiatives to big data and mobile solutions, as well as innovations in electronic payments, cybersecurity, machine learning, and cloud development. Our $9.5B+ annual investment in technology enables us to hire people to create innovative solutions that will not only transform the financial services industry, but also change the world.
At JPMorgan Chase & Co. we value the unique skills of every employee, and we’re building a technology organization that thrives on diversity. We encourage professional growth and career development, and offer competitive benefits and compensation. If you’re looking to build your career as part of a global technology team tackling big challenges that impact the lives of people and companies all around the world, we want to meet you.
It’s time to take your career to the next level, and we can help. Apply today.
Senior Director Program Management
We are looking for a leader of our newly created Program(Project) Management discipline within our Ziff Davis Tech and Commerce Business Operations group. Ziff Davis Tech and Commerce business unit operates key work streams for some of our highest profile editorial and commerce brands, including Mashable, PCMag, AskMen, Offers & Black Friday.
This role will report directly to the SVP of Business Operations and function as the “connective tissue” between all other groups (Product, Operations, Engineering, Finance & Legal) to ensure the most important initiatives are executed flawlessly.
As PMO head you will be designing and implementing improved workflow processes, ensuring we are tracking the metrics that matter, collaborating cross-functionally and delivering impact that will enhance Ziff Davis’s ability to execute our commerce strategy across the organization..
ROLE
- Coordination of the most important cross functional business initiatives and work streams for BI, Commerce Ops, Product & Audience groups
- Oversee selection and implementation of program management toolset to track status and deliverables for every initiative.
- Responsible for overseeing the operational rollout of our commerce suite capabilities throughout the Ziff organization
- Manage weekly operating reviews for edit, email, merchandising, deals, affiliate sales, etc.
- Standardize content recommendations, execution, analysis and optimization process for our 5 editorial divisions.
- Implement merchant onboarding process to ensure operational and finance alignment
- Ensuring Biz Ops group is prepared for all key business and operating events (QBRs, Prime Day, Black Friday, etc.)
- Create and implement standard onboarding process of core commerce capabilities for any future website (business) acquisitions
- Create, document, implement and police processes for repeatable workstreams to ensure efficiency and repeatable results
REQUIREMENTS
- 7-10 years professional work experience.
- Proven ability to manage large and small projects, bringing them to completion with speed, accuracy, consistency, and quality.
- Experience managing and fostering the growth of 2 direct reports
- Ability to conduct “war rooms” focused on solving a critical business problem and holding all contributors accountable for deliverables
- Working knowledge of technical and editorial SEO best practices
- Operated in a web publisher driven environment
- Have operated in a business with multiple revenue streams including , affiliate, display, licensing, etc.
- Deep understand of key benefits and detriments of all major PM software platforms (Asana, JIRA, etc.)
- Strong influencer skills
- PM certification is desired
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Communicates in a clear, consistent and transparent manner to internal and client teams
- Advanced organizational skills
- Self motivated
- Great interpersonal skills
- Proactive and solution obsessed
- Phenomenal collaborator
- Takes responsibility and ownership for their work
- A self starter who identifies opportunities and potential problems – addressing them effectively and efficiently
Seeks out opportunities for continued self-development and growth