Senior Program Management Consultant

Role Overview

• Manages multiple highly complex and highly visible enterprise-wide strategic programs’ execution to successful completion
• Drives the creation and delivery of program plans and timelines, business cases and corresponding return on investment estimates and forecasts
• Provides coordination, direction, communication, and status reporting for the program to all relevant stakeholders
• Drives the adoption and sustainment of changes within the program in compliance with EMC’s Change Management framework
• Drives the alignment of programs with strategic goals and long-term views
• Ensures alignment of programs and performance metrics across the enterprise
• Provides communication for ongoing support, decision making, and tracking of programs
• Manages enterprise-wide strategic programs’ visioning and planning to successful completion
• Engages with EMC leadership and key stakeholders to drive strategic alignment and decision making
• Leads and facilitates issue resolution and ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, monitored and controlled
• Leads multiple teams in the development of estimates and cost-benefit analysis, project delivery and resource plans, schedules and dependencies
• Assess costs, benefits and risks, and risk response through effective action and appropriate resolution
• Provides overall vision and guidance to the program, builds consensus, and support throughout the program lifecycle
• Utilizes risk management practices to address execution challenges associated with quality, schedule and cost, in adherence with project management framework
• Oversees program planning, execution, and deployment
• Reviews, discusses, submits and/or approves all change requests and deliverables
• Facilitates information collection and documentation, work categorization, and prioritization involved with portfolio of enterprise-wide strategic programs
• Manages enterprise-wide programs to promote collaboration and ensure accountability
• Works with business partners to identify resources, assemble project teams, and assign responsibilities across the working group
• Drives collaboration among the initiative leaders, project managers and the delivery teams
• Collaborates with project stakeholders to develop a robust risk mitigation plan
• Clearly defines project roles, responsibilities, and expectations to ensure appropriate accountability
• Creates awareness, accountability and alignment for program resources, ensuring deadlines are being met and employees are focused on the value-add activities in the order of priority
• Clears roadblocks across all initiatives
• Escalates issues to sponsor and/or executive committees as needed
• Monitors project execution to deliver incremental business value
• Collaborates with program leaders on direction and methodology
• Conducts trainings and provides support on non-strategic initiative projects as part of a center of enablement, including teaching project methodology capabilities
• Partners with the Agile Delivery Enablement team for a consistent, company-wide delivery, approach and continuous improvement for business analysis, project and program management, and Agile delivery to ensure a project alignment with the overall strategy and objectives of the organization
• Mentors and coaches peers on best practices
• Maintains an on-going knowledge base of new and changing program management, project management, and business analysis tools, skills, terminology, and processes
• Assists with departmental communications and website content, as well as maintaining and improving the portfolio, program, and project management software used in support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in business, management, computer science, or insurance or equivalent relevant experience
• Ten years of experience in project and/or program management or related experience
• PMP (Project Management Professional) and/or PMI-ACP (Project Management Institute
• Agile Certified Practitioner) designations preferred
• Insurance designations preferred
• Excellent leadership, mentorship and relationships building skills
• Advanced knowledge of all aspects of project management
• Sound understanding of Agile methodology and business analysis
• Excellent verbal and written communication, documentation, influencing and presentation skills
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to distill and communicate highly complex issues for technical and non-technical audience
• Ability to work on multiple projects while meeting deadlines
• Working knowledge of change management concepts and practices
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Occasional travel required; a valid driver’s license with an acceptable motor vehicle report per company standards required if driving

Tech Stack

• PMP

Benefits

• Outstanding benefits with life, medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Competitive paid time off plan and a full day of volunteer time off annually
• Financial incentives, including a 401(k) plan match, pension plan, OneEMC bonus plan and recognition and anniversary awards
• Professional development and growth opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
• Wellness initiatives to improve team member well-being and reduce health insurance costs
• Flexibility to dress for your day and opportunities for alternative work arrangements