Senior Program Manager

Enterprise Program Management

Ewing, New Jersey

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Description

Are you ready for a change? At GS1 US, employees at every level play a vital role and provide a meaningful voice on issues that affect consumers across the country. We are a small company with a world-class culture (https://www.denisonconsulting.com/case_studies/case-study-gs1-us/) . We make a huge impact on the way the world does business.

What is in it for you:

As the Senior Program Manager at GS1 US, you have the opportunity to join a dynamic organization that is constantly innovating and never stagnant. You will be an important member of the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) team and will contribute to the EPMO’s continuous improvement of program management processes.

In return you’ll be rewarded with great pay and benefits in a hybrid work culture. You’ll work at a high-performance company with a world-class culture that invests in its employees. We don’t just say culture is important to us, we have the data to back it up.

Who you are:

You are an excellent communicator (verbal and written) with the ability to manage relationships through influence and diplomacy.

You adapt to and work effectively across a variety of situations and individuals and can share accountability for program/project outcomes with organizational partners (matrix environment/team mentality).

You possess the ability to create productive working relationships and build work teams to accomplish goals, project manage individual and multiple projects, and communicate clear expectations and achieve quality and scheduling objectives.

You possess 10+ years of project management or equivalent experience with demonstrated success. In addition, you possess demonstrated leadership of cross-functional program/project teams to successfully deliver within specified timescales and budget (where appropriate). Able to demonstrate ability to deal with major change and ambiguity.

What you will do:

As a Senior Program Manager, you will be accountable for hands-on program management for assigned programs and/or projects whether strategic or functional throughout the entire lifecycle following our Lean-Agile principles.

You will be responsible for assigning and managing work/resource allocation and progress tracking (including report outs to senior leadership), accountable for identifying and resolving or escalating areas of concern or program/project risk and responsible for continuous process improvement, stakeholder satisfaction, and reporting of metrics.

In addition, you will provide successful, timely, and on-budget delivery of programs/projects with cross functional stakeholders, meeting department and organization goals, and ensuring high stakeholder satisfaction, through effective hands-on program management.

Finally, you will monitor completion of program/project deliverables, tracking and ensuring deadlines are met, identifying & resolving or if needed escalating concerns around deadlines, resource allocation, scope, cost, etc.

Here are a few other details:

• Accountable for assigned GS1 US portfolio programs and projects, providing successful, timely, and on-budget delivery of programs/projects with cross functional stakeholders, meeting department and organization goals, and ensuring high stakeholder satisfaction, through effective hands-on program and project management.

• Accountable for identifying and resolving or escalating areas of concern with respect to deadlines, resource allocation, budget considerations or other risks to a successful program/project outcome.

• Responsible for coordinating activities across and ensuring accountability across all levels of internal/external business stakeholders.

• Accountable for creation and daily management of plans and resource allocation/management for assigned EPMO initiatives.

• Responsible for monitoring completion of program/project deliverables, tracking and ensuring deadlines are met, identifying & resolving or if needed escalating concerns around deadlines, resource allocation, scope, cost, etc.

• Provide ongoing tracking and measurement of program/project progress, creating and delivering metrics and delivering progress reports to stakeholders including senior leadership.

• For GS1 product and tool offerings, provide program/project management oversight to coordinate internal/external go-to-market readiness activities including, but not limited to, Business Operations, Education &Training, Marketing, Finance, and Legal.

• Support the Director, Program Management to drive continuous improvement for the program and project delivery methodology with a goal of reducing durations and cost while increasing quality and stakeholder satisfaction levels. Employs best-in-class Lean-Agile program delivery methodologies.

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, escalate issues raised by stakeholders or team members.

• Develop strong partnerships with internal/external stakeholders to ensure support for successful delivery of programs/projects.

• Provide accurate, timely and transparent communication of process, program/project status, and other relevant information to key stakeholders.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or related certifications in a business or program/project management field preferred

• 10+ years of project management or equivalent experience with demonstrated success

• Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional program/project teams to successfully deliver within specified timescales and budget (where appropriate). Able to demonstrate ability to deal with major change and ambiguity.

• Knowledge and understanding of the organization, the market it competes in, and its strategic objectives is highly desirable.

• PMP from the Project Management Institute and/or SAFe certification is desirable.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Adapt to and work effectively across a variety of situations and individuals.

• Share accountability for program/project outcomes with organizational partners (matrix environment/team mentality)

• Ability to create productive working relationships and build work teams to accomplish goals

• Ability to project manage individual and multiple projects

• Ability to communicate clear expectations and achieve quality and scheduling objectives

• Effective program/project management skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Proactive and self-motivated

• Ability to manage relationships through influence and diplomacy

• Keeps track of expectations and accountabilities using appropriate metrics and milestones

• Promptly accepts workable decisions while also seeking out better alternatives when necessary

• Highly adaptive and flexible work style to adjust program/program initiatives relative to changes in corporate priorities

Ready to be part of a team that believes the identification of everything makes anything possible? Apply today – we can’t wait to hear your story.

GS1 US is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

GS1 US is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search or staffing firms. All resumes submitted by search or staffing firms to any employee at GS1 US via-email, internet or directly without a valid written search agreement will be deemed the sole property of GS1 US, and no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by GS1 US.