General Summary

Under limited supervision, manage specific aspects of multiple shared services programs, within the organization for business applications. This includes organizing and managing teams, developing project plans and schedules, managing issues, risks, costs, managing to schedule and scope and communicating at all levels of the organization.

Manage IT staff during all aspects of the system development life cycle. This role should function as a recognized mentor and technical role model. This role will help drive innovation, strategy and develop a roadmap for all business applications reporting directly to the Vice President of Business Applications.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

• Directs the deployment and organization of resources, including the mentoring of project coordinators and project managers. Ensure development of timetables and targets and check progress against them. Direct the plans of activities; ensures a plan which streamlines the program process.
• Direct the initiative using best-practice program management approaches to deliver against approved estimates for quality on-time and on-budget programs and projects.
• Directs Project Managers of sub-projects related to development and reports of supported metrics for complex projects or programs. Seek ways of improving existing quality assurance tools and processes.
• Direct the development and analysis of program interdependencies to effectively structure sub-projects and Project Managers. Develops and understands potential impacts communicating the impacts to executives and stakeholders.
• Anticipate and identify complex issues, monitor and measure the risk factors. Communicate risk factors to executives and stakeholders. Direct sub-projects to ensure the implementation of continuous quality control of process and deliverables.
• Direct technical team in the translation of business requirements into practical IT solutions, which can be implemented.
• Build effective networks of internal and external subject matter expert contacts including executives. Contribute to the development of tools and capabilities.
• Meet with stakeholders and executive to review solution and issues and to gain commitment on recommendations.
• Direct project managers to use the commonalities/differences within the team members' goals, values and problem-solving styles to generate multiple alternatives in leading group to achieve a result and monitor for effectiveness. Ensure program impact does not negatively impact or interfere with others.
• Identify barriers to change and accept and manage ambiguity/complexity in programs/program, and effectively guide teams in dealing with change barriers and program constraints.