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Farm Credit Services of America · 2 days ago

Strategic Program Lead

Omaha, NE

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $220K/yr

10+ years exp

Farm Credit Services of America is a financial cooperative that provides affordable credit and financial services to rural America. The Strategic Program Lead will play a critical role in guiding and executing strategic initiatives in collaboration with senior leaders and cross-functional teams throughout the lifecycle of these initiatives.

AgricultureFinancial Services

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Guide/direct on all phases of an enterprise multi-year strategic initiative(s) or large-scale business unit priorities which require cross-functional engagement with key stakeholders, leaders, product management, business stakeholders, and partners

Collaborates with Sr Leadership/Product teams in planning, organizing, and directing an enterprise-wide strategic initiative, as well as providing overall program delivery/execution oversight to cross-functional delivery teammates

Ensure program infrastructure is defined and provides support to the readiness/delivery teams

Ensure strategic initiative has defined business outcomes, business case(s) and manage the budget/time parameters by establishing and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to make data-driven decisions

Identify any deviations/derailers of the strategy and raise risks to the Initiative Lead

Responsible for the management and facilitation of the Program’s Governance structure & conduct/facilitate forums (ex. steering committees, stakeholder forums, readiness)

Maintain relationships with key stakeholders (Exec Sponsor, Business Champion, Initiative Lead, and Initiative Readiness Team) to ensure alignment, engagement, and to gather feedback and ensure their needs are met

Ensure processes, tools, methodologies, metrics and practices are in place for consistent/successful delivery of the initiative/program

Manage overall enterprise strategic program milestones, RAID, decision logs, escalations and raise risks and decision requirements to the Initiative Lead

Address and resolve conflicts/constraints within the program team(s) or with external partners

Gather and coordinate status reporting of the strategic initiative

Communicates with key stakeholders when decisions are made

Coordinates overall status reporting, communication, issue management, and cross-work stream risk & dependencies identification and resolution

Qualification

Enterprise program managementLeadership rolesStrategy developmentAgFinancingStakeholder managementRisk managementCross-functional collaborationCommunication skills

Required

10 + years of experience in Enterprise program management, Leadership/Sr leadership roles, strategy development with proven track record of working in collaboration across large, complex organizations is required

Preferred

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience preferred

10 + years of experience in AgFinancing is preferred

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Wellness programs

Tuition assistance

Short-term incentive pay

Company

Farm Credit Services of America

Farm Credit Services of America provides credit and crop insurance services to farmers.

Founded in 1916

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.fcsamerica.com/

H1B Sponsorship

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