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VARITE INC · 3 weeks ago

Program Manager - Business Process And Continuous

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$45/hr - $51.05/hr

VARITE INC is a company that focuses on shaping future technology strategy and driving cross-product initiatives. They are seeking a Program Manager to lead cross-functional teams in delivering new systems and infrastructure capabilities, while driving alignment across various partner organizations.

Information Technology & Services

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

This Program Management position will be part of Volume and Scale Pricing Frameworks Team, shaping future technology strategy and driving cross-product and federal-level initiatives

We are looking for a program manager to help lead programs or projects involving departmental and cross-functional teams focused on delivering new systems and infrastructure capabilities

In this highly visible role, the program manager will help drive alignment across multiple cross-functional teams to meet key business objectives and milestones

The program manager will provide strategic program management by working with a broad set of partner organizations (Pricing Operations, Pricing Technologies, Engineering Development, Quality Assurance, and cross-functional Program Management)

The candidate will also be responsible for designing and refining a set of standardized, repeatable portfolio management processes to tackle complex, cross-company initiatives and drive execution

Partner with senior leaders to build strategic roadmaps, transforming into execution plans and delivering against business objectives and milestones

Performs project planning to establish an overall project plan, including key milestones, and drives progress to achieve the project plan within time constraints

Understand and coordinate the sequencing of projects to make progress

Understands and assesses critical paths and dependencies for delivering projects and facilitates discussions between project teams, Pricing Ops, Pricing Technologies, and Engineering

Performs risk management duties by identifying and analyzing risk management controls and contingency plans to help increase the probability of positive events for the project

Aggregates, organizes, and synthesizes program and project information to communicate with the extended team and management

Resolve misalignments across requirements, priorities, and schedule

Evaluates existing processes and procedures. Makes recommendations and drives process improvement and adoption of best practices (processes, tools, etc) to improve team efficiency and effectiveness

Drive release management activities to ensure the successful deployment of system capabilities

Qualification

Program ManagementTransformation ProgramsProject ManagementTechnical Requirements TranslationProcess ImprovementRisk ManagementSharePointJiraMSFT OfficeSAPWorkfrontPricing ToolsQuick LearnerInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsDocumentation Skills

Required

Strong program and project management skills, demonstrating a collaborative mindset

Experience leading transformation programs, define and establish program structure and governance frameworks

Ability to handle complex, highly cross-functional projects with highly matrixed environment

Ability to work with technical teams – can help translate business requirements into technical requirements

Ability to be flexible, adaptable, and think quick on your feet given the fast change in business needs

Strong influencing and interpersonal skills, and ability to develop positive relationships

Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills with the ability to appropriately communicate with the intended audience, especially executives

Excellent documentation skills

Quick learner and proactive in solving problems

System tool knowledge: SharePoint, Jira, MSFT Office, SAP, Workfront, and Pricing Tools a plus

Bachelor's Degree