Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. · 16 hours ago
Director Enterprise Program Management
Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. is seeking a Director of Enterprise Program Management to provide leadership and direction in support of business objectives through the effective use of technology and management practices. The role involves overseeing the Project Management Office and ensuring the successful delivery of enterprise transformation initiatives.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Develops and executes on the eenterprise, IT departmental and PMO visions, goals, priorities and values
Builds and matures a Center of Excellence (CoE) with the following responsibilities: • Works with senior management in the development of the strategic direction for the program management delivery initiative for the enterprise. • Uses expert-level knowledge and skill in the PMO discipline to build and mature best practice program and project management methodology (based on PMBOK), tools, metrics and training across the enterprise
Attracts, recruits and retains associates with the right skills, competencies and cultural fit. Fosters the performance and development of associates to reach their full potential
Plans, allocates and deploys resources effectively and efficiently to meet strategic goals
Plans, leads and manages initiatives effectively by delivering on committed value, dates, budget, scope and quality
Develops and manages within departmental, portfolio, program and project budgets and report on variances
Ensures adherence to IT and PMO standards, processes and alignment across W&SFG
Follows standards to negotiate effective agreements and ensure quality deliverables
Owns and manages vendor relationships as applicable
Develops effective client and business relationships and credibility
Supports the day-to-day operations of W&SFG business and shared services units. Develops and meets service level agreements (SLA) and key performance indicators for applicable PMO services
Acts as a change agent across the enterprise for PMO services
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree Business, finance or IT is preferred or commensurate experience
Typically requires 10+ years professional IT management experience
Typically requires 10+ years direct personnel management experience
Successfully setting, implementing and achieving team goals
Establishing a work environment that is committed to collaboration and excellence when working with the team and business partners
Providing effective feedback and influencing others to initiate a recommended course of action to solve a problem or increase efficiency
Typically requires 10+ years full IT project lifecycles as the project manager or program manager for delivering multiple large-scale complex projects and programs
Coaching and mentoring project managers
Experience building and managing a PMO, which includes determining program/project management delivery services to offer the enterprise based on business needs and capacity, planning and aligning resources to services and programs/projects, developing program/project management skills both within the PMO and within the enterprise, partnering and collaborating with key stakeholders for successful program/project delivery, continually improving program/project management processes and integrating them into the various methodologies, developing program/project management training that can be used internal and external to the PMO, and defining and tracking delivery metrics
Proven successful experience on identifying moderate to complex problems, quantifying problems and providing effective resolutions
Proven strategic thinking from concept to implementation to facilitate solutions that drive results and have a valuable impact on the organization
Demonstrated in-depth business knowledge and experience in enterprise-wide operations, products, programs, technology platforms, distribution channels and competitive landscape
Demonstrated knowledge and the ability to coach on IT technical concepts such as application development, data management, business analysis, testing strategies and tools, integration, security and/or data center and infrastructure concepts and how they integrate together to build a quality solution
Proven successful experience and proficiency in portfolio, program and/or project oversight, requirements development and IT governance
Demonstrated ability to function or lead on program and project level, in both a leader and a participant capacity, on business, software and infrastructure projects
Proven experience in tailoring and implementing diverse program/project and development methodologies, including waterfall, agile and iterative
Demonstrated use of strong listening, communication and presentation techniques. Verbal and written communications are to conform to proper rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style
Demonstrated adaptability when required to adjust to multiple demands/deadlines, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change
Demonstrated attention to detail with excellent organizational skills, time management and the ability to prioritize workload demands for the team
Proven high emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and enterprise and team thinking
Proficient skills in word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications
Proven skills in technical writing, flow charting and process modeling methods
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word, Visio, MS Project and PowerPoint)
Portfolio Management Professional (PMP) Upon Hire