Full-Time Principal Program Manager

• Provide leadership for all technical, cost control and operational actions required to successfully meet contractual obligations.
• Ensure client satisfaction for designated contract deliverable commitments.
• Primary responsibility effective management of integrated solutions, ensuring that the specified quality and efficiency of deliverables is met within the budgetary and timeline objectives.
• Applies an appropriate program management framework for assigned programs – planning and monitoring performance, managing the daily operations of personnel assigned to the Program Team, ensuring production of contractual deliverables and managing Program risks.
• Leads team members on a matrix managed approach.
• Serve as the focal point for Program resource planning.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a global ERP implementation across multiple countries, ensuring alignment with business goals, timelines, and budget.
• Develop and manage the Program plan, including scope, and schedule of projects and workstreams within the Program plan.
• Strategically identify any cross project/workstream impacts to resources, risk, quality and change management.
• Develop and maintain an integrated Program schedule that includes major all major milestones and tasks.
• Lead and set the standards and direction for the assigned Project Managers and/or Workstream Leads to ensure alignment and consistency to the Program for the individual project/workstream planning and execution
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across time zones, cultures, and business units to ensure seamless execution.
• Engage with C-level executives and senior stakeholders to provide updates, manage expectations, and ensure strategic alignment.
• Work with Program stakeholders to develop Program communications, set direction, goals, and determine priorities.
• Provide leadership and communication to customers and internal Hitachi Solutions stakeholders on Program progressions, challenges, threats, risks, etc.
• Mentor and guide Program team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• Provide first-line escalation point to your team on Program and professional matters, able to coach and resolve conflicts.
• Implement a quality management plan to monitor processes and quality control activities including health reviews, stage gates and deliverable reviews.
• Drive vendor and partner management, including status reporting, RAID log management and issue resolution, performance monitoring, and change control.
• Champion Program governance, compliance, and reporting standards in line with Hitachi best practices.
• Facilitating risk assessment/mitigation sessions and follow-through risk management with a proactive, balanced, and business priority-driven approach.
• Leverage a solid understanding of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Program and project management standards and best practices for successful execution while fostering continuous improvement of processes and execution.
• Manage and execute a Program budget of $35M+.
• Lead the preparation and execution of Program Executive Steering Committee meetings
• Participate in Steering Committee activities as required as part of the project delivery process.
• Lead teams in the face of ambiguity; drive decision-making while balancing competing priorities

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