Program Manager

Sonoma Consulting Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonoma Consulting Inc. is seeking a Program Manager in Atlanta, Georgia. This role requires managing the entire project lifecycle, utilizing methodologies such as Agile and Scrum.

Successful candidates will possess industry certifications, strong project management skills, and the ability to lead teams effectively. Previous experience in the airline, travel, or transportation industry is a plus. The company emphasizes strategic decision-making and the importance of stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and programs.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong problem-solving and risk assessment skills.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage project life cycles from initiation to closure.
• Lead project teams and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Control and track changes to project scope, schedule, and costs.

Skills

Project Management

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Financial Awareness

Interpersonal Skills

Strategic Planning

Education

Key industry certifications (CAPM, PMP, PgM)

Tools

SDLC knowledge

Job description

Responsibilities: Functional Skills & Competency

• Directs the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and close of an entire project and/or all projects within specified program
• Ability to contribute and champion usage of structured project management methodology (to include Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, Iterative, etc.)
• Broad knowledge of application and / or infrastructure development life cycle (SDLC) and other technical management concept, processes, and methodologies
• Lead and direct project managers within specified program to achieve desired deliverable creation outcomes
• Possess IT and formal program/project management knowledge as well as ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines based on logical work breakdown structures aligned to critical path
• Manage program interdependencies, milestones, and critical path
• Analyze, manage, and report program performance - financial reporting, resource allocation, task delegation and stakeholder management
• Analyze multiple types and sources of information to generate insight on program performance
• Demonstrate financial awareness to control costs and think in terms of profit, loss, and added value.
• Help Stakeholders, IT Portfolio Teams, Business Partners and Business Users understand their roles and responsibilities within the project
• Develops and executes an overall program schedule, including tasks, duration, dependencies, and resource assignments
• Controls and tracks changes to scope, time, cost, quality, issues, and risk
• Leads completion of program objective, such as procurement, quality planning, service level agreements, and customer training
• Directs and delegates work effort; Requests the needed resources for a program and gets them oriented to work on the project
• Ensures product deliverables quality, such as functional specifications, logical and physical data design, solution design and detailed design, test plans, and completed solution
• Manages vendor relationships according to contract terms and conditions

Leadership & Business Acumen

• Key industry certifications such as CAPM, PMP, PgM, etc., preferred
• Previous airline, travel, and / or transportation industry experience preferred
• Makes value-oriented decisions to achieve strategic business results; Ability to be flexible, make quick decisions and seamlessly navigate risks and ambiguity while effectively navigating a dynamic project environment
• Evaluates risks, assess possible outcomes and solutions/solves problems
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients
• Ability to build and maintain cohesive motivated teams
• Ability to coach and develop subordinates and/or peers; empowering team members with the authority to accomplish project tasks efficiently and with minimal direction
• Strong strategic planning skills
• Excellent written, oral communication, planning, and organizational skills
• Strong track record managing business and IT Projects
• Strong meeting facilitation and negotiation skills
• Strong consulting and customer service skills
• Recognizes and rewards desirable individual and team performance
• Establish good relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Take responsibility for actions, projects, and people.
• Take initiative, act with confidence, and work under own direction.
• Focus on customer needs and satisfaction.
• Set high standards for quality to monitor and maintain quality and productivity.
• Gather comprehensive information to support decision making.
• Encourage an organizational learning approach (e.g., learn from successes and failures and seek staff and customer feedback).

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.