Program Manager

CODAI Consults LLC; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

CODAI Consults LLC in Atlanta seeks a Program Manager to oversee a portfolio of large-scale ERP/workday initiatives for the NextGen project. You will plan, coordinate, and drive delivery across multiple workstreams, aligning with the State's strategic goals and ensuring successful outcomes.

Responsibilities include managing schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications; guiding cross-functional teams, and ensuring changes are handled with impact analysis and governance.

Qualifications

• Over 20 years of enterprise PM/Program mgmt experience.
• Experience leading large Workday/ERP implementations.
• Strong leadership and ability to build effective teams.
• Excellent communication and executive-level presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan project schedules, budgets, and goals.
• Document and manage dependencies between projects and workstreams.
• Lead project launch teams to ensure scope and outcomes are achieved.
• Monitor and control schedule, cost, risk, and scope to meet stakeholder expectations.

Skills

PMP Certification

PGMP Certification

SDLC Knowledge

Microsoft Project

Visio

SharePoint

Project Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Education

Professional PM Certifications

BA/BS in related field

Tools

MS Project Online

Visio

SharePoint

Job description

Mode: HYBRID (2 days onsite and 3 days remote)

Duration: 1 year

Note : LinkedIn Needed.

Description

Directs multiple IS projects of a complex nature. Assists in planning and organizing the unit's work to meet the organization's objectives.

The NextGen project managed by the State Accounting Office (SAO) is an effort to modernize the current ERP platform (PeopleSoft) by selecting and implementing a new cloud-based solution (Workday). The NextGen project will have multiple workstreams of varying scope and complexity that will require coordination of resources across State agencies, internal departments, and cross functional users.

The Program Manager will be expected to oversee an assigned set of projects or workstreams that are linked through a common organizational goal for an enterprise Workday implementation. The program manager will be responsible for ensuring the project is aligned with the State’s larger strategy. Work will include but not limited to the following tasks: Planning, initiation, and execution of large, complex, interdependent IT and business-related projects. Large, complex projects usually involve more than 10 participants and engages at least three functional areas and impacts multiple agencies.

IMPORTANT : Candidates that do not have experience leading large project teams and leading an entire program that includes, for example, but not limited to OCM, training, technical, etc. will NOT be considered. The client is not looking for candidates that only focus on the delivery of the actual Workday tactical setup.

The state operates in a hybrid environment with onsite and remote workdays and prefers local resources. Remote candidates are accepted if communication and regular review meeting schedule requirements are met (via videoconference or face-to-face). If the consultant’s performance suffers because of working remotely, they may be required to be onsite (if local) or be removed from the project/replaced with a local resource.

Responsibilities:

• Work with project managers to plan project schedules, budgets, and goals.
• Document and manage dependencies between projects and workstreams.
• Manage and work through project launch teams to ensure that the project scope and outcome is achieved.
• Execute, monitor, and control the schedule, cost deliverables, risk management and scope to meet or exceed stakeholder and customer expectations.
• Responsible for allocating resources and management of the project team. Proactively manages potential conflict and resource constraints.
• Work across business to resolve elevated issues internally and with the customer, ensuring barriers that could impede program progress are removed.
• Accountable for scope change management within the project. Responsible for orchestrating response to customer scope changes in collaboration State leadership
• Provide guidance and support to lower-level project managers.
• Collaborate with executive management to help achieve the expected goals and objectives of the program and associated projects within the program.
• Facilitate communication across the different projects and cross-functional teams.
• Manage program and associated project budgets.
• Work with State leadership to minimize new/competing projects.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• 20+ years of enterprise project management/program management experience.
• At least 5+ years working with a cloud-based ERP platform (SAP, Infor, Oracle, or Workday)
• Relevant certifications including PMP, PGMP or other recognized licenses or certifications.
• Strong knowledge of project management tools
• Strong knowledge of the SDLC project life cycle
• Experience working with data systems and acting as a liaison between business users and technical staff.
• Strong leadership skills including the building of effective teams, an ability to manage conflict, the effective
• Setting of priorities in the team and an ability to clearly define roles, responsibilities, and objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to moderate and lead projects and drive technical decisions.
• Ability to prepare technical and strategic issues for management decisions.
• Effective strategic, long-term, and planning thought processes
• Strong communication and presentation skills to project team and State leadership
• Understanding of how data systems interact
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Project, Visio, SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project Online or other project/program portfolio management tool
• Understanding and use of document management and version control.
• Ability to execute high quality customer service by anticipating customer needs, providing services accurately, in a respectful and timely manner, and establishing and maintaining effective contact and follow through with customers.
• Ability to develop and maintain positive work relationships.
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively as a team member.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and organizational skills.
• Ability to organize and evaluate data to drive decision making.
• Ability to work with diverse communities and sensitivity to needs and concerns of various cultural groups.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate project risks.
• Experience with large public sector customers (another state or large county) is preferred but not mandatory.

Required Skills:

• At least 5+ years working with a cloud-based ERP platform (SAP, Infor, Oracle or Workday) - Required 5 Years
• Experience working with enterprise data systems and acting as a liaison between business users and technical staff - Required 5 Years
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Project, Visio, SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project Online or other project/program portfolio management - Required 5 Years
• Experience leading enterprise ERP project teams. - Required 15 Years