Project Manager - NA East Coast

Utimaco Safeware AG; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Utimaco Safeware AG in Ashburn, VA, is seeking an experienced Program Manager with a strong East Coast presence to lead cross-functional programs from design through delivery. The role emphasizes coordinating interdependencies across projects, products, and strategic initiatives to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes.

You will guide multiple project managers, maintain program governance, and drive improvements in PLC processes while ensuring customer satisfaction and adherence to compliance

Qualifications

• Aligns deliverables to the program’s outcome.
• Manages main program documents and change management.
• Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes or resource adjustments.
• Identifies, analyzes, and mitigates risks associated with program activities.
• Liaises with product management, supply chain, production, marketing, engineering and sales.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the whole program, including sub-projects managed by different project managers.
• Managing inter-team interactions and delivering successful program outcomes.
• Defines the program governance and plans the overall program timeline.
• Monitors progress and manages program budget and risks.

Job description

Our position has a preference for the employee to reside on the East Coast

Program management involves identifying and coordinating the inter-dependencies among projects, products, and other important strategic initiatives across an organization.

This includes:

• Overseeing the whole program, which could be split into sub-projects managed by different project managers.
• Managing the program and therefore the interaction of different project managers / teams
• Delivering successful program outcomes.

In an organizational context, a program refers to a group of related projects (or a combination of projects and programs) that together support a strategic business initiative. This initiative could include launching a product, implementing a new sales process, or opening a new location.

The program manager’s job is to take a high-level view of the entire program, and strategically guide project managers to ensure they are all working effectively toward the program’s objectives:

• Implement program within given budget, timeline and quality
• Customer satisfaction in service implementation
• Efficiency in delivery of Programs
• Follow PLC process landscape and compliance requirements
• Take accountability and responsibility towards assigned process roles
• Time objective: Spend of budgeted time on planned tasks
• Documentation of all steps, decisions and checklist in the Product Lifecycle
• Develop and improve the PLC process [Senior level]
• Onboard and train new Program Managers [Senior level]
• UTIMACO values
• Leads and/or coordinates cross-functional project/program teams from design to delivery of fully-developed products that are ready for customer use
• Daily program management throughout the program/product life-cycle
• Defines the program governance
• Plans the overall program and monitors the progress
• Defines cross-functional interfaces
• Manages and utilizes resources across projects
• Manages the program’s budget
• Manages overlapping program risks and issues and takes corrective measurements
• Coordinates the program and its inter-dependencies
• Manages stakeholders’ communication
• Maintains and manages Workflow Approvals (PLC Gates)
• Defines new process steps and improvements, automations and tools [Senior]
• Leads a group of Program Managers [Senior]

Your profile

• Aligns deliverables to the program’s outcome
• Manages the main program documents
• Manages common change management
• Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes, cost adjustments or resource additions
• Investigates facts and develops solutions to problems during the design and planning phases
• Contributes to and liaises with product management, supply chain management, production, marketing, engineering and sales
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate risks associated with program activities.
• Develop contingency plans to address potential challenges or delays.
• Manages own productivity but as well other program manager and stakeholders productivity [Senior duties]
• Drives implementation of new tools, educate other stakeholders and program manager and develops trainings within Utimaco Academy [Senior duties]

Drive and manage time reporting, including tool and process support for all relevant stakeholders in the PLC process [Senior duties]

Then we look forward to receiving a meaningful application stating the earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.