Remote Senior Program Manager – Southeast Public Safety

Motorola Solutions; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

10 Paid Holidays

Generous Paid Time Off Packages

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Parental & Family Leave

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to lead large, complex Command Center deployment programs for public safety customers. The role oversees project teams, manages budgets up to $10M, and collaborates with sales and internal stakeholders to deliver reliable solutions.

The position requires extensive project management experience, people leadership, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced government-deployed environment, with travel and background clearance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Public Safety, Project Management, or Program Management experience managing complex deployments and/or software application deployments for State and Local Public Safety government agencies.
• Must be able to obtain a background clearance as required by our government customers.

Responsibilities

• Leads large programs or portions of very complex programs up to $10M.
• Directs and coordinates the work activities of project teams.
• People management experience a must; may be responsible for managing other project managers or technical people supporting program objectives as direct reports.
• Capable of managing/supervising other disciplines/technology within a project.
• Communicates with key customer stakeholders.
• Can comprehend and participate with sales on the overall strategy of the project to increase revenue.
• Conducts needs assessments and requirements gathering.
• Defines and develops program scope, objectives, detailed plans, budgets and metrics for large projects and/or portions of complex projects.
• Manages projects from inception to completion (or transition), including tracking and evaluation of project performance.
• Responsible for adherence to program plan, quality metrics and budgets for projects.
• Recommends corrective actions and implements changes.
• Identifies and mitigates risks; develops and implements risk mitigation plans.
• Procures internal and external resources.
• Allocates project staff with required competencies to meet project objectives.
• Acts as primary interface to internal teams.
• May manage challenging vendor relationships.
• Responsible for direct communication to relevant senior stakeholders.
• Leads moderately-complex communications and/or negotiations with internal or external clients.
• May provide input into proposal preparation, statements of work and specifications, and estimation of costs.
• Identifies and manages program enhancements and process improvements.
• Conducts project reviews throughout the life of the project.
• Creates a motivated team environment with support, engineering, other SI resources and resources from other departments, as needed.
• Proactively gathers lessons learned throughout the project.
• Utilizes best practice project management methodologies to ensure maximum project effectiveness.
• Responsible for allocating all necessary resources to ensure projects meet financial and customer satisfaction goals.

Skills

Project Management

Program Management

Public Safety domain

Education

High School diploma / Associates / Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Motorola Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to lead large, complex Command Center deployment programs for public safety customers. The role oversees project teams, manages budgets up to $10M, and collaborates with sales and internal stakeholders to deliver reliable solutions.

The position requires extensive project management experience, people leadership, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced government-deployed environment, with travel and background clearance