Senior Program Manager - Application Management

Windval Technology Solutions LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Unlimited vacation

401(k) with employer match

Health/dental/vision insurance

Flexible work-from-home

Job summary

Windval is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead enterprise-grade engagements, including AI enablement for application development in the Power Energy sector. The role centers on engagement design through hypercare, with a focus on delivering strategic client programs and outcomes.

You will build relationships with stakeholders, advocate for client service excellence, and steer cross-organizational collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Energy Value Chain is highly desired.
• AI transformational, software enhancement, software development and migration/transformation activities due to a merger/acquisition preferred.
• Large-scale datacenter migration, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, data migration or datacenter transformation programs nice to have.
• Experience in enterprise organizations of a large scale; Fortune 100-preferred.
• Comfort communicating to C-Suite executives at IT/business intersection.
• Experience handling and reporting on large budgets of $30MM.
• Hypervisor Cloud Certification (AWS/Google/Azure) preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred.
• 10+ years of technical project management experience in large enterprises.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional leadership and management oversight to strategic client program initiatives.
• Maintain the program budget and resource plan.
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the overall program initiative, requirements, and objectives.
• Work with internal teams and clients to define tasks, responsibilities, and resource alignment.
• Create, maintain, and facilitate project plans and schedules with clearly defined tasks and milestones.
• Design and own task board for all related workstreams.
• Align plans in a master integrated plan across multiple workstreams using agile, waterfall, or hybrid methods.
• Provide functional status reports to leadership and project teams including C-Suite.
• Capture key information and decisions for organized reporting and documentation.
• Develop program management runbook including vendor management and end-to-end processes.
• Coordinate across client organizations to schedule discovery, planning, status, and delivery sessions.
• Establish governance and communication plans for the program.
• Develop project plans and master integrated program plan.
• Coordinate and guide key technical design decisions with all teams.
• Understand work tasks and skills alignment of engagement team members.
• Interface with teams to manage collisions and blockers and maintain ownership.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to client teams through delivery.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams and ensure alignment with related programs.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Agile mindset

Cross-functional leadership

Budget management

C-Suite reporting

Mentorship

Communication

Program governance

Vendor management

Education

PMP Certification

Cloud Certification (AWS/Azure/Google)

Tools

PM Tools

Job description

Senior Program Manager

Windval is a modern advisory consulting firm with expertise in spanning infrastructure, application, and platform technologies. Our team of specialists deliver advisory services and technology consulting that enable enterprise IT organizations to optimize heritage investment, integrate and operationalize modern technologies, and deliver new service capabilities that transform their business.

We value the expertise and experience of our team and encourage free sharing of knowledge, opinions, and recommendations. Collaboration and communication are paramount in our work, and we strive to deliver fresh insights and effective solutions for our clients. Windval is a team of life-long learners who maintain a passion for resolving complex problems for our clients.

Windval is looking to add a seasoned Senior Program Manager with experience building and executing enterprise-grade programs – from engagement design through hypercare. The Senior Program Manager role is a key member of the Windval Project and Program Delivery team and is responsible for leading our most strategic client engagements. The focus of this program is on AI enablement for Application development in the Power Energy sector and overall transformation.

The ideal candidate possesses depth of technical knowledge that serves as the foundation for leading client initiatives and delivering program engagement responsibilities.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with all direct and indirect stakeholders
• Advocate for client service excellence
• Work with an Agile mindset and an ability to pivot
• Manage cross-organizational alignment and collaboration
• Successfully deliver project workstream and program objectives
• Communicate and report-out to C-Suite

The Senior Program Manager will have a passion for technology advisory, excel in navigating complex client environments, have a strong desire to deliver client objectives with best-in-class service, and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide functional leadership and management oversight to strategic client program initiatives
• Maintaining the program budget and resource plan
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the overall program initiative, requirements, and objectives
• Work with internal team(s) and client to define tasks, responsibilities, and resource alignment
• Create, maintain, and facilitate project plans and schedules with clearly defined tasks, milestones, and target completion dates – leveraging Windval (or client) project management tools
• Design and own task board for all direct and indirect related workstreams
• Align project plans in master integrated plan structure for management of multiple workstreams utilizing agile, waterfall, or hybrid project management methodologies
• Provide functional status report-outs to leadership and project teams including C-Suite
• Capture key information and decisions for organized reporting, tracking, and documentation presentation
• Develop program management runbook including vendor management, lifecycle, end-to-end process flows, organizational assessment, etc.
• Coordinate across client organizations at all levels of leadership to schedule sessions for discovery, planning, status, delivery, etc.
• Establish program governance and communication plans
• Develop project plan(s) and master integrated program plan
• Coordinate and guide key technical solution and design decisions with all teams.
• Understand work tasks and skills alignment of engagement team members
• Interface with teams on potential collisions and blockers as identified and recommend solutions and maintain ownership
• Provide overall leadership, guidance, and mentorship to client teams through program delivery work
• Continuous integration and coordination among multiple workstreams and maintain alignment with other related and dependent programs.

Qualifications

• Experience in Energy Value Chain is highly desired
• Previous experience with AI transformational, software enhancement, software development and migration / transformation activities due to a merger / acquisition preferred
• Previous experience with large scale datacenter migration, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, data migration or datacenter transformation programs nice to have
• Experience working in an Enterprise organization of a large scale. Fortune 100-preferred.
• Candidate should be comfortable operating at the intersection of IT/Business and the ability to communicate to C-Suite
• Experience handing and reporting on large scale budgets of $30MM
• Hypervisor Cloud Certification (AWS/Google/Azure) preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred
• 10+ years of technical project management experience with a focus in large enterprise (F500) orgs
• Background in infrastructure, application, platform technology, and/or technology management
• Passionate about client engagement and creating demonstrable value for Windval clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent collaboration and skilled at leading teams through complex engagements
• Organized and methodical; strong prioritization and multi-tasking skills
• Operates with a propensity for thoughtful action and high output
• Experienced in building relationships with IT executives and decision-makers
• Self-starter and self-directed ability within a fast-paced working environment
• Maintains a broad knowledge and understanding of the current and anticipated future of the technology industry including trends, technologies, products, services, and standards

Additional Details

Windval provides a strong salary + bonus (individual performance and company performance) + benefits compensation package commensurate with the Senior Program Manager’s professional experience.

Windval is proud to invest in our people and provide benefits that include: unlimited vacation policy and paid holidays, 401(k) with employer match, health / dental / vision insurance, and flexible work-from-home policy.

Windval is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We believe great organizations are born from a safe environment where authenticity and creativity are encouraged and promoted. We conduct our business with integrity and require that our clients, partners, and employees be treated with respect.