Strategic Program Lead for Enterprise Transformations

IBM; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Finance & Operations is seeking a Strategic Program Manager to steward large-scale, transformational investments across multiple domains. You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with product management and business partners, and drive governance, budgeting, and KPI reporting to executives.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of project/program management experience, excellent facilitation and communication skills, and a proven ability to deliver complex programs on time in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Strong program management background with large-scale, complex initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience with governance frameworks, budgeting, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall program leadership, guidance, and manage all aspects of a given program, including requirements gathering, business case creation, and implementation in partnership with Product Management.
• Develop and implement program management strategy, standards, and processes to ensure projects and programs are delivered effectively and efficiently.
• Identify opportunities to streamline the program and introduce efficiencies / new initiatives related to the scope in order to focus on long term successes and drive Red Hat’s vision.
• Adapt methods, structures, and processes to the needs of the program with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Provide steady leadership in the face of change and aggressive deadlines with the support of Product Management, who ultimately provides prioritization guidance.
• Proactively support and coach teams, helping them manage expectations of delivery and requirements, yielding consistent results.
• Proactively identify and manage business facing, program-level risks and interdependencies, with a focus on business partners and organizations outside of IT.
• Implement and manage governance processes for the program that ensure high-quality delivery on schedule, including meeting cadences, status reporting, budget management, milestone achievements, risk management, issue tracking & prioritization, blockers threatening timeline or quality, and escalation management.
• Manage different levels of stakeholder communication across the organization in order to facilitate project / program success and promote collaboration and coordination.
• Build a level of trust and collaboration between the product team and business in order to ensure they are working towards a common goal, including, but not limited to Release Train Engineers, Product Owners, Product Managers, and Business Readiness teams, etc.
• Support the design of KPIs and measurement methods to capture program success criteria. Collect, calculate, track and report program KPIs and outcomes to various stakeholders including C-level.
• Assist Product Managers with decision-making facilitation and escalation management – ensuring the right people, with the right content, structured in the right way to get decisions made on time.
• Propose solutions and action plans for goals not met or at risk.
• Develop, optimize, and continuously evaluate and adapt the resourcing strategies to ensure optimum support for projects and for the day-to-day operational activities.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Agile delivery

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

PMP Certification

Tools

SFDC

Job description

IBM Finance & Operations is seeking a Strategic Program Manager to steward large-scale, transformational investments across multiple domains. You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with product management and business partners, and drive governance, budgeting, and KPI reporting to executives.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of project/program management experience, excellent facilitation and communication skills, and a proven ability to deliver complex programs on time in a