Strategic Program Manager | Cross-Functional Leader

hmsacareers; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

hmsacareers is seeking a Program Manager to lead multiple cross-functional programs from design through implementation in a hybrid Honolulu environment. You will coordinate scope, tasks, timelines and budgets while guiding teams and communicating progress to executives and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has strong PM, analytical and presentation skills, experience with finances, and proficiency in MS Office. Responsibilities include governance, risk management and vendor coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and five years of related work experience, including 2 years of project management experience.
• Experience with projects and business functions.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex information to decision makers.
• General knowledge of financial concepts (balance sheets, financial statements).
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables and lead the implementation phase to ensure consistency with stated goals
• Develops full-scale project plans, including defining project tasks, timeline, resource requirements, and managing budget and resource allocation
• Monitors on-going program dynamics, manages risks, and resolves issues
• Keeps stakeholders informed of progress and communicates/presents progress and status to a variety of audiences
• Provides work direction and leadership to project team, including scheduling and assignment of work and review of individual project efforts
• Implements and manages project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• May act as business owner as needed to provide ongoing project support
• Keeps an open line of communication between key stakeholders where information is monitored and shared
• Facilitates meetings and discussions to achieve consensus and enter into enforceable contracts for the assigned project
• Manages relationships and contracts with vendors providing services under the project as needed
• Coordinates and documents steering and leadership committee/team activities
• Ensures changes to guidelines, policies, and procedures are analyzed and fully communicated to impacted parties
• Receives high-level business requirements and develops detailed requirements
• Gathers and analyzes information such as business trends, competitive threats, and strategic assumptions
• Visualizes and presents data in a way that highlights a program/project's areas of excellence and areas of improvement
• Facilitates planning sessions with management to align departmental/program efforts with corporate strategic goals

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree with 5 years related work experience (including 2 years PM)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

hmsacareers is seeking a Program Manager to lead multiple cross-functional programs from design through implementation in a hybrid Honolulu environment. You will coordinate scope, tasks, timelines and budgets while guiding teams and communicating progress to executives and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has strong PM, analytical and presentation skills, experience with finances, and proficiency in MS Office. Responsibilities include governance, risk management and vendor coordination.