Company: 
The Judge Group

Location: 
Chicago, IL60607

Status: 
Full Time, Temporary/Contract/Project

Job Category:
Computer Services

Relevant Work Experience: 
10+ to 15 Years

Career Level:
Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)

Salary: 60.00 - 80.00 USD /hour
Based on experience and fit for opportunity 
 
  
Company: 
The Judge Group

Email:
[email protected]

Reference Code: 
3388 
 



Senior Program Manager 



What will you be doing? 
The Senior Program Manager coordinates the development, consolidation and subsequent tracking
of stream plans, consolidates key issues, consolidates risks and ensures appropriate risk
avoidance and mitigation strategies are employed. Consolidates program status and reports to
Program Director and PMO team; the Program manager may be responsible for more than one program
at a time. Some additional key responsibilities are as follows: 



Facilitate the development, and ensures completion of, the business program through the
coordination of tasks, issues and risks through the System Architect and the Project Managers
on the program. 

Measure and monitors progress to ensure that the business capability is delivered on time and
within budget, and that it meets or exceeds expectations. (Experience, both in the problem
domain (through a thorough understanding of business requirements) and the software engineering
domain.) 

Client management relationship 

Leadership and management of the program typically delivering results through others 

Setting the technical and business direction for the group, effective allocation and use of
resources through out releases, establishing team environment, hiring, and performance
appraisals. 



What will you need? 
This is a very senior level position, and as such, the successful candidate will have
significant experience in managing large programs. In addition, this person will have the
following skills and requirements: 



Leadership skills: 


Integrates technology with Strategic direction roadmap and program charter 

Able to implement IT Governance Program Management Model 

Sets direction for new projects feeding into the program 



Planning/problem-solving skills: 


Responsible for establishing and maintaining the program budget 

Able to define staffing needs 

Continuously monitor progress in terms of the status of the program and the budget and report
back to the board, senior management, the client, or the funding organization via weekly or
other progress reporting and by organizing and managing status meetings and board meetings. 

Anticipate and catch deviations from a plan or schedule early and keep all participants and
stakeholders informed. 

Produces milestone plan 

Manage and resolve issues effectively 

Identify and mitigates risks proactively 

Owns dependencies and lead program 



Communication skills: 


Articulate and negotiate consensus on a final vision of the core program goals. 

Define acceptance criteria or working with specialists in defining acceptance criteria for
program deliverables and will works towards achieving stakeholder acceptance of deliverables. 

Solid written/oral communication skills. Able to get ideas across in a non-confrontational
manner in one-to-one situations, small groups, and before large audiences. 

Leads program status meetings 

Produces milestone plan 

Ability to implement program status and communication plans 

Creates and owns traffic light report 

Provides ECSR status and capital report 



Team management skills: 


Work directly with the team members or with their team leaders to estimate effort, plan
activities and negotiate consensus among individual team members on their tasks 

Provide the team with direction and vision, including motivating people to perform, listening
to people, providing feedback, recognizing strengths and providing challenges 



Technical and quality task skills: 


Make an effort to understand the technology being used in order to understand and question
requests coming from specialists and technical staff and to evaluate what is reasonable or
possible. 

Understanding of various software and Infrastructure process, project management methodologies,
standards and ensures that all project team members understand and adhere to the above. 

Responsible for the programs commitment to quality � using the resources 
available when necessary. 

Assure quality and consistency of output 

Identify and address gaps 

Maintain strategic direction and avoid �reinventing the wheel� 



Requirements: 


Bachelor degree or relative experience (10+ years) specifically in Project or Program
Management 

Experience working with internal clients (business partners) 

PMI certification preferred (PMP) 

Knowledge of SDLC, IPLC and PM methodologies. 

Familiarity in working with MS Project, Project Server, Lotus Notes, SharePoint, ESCR. 

Familiarity of various architectures: .Net, Java 

Familiarity of various databases: Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL, DB2 

Familiarity of various platforms: Unix, Ms Server, Mainframe 



If you are interested and qualified, please email me your MS WORD formatted resume for
immediate consideration.