Program Manager

ABOUT YOU
• You can affect change at Parametric.
• You take responsibility for driving projects in delivering the strategic objective by closely managing to the plan and quickly clearing blockers.
• You want to be a key part of enhancing customer engagement, business transformation, and integration at Parametric.
• You are highly organized, accountable, and can lead others through programs and strategic deliveries.
• You have a passion for driving change to achieve a strategic direction.
• You seek a collaborative relationship with multiple business partners and IT delivery teams.
• You are an active learner, open-minded and innovative.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Drive effective teamwork, prioritization, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities while maintaining strong business relationships.
• Lead the effective and efficient delivery of large complex cross-functional projects and manage all implementation activities for concurrent work-streams.
• Ability to create and communicate project metrics, schedule, and status to the entire organization.
• Understand and negotiate needs and expectations of multiple stakeholders while adapting to competing priorities, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, identify risk, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
• Provide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders.
• Maximize resources for the greater good of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to compose clear and concise written communication. Comfortable, clear, and articulate presenting to multiple levels of the organization, from individual contributors to Executive Committee members.
• Expertise with business and process documentation; identify, create, and facilitate design changes by conducting business and systems process analysis and design at a complex level.
• Demonstrated ability to create appropriate business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure consistency with and application of PMO standards, processes, and controls across projects.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
• 7+ years of Project/Program Management experience required, with proven ability to manage multiple related and concurrent workstreams
• Excellent listening, presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven delivery background with experience in all program/project phases – plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, and implement.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to multitask and handle interruptions.
• Not afraid to get involved in complex issues to drive problem solving, and rapidly get to solutions.
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to "manage upward"; ability to self-manage; able to think on your feet and exercise good judgment and decision making. Must pay attention to details.
• PMP or Project Management certification strongly preferred.
• Financial Services background is a plus.

Rate range - $70-$75