Technical Program Manager -Philadelphia, PA

Technical Program Manager (Portal Development & Deployment)

Rate: $ 60/ hour Job Location: Philadelphia, PA-F2F REQUIRED

Ecommerce portal Development Scope: This managerial role will be to coordinate and supervise deployment continuity between a variety of portal deployment efforts associated with core Comcast Business service POR & Life Cycle programs as well as alternate revenue generation stream deployment initiatives (i.e. Cloud Solutions SaaS software sales & support) and how they relate to core systems (SE, PE and OSS) and respective stakeholder functional teams (Sales, Care, Operations). The manager will act as a liaison, resource and conduit between other Core teams (inc. Deployment team members, Product Management, BSD SE & PE systems members & stakeholder functional group leaders) and their counterparts within the web front end & New Business development teams (inc. Business Class Portal (BCP) front end team & the Business Services eCommerce team (BSEE) ensuring holistic development and deployment activities). The manager will be a problem solver in the resolution of complex problems or driving cohesion between disparate teams on larger project initiatives. Coordinates among a wide range of cross-functional internal and external resources to ensure that products get to market per specifications, within budget, and on schedule. Manages team which may include exempt and non-exempt employees. Provides subject matter guidance to employees as required. Develops processes and procedures to drive department efficiencies and assists in the development of, and meeting of, departmental budget.

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to launch new services, features and enhancements on time and within budget.
• Translates product requirements (PID = Product Introduction Documents) into a complete team vetting exercise generating a comprehensive project plan to manage the program from start to finish.
• Monitors expenditures for products in relation to budget. Evaluates front end technology team plans (BCP & BSEE) as they pertain to PID requirements.
• Develops detailed product features, feature groups and requirements, and develops implementation plans especially as it pertains to self-sell eCommerce needs and self-service portal feature and account capabilities.
• A dependency driven project plan will be the tool this individual will be tasked to generate and evolve throughout the project deployment process. - Accountable for BCP/BSEE budget management for assigned products. - Coordinates the product planning and scheduling process across back end systems and front end systems schedules and assists in ascertaining project priority to maximize deployment efficiencies.
• Maintains reporting congruity in Rally (selected system for Feature and User Story progress tracking)
• Manages, gathers, analyzes & reports on KPI data for product lines including channels of acquisition (web based delivery metrics, program issues & risks, utilization and performance data primarily).

Skills:

• Senior Technical Program Management background
• Web Savvy with extensive experience in Portal development and deployment.

Type of Assignment: Contract through end of year, if performance is solid will extend for all of 2017