Program Manager- Disaster Recovery/HA

Job title: Program Manager- Disaster Recovery/HA

Duration: 6+ Months

Location: Plano, TX (Hybrid)

Candidate should be on your W2. Target visa independent candidate

Exp should be 12- 16 Years Only(Should not exceed more than that)

Exp in managing DR/ HA project is must.

Program Manager- Disaster Recovery/HA

Responsibilities and Qualifications


12- 16 years of experience


Mandatory Skills- Experience in Managing Disaster Recovery/HA Project.

Program Manager Soft Skills


1. Excellent leadership skills


2. Excellent customer service with ability to manage customer expectations


3. Excellent communicator with strong verbal and written skills at all levels of the organization


4. Ability to easily adapt to different communication and working styles


5. Active listener


6. Excellent organizational skills


7. Self-starter and quick learner


8. Proven ability to set priorities across a complex program with multiple projects and drive for results


9. Good attention to details


10. Strong time management skills


11. Excellent facilitation and collaboration skills


12. Work effectively with internal and external clients, third party vendors, and senior management (Sr Director and VP levels) in accomplishing project objectives


13. Exercise judgment within broadly defined policies and practices to develop corporate methods, techniques


14. Evaluate complex situations accurately and identifies viable solutions that create successful outcomes for the customer


15. In depth knowledge of how to navigate through matrixed organizations to engage teams and get work done


16. Can establish and maintain effective relationships with business and IT customers to gain their trust and respect


17. Ability to communicate effectively with senior IT and business leaders


Program Manager Experience

1. In depth understanding of project terminology and methodology


2. Professional experience in IT infrastructure, as a Program Manager in Disaster Recovery/HA projects


3. Extensive experience in handling Disaster Recovery/HA projects


4. Ability to lead multi-function project team through influencing skills


5. In depth Risk / Issue / Change Management knowledge


6. Developing executive level PowerPoint presentations


7. Expert skill using Microsoft Project to drive project execution and manage to critical path


8. Experience in managing constrained schedules and resources in a rapidly evolving environment


9. Ability to understand interdependencies and can connect the dots on how one part of a project impacts another


10. Evaluate complex situations accurately and identifies viable solutions that create successful outcomes for the customer. Hosting meetings, taking meeting notes, and documenting action items


11. Ability to organize complex and/or ambiguous information for project sponsor


12. Organizing project goals / objectives into major streams of work with specific deliverables


13. Develop and maintain "lessons-learned" inputs to the project repository for utilization on future programs


14. Work closely with the Program Executive Sponsor, Operating Committee and Steering Committee to facilitate decisions necessary for delivery and to overcome barriers


15. Resolve political, resource, budgeting, change, and legal issues affecting the program.


16. Serves as a mentor/advisor/decision-maker to project managers for the program for issues related to corporate politics, external politics, client relations, governmental regulation, project quality, project risk, and safety.


17. Oversee development of proposals and requests for proposals associated with the program.