Program Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Required Skills, experience:

• Utilities industry experience is preferred .
• Budget management.
• Vendor engagement experience .
• 8-10 yrs experience program management experience with cloud background Tools/Technology: Cloud platform (AWS, Snowflake).
• Takes Initiatives for Generative AI usecases roadmap, VPP DERMS and System of Record Build out.
• Ability to roadmap and program milestone set up, stakeholder engagement and report outs, team norming and budget planning.
• Ability to track progress and Project planning with team members, ready to connect with hiring manager on weekly basis.

• Anticipates internal and or external business challenges, vendor and/or regulatory issues; recommends process, product, or service improvements
• Solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business
• Takes full responsibility for the definition, documentation, and successful completion of complex projects (typically with significant business, political or high-profile impact and high-risk dependencies).
• Selects methods and tools, using iterative techniques where appropriate, ensuring that effective project control, change control, risk management and testing processes are maintained.
• Monitors and controls resources, revenue and capital costs against the project budget and manages expectations of all project stakeholders.
• Defines the approach/policy and sets standards for the support provided for managing and monitoring portfolios, programs, and projects. This can also include the governance/management of resources, directing and leading the implementation and ongoing operation of an effective service organization, ensuring delivery of effective services/resources in line with current and planned demand and reviewing the effective provision.
• Sets direction and leads in the introduction and use of techniques, methodologies, and tools to match overall business requirements (both current and future), ensuring consistency across all user groups
• Develops financial plans and forecasts.
• Monitors and manages IT expenditure, ensuring that all IT financial targets are met, and examining any areas where budgets and expenditure exceed their agreed tolerances.
• Analyzes actual expenditure, explains variances, and advises on options in use of available budget.
• Leads the definition of a portfolio of programs, projects and/or ongoing service provision.
• Engages and influences senior managers to ensure the portfolio will deliver the agreed business objectives.
• Plans, schedules, monitors, and reports on activities related to the portfolio to ensure that each part of the portfolio contributes to the overall achievement of the portfolio.
• Collects, summarizes, and reports on portfolio KPIs often through the deployment of business management processes and systems.
• Identifies issues with portfolio structure, cost, risk, interdependencies, impact on current business activities and the strategic benefits to be realized.
• Notifies projects/programs/change initiatives of issues and recommends and monitors corrective action.
• Reports on portfolio status as appropriate.