Program Manager

Governance Program Manager

IDEALFORCE has a contract position available immediately for a Governance Program Manager to join our customer in Phoenix, AZ. This is an onsite position. This position will assist and work in cooperation with the organization's Enterprise Architecture group to identify, develop, and modify policies, standards, and procedures (PSP) for the Agency in line with the Statewide PSPs. The candidate will analyze statewide policies, ascertain relevance, and translate these into a proposed Agency policies framework. After the framework is reviewed and approved, the candidate will develop Agency policies and standards. This will be followed by developing procedures and subsequently, processes for implementation and monitoring with appropriate documentation including definition of roles and responsibilities. The PSPs have to comply with State government statutes and be audit worthy for compliance, completeness, clarity, currency, enforceability, and shareability across other state agencies. The successful candidate will have prior experience specifically in the field of IT PSPs in large organizations including sound and proven experience in at least one of the disciplines like COBIT, ITIL, NIST, ISO, etc. The candidate's skills will comprise of a combination of technical analyst, policy developer, and communication specialist.

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Job Description

Interfacing with management and staff to determine appropriate policy and standards requirements

Performing research, review audit reports, gap analysis, determining relevance, requirements and translating collected requirements into an overall policy framework and subsequent Agency policy documents

Development of all subsequent agency standards in support of policy framework based on agency needs and business practices

Interfacing with staff to develop procedural documents to communicate, implement, and maintain developed agency-wide policies

Developing technical standards and workflows including procedures for policy development and maintenance

Developing policy program communiques

Developing outreach programs based on Agency PSPs to facilitate dialog and PSP formulation for other agencies

Qualifications

10 years of IT experience of which 3 years of proven experience developing IT PSPs along with related documentation and communiques

Associate's Degree in Information Technology, or other relevant field

Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills including leading discussions

Must be well versed and experienced in at least one of the following disciplines; COBIT, ITIL, NIST, ISO, etc.

Preferred Skills/Experience

2-3 years' experience with MS Windows operating systems

Technical writing experience

Strong knowledge of NIST Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), SAS 70/SSAE16 standards.

Demonstrated original work in the area of PSPs

Experience in State government

Experience in Quality Assurance and Risk Management

Ability to influence and gain acceptance

Crowd sourcing and collaboration platform experience

To apply, submit a write up:

In not more than 500 words, submit a write up on The Role of Governance in Organizational Change Management. Include citations. Evaluation will be based on depth of research, soundness of reasoning, and brevity.

Additional Information

- "All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines". - All candidates who are authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. - Candidates must clear the background check prior to commencing the assignment.