Job Information
Acosta Group Senior Program Manager in Canada
DESCRIPTION
The Sr. Program Manager plays a key role in defining and leading innovative, transformative efforts of significant importance for Acosta. The incumbent demonstrates deep skills in coordinating across multiple teams, including business and IT, to achieve far reaching business objectives to drive significant return for Acosta. He or she is effective in working across organizational boundaries, gaining the cooperation and support of diverse stakeholders to define and achieve the overarching business objectives. The Sr. Program Manager will manage multiple large scale to enterprise-wide initiatives and ensure the products meet the defined business objectives. Identifies new and innovative ways to coordinate across multiple product groups to maximize value, optimize cost, and minimize risk.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
Overall management of the strategic initiative to achieve the stated business objective, within the appropriate scope, schedule and budget boundaries.
Planning and designing of the initiative and ensuring delivery through the product and development teams.
Deep understanding of product groups to identify interdependenciesacross the enterprise.
Adhering to and supporting Portfolio Governance, who's responsible for what in a portfolio.
Proactive monitoring of progress, risks, and issues.
Management of the work of cross-functional teams toward delivery against initiative objectives.
Reporting of initiative progress to team members, sponsors, stakeholders, and executives.
Coordinating across the various product and development teams, ensuring they meet their commitments and have all blockers removed.
Primary connection points are business and IT leaders, Product Owners, Business Analysts and Scrum Masters.
Thisrole crosses product boundaries (Retail, HQ, Finance, IT, Infrastructure, etc.) but is within a defined scope.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Education and Work Experience
High School diploma or equivalent in industry name required.
Bachelor’s Degree preferred
PMP is preferred.
15 years’ professional experience with a combination of the following: Project and Program Management of Financial Management, Technology Delivery, Business Process Improvement and/or Business Transformation projects.
experience with Project Portfolio Management Tools, Time Tracking and Resource Management.
Experience with online Product Development Tools e.g. Jira, Kanban Boards.
industry experience in Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Logistics, preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledgeable in process improvement and financial management.
Knowledgeable in product management and agile processes.
Knowledgeable in Project and Program management across the different methodologies.
Able to lead cross functional teams spanning organizational boundaries, motivating and gaining the cooperation and support of diverse stakeholders to accomplish the stated goals.
Excellent verbal and written communicationsskills.
Strong leadership, people and analytical skills are required, such as: problem solving, decision making, negotiation, acting with integrity and respect for others, professional impartiality, client service orientation, personal time management and ability to achieve success through exercise of influence.
Advanced expertise in MS Project and MS Project Server, or similar tools, is preferred
Physical Requirements
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ABOUT US
Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Category: Administration
Position Type: Full time
Business Unit: Corporate
Salary Range: $102,900.00 - $128,600.00
Company: Acosta Services, Inc
Req ID: 1574