Program Management Sr Principal Leader w/ Full Scope Poly in Metro VA

Essential Job Functions

• Oversees and develops uniquely complex work statements, scope/priority definition and the creation of budgets and schedules for several large complex global programs. Develops documents in accordance with appropriate standards and customer requirements and needs. Identifies global implications and determines appropriate response to those implications.
• Defines overall high-level program plans and their interdependencies, manages communications between projects, and sets realistic objectives for project managers within a program. Documents program progress including implementation, timelines, issues, risks, and successes to maintain program course. Determines changes and/or corrections and implements as appropriate or approved.
• Maintains grade and quality of program deliverables within defined and agreed upon program requirements. Oversees adjustments and changes necessary. Communicates with client senior management to manage expectations, maintain smooth operations, and build client relationships. Communicates program goals and processes to the program team to ensure program continuity.
• Leads major proposal efforts and creates strategies to establish business in new markets or in current accounts. Functions as a subject matter expert and provides project management methodology consulting to business unit personnel. Participates in contract negotiations with clients, sub-contractors, and vendors.
• Balances program resources (people, budget, material, time) to optimize program objectives for several large, complex, global projects. Monitors and reports budgetary concerns to achieve financial and performance objectives for several large, complex, global programs. Manages legal, contractual, and customer processes to ensure compliance with agreed upon requirements. Understands and determines course of action to comply with global or country specific regulations.
• Oversees complex projects with high level risk, identifies risks. Identifies and resolves issues impacting the productivity of several large, complex, global programs. Gathers appropriate information, assesses results and determines and recommends risk mitigation solutions and implements as appropriate.
• Gathers feedback from client on program results; analyzes feedback and incorporates same into future programs. Identifies and determines global implications of program parameters and redefines, redesigns or revises as appropriate.
• Determines, obtains and provides program metrics/status to stakeholders to communicate project progress. Leverages corporate synergies to improve customer information technology performance.
• Selects and hires employees. Trains and evaluates employees to enhance their performance, development, and work product. Addresses performance issues and makes recommendations for personnel actions. Motivates and rewards employees including providing salary increases, bonuses and promotions within allocated budgets and company guidelines.
• Prepares and recommends operating and personnel budgets for approval. Monitors spending for adherence to budget, recommends variances as necessary. Balances program resources (people, budget, material, time) to optimize program objectives for several large, complex, global projects.

Qualifications

  Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science or related field preferred
• Eleven or more years of project management experience
• Experience working with project management methodology such as Catalyst including budget development, project planning, control and assurance methodologies, project management software and finance and accounting concepts and practices
• Experience working with delivery assurance policies, procedures and principles to ensure compliance
• Experience working with key financial indicators of the program and organization
• Experience working with enterprise products, services, finances, and strategies and business forces acting on the enterprise (e.g., customers, suppliers, competitors, regulators, and stockholders)

Other Qualifications

• Strong comprehension skills for understanding needs and developing and applying solutions
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills for interacting with team members and clients at the highest corporate level
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong leadership skills to train, guide and mentor the work of less experienced personnel
• Strong communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Personal computer and business solutions software skills
• Strong ability to create and maintain formal and informal networks
• Strong ability to manage multiple programs, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and switch between tasks quickly
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and change
• Willingness to travel