Program Manager

Overview

Job Description for Program Manager in Perth

Responsibilities

• Formulate, organize and monitor inter-connected projects
• Decide on suitable strategies and objectives
• Coordinate cross-project activities
• Lead and evaluate project managers and other staff
• Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities
• Apply change, risk and resource management
• Assume responsibility for the program's people and vendors
• Assess program performance and aim to maximize ROI
• Resolve projects' higher scope issues
• Prepare reports for program directors

Required Technical Skill Set

• Excellent Communication, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with all key stakeholders, including business representatives, program management, project team members and third-party suppliers
• Ability to confidently lead workshops or individual meetings to allow the program to be planned successfully.
• Ability to represent the Program in key operational forums to assist in gaining approval for change windows.
• A "here's what I need to succeed" mind-set versus "here is a problem" mindset.
• A highly organized and detail-oriented approach.
• Manage project commercial / estimations
• Be able to structure works and relationships between works utilizing mind maps or other tools.
• High level of proficiency in developing and maintaining a detailed WBS and Project Schedule.
• Be able to integrate schedules and inputs from 3 rd. parties
• Excellent presentation and reporting skills.
• PMP certification / relevant certification preferred.

Desired Competencies (Technical/Behavioral Competency)Must-Have

• Proven experience in scheduling large-scale successful transformation projects from initiation to completion.
• Must have scheduled multiple complex projects concurrently before.
• Must be used to scheduling within an outsourced multi-Supplier environment where many different parties are providing the needed inputs.
• Must be able to demonstrate they can set-up the schedule and constructs from inception to build out the schedule.
• Track record in presenting program progress, planned activities and the overall schedule in a number of IT and business forums
• Functional knowledge of Utilities / Manufacturing / Mining business
• Experience working with onsite-offshore model. Awareness of associated challenges and how to address these challenges.

Good-to-Have

• Functional Understanding of the Power Transmission and Distribution
• Customer interactions and working in multi-vendor environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to write procedures, guidelines and O&M documentation