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July 25, 2007 | Program Manager - Fortune 40 IT Hardware

25th July 2007 @ 10:57

Company: Fortune 40 IT Hardware MNC

Location: Bangalore

Job Title: Program Management Office (PMO)Manager

General Summary:

The PMO Manager will be responsible for full ownership, successful execution and implementation of the Program Management Office Team.

Qualifications:

  • Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree (preferably Master’s) from a recognized university, preferably with a recognised Project Management industry certification (e.g. Prince2 Practitioner, APMP, PMIP).
  • Required languages: Bilingual in English & Mother tongue.
  • At least 5 years of leadership / supervisory (People Management) experience within a service driven corporation is required.
  • Minimum 4 years Project Management experience in an external client facing, Consulting and Managed Services environment
  • Has evidence of successfully leading groups of people and managing projects.
  • Able to do forward planning of work schedules and forecast manpower utilization needs.
  • Experience in gathering user requirements, design, implementation, user acceptance testing and post implementation support.
  • Strong judgment, problem resolution, analyzing and decision making skills
  • Good communication and documentation skills
  • Candidate MUST have strong communication & written skills, multi-tasking & delegation skills, high level of interpersonal skills.
  • Highly analytical & strong operational and overall business understanding abilities.
  • Strong team orientation with ability to work independently to identify and lead process improvement initiatives
  • High motivation, strong people handling skill and strong leadership skills to drive changes and improvements.
  • Able to work under pressure to deliver results.
  • Ability to liaise and interact with local and regional functional teams.
  • Well-versed in operational compliance

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Manage development efforts, establish program, develop program plans and budgets, determine schedules and allocate resources
  • Candidate is expected to participate in strategies for service enhancement
  • Define strategic direction to enhance service levels and establish an efficient, mobile, reliable and service-oriented functional group in each site in South Asia.
  • Financial reporting including budgeting/forecasting
  • Day to day operational planning
  • Monitor staff and work through the use of Key Performance Measures, to ensure that Operational Service level is met
  • Identify and lead business process improvement opportunities through fact-based analysis.
  • To provide support & guidance to the Relationship Executives & Operations Staff so as to meet productivity targets.
  • To develop all operational procedures & work instructions for each services
  • Achieves targeted performance levels & to make ongoing adjustments to meet deadlines.
  • Able to delegate responsibilities appropriately to project a positive image to all staff.
  • Able to meet aggressive deadlines.
  • To be a team player and able to deal with conflicts & disciplinary skills.
  • Able to develop & motivate staff.
  • Lead and manage a team of Project managers.
  • Effectively manage a tight budget and ensure profitability of operations through good cost control.
  • Staff management - Hiring, training, career development and performance appraisal
  • Demonstrate an attitude geared towards Customer satisfaction and business efficiency with honest and open dialogue with peers and management.

Competencies:

Customer Focus

  • Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
  • Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their respect and trust.
  • Handles irate customers comfortably; finds unusual solutions to customer problems
  • Stands up to the customer when necessary
  • Has a broad perspective on what is important and is able to identify what’s mission critical and what’s not.
  • Forward thinking – being able to anticipate the future impact of decisions.
  • Can comfortably handle not knowing the answers in advance of the facts.
  • Maintains calm in a crisis or uncomfortable situation.
  • Will focus on the problem and the solution rather than the blame or credit for solving the problem.
  • Constantly pushes self and others to achieve or exceed set goals.
  • Able to build strong relationships across LOBs/Segments.
  • Negotiates successfully through difficult situations with both internal and external customers.
  • Maintains a sense of diplomacy.
  • Able to clearly present and communicate data that is considered difficult, controversial or negative.
  • Can organize people and activities
  • Can identify process issues, propose solutions and implement a clear plan of action

Performance Indicators

  • Ensuring that sales revenue, margin growth and targets are met related to customer projects within individual remit.
  • High level of Customer Satisfaction
  • Meet project timelines, deliverables, and budgets

Contact Details:

john[AT]customerlinks.net

Mobile:(0)9844063580


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