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| Contract | Partially remote
, ,This is a long term contract (from now to 2028) for our Oil & Gas client based in Houston, TX.
This position is onsite 2 days a week.
Program Manager (PMO Office) Business/Location: Finance
This role will support the successful delivery of the overall ERP transformation program through implementation & management of program metrics, reporting cadence, risks and issues identification and escalation. This role will facilitate cross-track level operational processes, execution, and continuous improvement in program delivery (inclusive and beyond core ERP scope).
Main Accountabilities:
- This is a highly visible role supporting project delivery across the transformation.
- • PMO Management.
- • Build out standard status reporting
- • Roll out reporting to the project team
- • Build overall governance framework— includes program, template, and deployment governance
- • Construct program decision-making framework
- • Roll out governance framework to wider community
- • Begin to facilitate and lead Change Control Board
- • Own and facilitate transformation assurance services by external auditor
- • Manage governance of solution
- • Drive overall change control process
- • Drive overall schedule of program against agreed upon timeline, roadmap, and resourcing
- • Manage escalations and raise areas of concerns to Accountable Executive
- • Support status meetings, steering committee meetings, etc. (Obeya, Weekly Status, etc.)
- • Confirm and establish cadence of status reporting with team
- • Confirm and establish cadence of reporting to Accountable Executive
- • Confirm and establish the risk and issue management process and cadence
- • Own and facilitate transformation assurance services by external auditor
- • Continue to facilitate and lead Change Control Board
- • Collect inputs to Change Control Board and act as gatekeeper into this meeting
- • Push teams to collect all attributes for each change and verify preparedness for each CCB
- • Continuously drive for standard solution and minimize changes, only accepting changes were imperative
- • Own and facilitate transformation assurance services by external auditor
Experience:
- • 10+ years combined experience in project management, program management and PMO implementations.
- • Excellent understanding of project and program management tools with a focu on supporting ERP implementation projects.
- • Proven process improvement, and data analytics skills.
- • Ability to understand and demonstrate knowledge of data mining, statistical, and/or data mining methods and tools
- • Excellent leadership and managerial skills to lead / manage matrix teams in multiple geographies.
- • Ability to travel, to be defined based on overall program plan and timelines.
Qualifications:
- • Bachelor's degree in business administration, project management or operations required; PMI Project Management Professional certification preferred.
• Adept at working in a matrix project structure, providing support to multiple teams.
• Experience working across multiple levels of an organization and can present succinct messages to leadership but also has the patience to understand details from team members.
• Ability to drive consensus and resolve conflicts across multiple parties.
• Performs project management of program, in line with our client’s Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process.
• Ability to work with external auditor in the application of transformation assurance services.
- Key Skills:
- • Problem Solver
- • Great attention to detail
- • Excellent Analysis skills
- • Open to Change
- • Remarkable Leadership/ Interpersonal Skills
- • Pro-active Team Player
- • Enquiring, Questioning and Inquisitive
- • Good Communication Skills – written and verbal
- • Self-Starting and easily gains respect & co-operation
- • Customer facing, both external and internal Customer
- • Ownership, initiative, proactive behavior and positive approach (can-do attitude)
- • Proven experience with complex planning, forecasting and product lifecycle programs
- • Proven people skills required