Sr. Program Manager of IT Strategy
Company: Irvine Technology Corporation
Location: Santa Ana
Posted on: May 12, 2022
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Job Description:
Works with business and technical teams to envision, design and
develop technology products. They are expected to define the
product vision and ensure its features support the business
strategic plans. They use their deep knowledge of technology,
processes, methodologies and principles to lead their product teams
to successful outcomes. They are able to learn and adapt to new
business domains in a short space of time and has experience living
the full product Lifecyle. Job Profile Summary Responsible for
working with BTS (Business Technology Solution) Leaders and
Managers to execute the strategic vision, perform IT strategic
planning, roadmap, and execution planning for product/programs.
Essential Functions Strategic Planning --- Responsible for working
with BTS Leaders and Managers to execute the strategic vision,
perform IT strategic planning, roadmap, and execution planning for
product/programs. --- Presents projects or workplans for management
approval; cross-functional collaboration for approvals of strategic
and product/program solution. Monitors and reports status to assure
adherence to cost, quality and schedule, and alignment to BTS
Transformation vision. --- Develops execution planning on IT
Operating frameworks --- Develops strategic plans and execution
plans with IT initiatives such as developing product and capability
offerings to broader business units --- Performs market research,
trends, conduct surveys and assessments such as gap assessments and
maturity assessments to further inform the strategies and roadmaps
for BTS --- Performs benefits realization analysis and reports
aligned with transformational values at BTS --- Manage, monitor,
and report on Balanced Scorecard for BTS; Co-develop enhancements
of metrics and measures in BTS Balanced Scorecard with the Manager
and/or Sr. Leaders. --- On a regular basis, interfaces with senior
management or executive levels on matters concerning several
functional areas, business units and/or customers. --- Regularly
interacts with IT senior management and business unit/customer
executives to resolve critical issues relating to project and/or
operational requirements. --- Implements strategic policies by
leveraging best practice frameworks, methods, techniques and
evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Product/Program
Management --- Independently manage multiple product capabilities
and programs typically large size and complexity. --- Develop
product/program deliverables including workplans, schedules, and
status reports. --- Facilitate meetings including preparing agendas
and coordinating schedules and materials, documenting meeting
minutes, following-up on action items; gathering, organizing and
distributing project related documentation. --- Lead in the
creation and execution of product/program work plans and revise as
appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements. --- Lead as a
Technical Program Manager to support BTS (IT) organization with
Resilience efforts with the ability to facilitate development,
security, and operations (DevSecOps) teams to accomplish within
timeline and budget --- Minimize our exposure and risk across
multiple projects; Conduct risk monitoring and controls during a
project's duration to ensure ability to achieve expected outcomes,
on time and on budget. --- Define the strategic approach to program
delivery and ensuring the alignment of each tactical delivery plan
aligns with BTS measures such as OKR (Objectives Key Results) and
Balanced Scorecard. --- Collaborate with Product/Program
Stakeholders and leadership to prioritize deliverables. --- Design
success measures, tailoring existing best practices to the needs of
the product/program team and stakeholders. --- Required to perform
duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs. Job
Complexities --- Uses skills as a seasoned, experience IT
professional to direct other product or technical team(s) to add
real value to business (Run IT like a Business). --- Works on a
diverse range of critical and complex problems of significant
scope, where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of
a variety of factors, an in-depth understanding of current business
and technological trends, organizational objectives and political
dynamics. --- Exercises judgment as a seasoned professional and
manager with a full understanding of industry best practices and
established policies and procedures. Makes decisions that require
integrating knowledge of best practices, competitors, product
lines, business cycle, product development and financial
information. --- Authorizes changes in departmental processes and
procedures. Independence: --- Works under minimal direction from
functional executive. --- Establishes and communicates departmental
objectives, ensuring alignment with function and company strategic
direction. --- Provides operational and project direction to
department managers and monitors performance against agreed upon
objectives. --- May make exceptions to policy under unique and/or
urgent circumstances. --- Utilizes a broad internal and external
network of professional contacts and resources to explore new
approaches for solving problems and enhancing the department's
capabilities. --- Reviews managers' objectives and results to
evaluate success of operation, quality, schedules and budgets. ---
Results and progress toward goals is periodically reviewed by
functional executive. Supervision Received or Extended --- No
responsibility for the supervision of others however may guide and
advise less experienced Product/Program Managers Impact ---
Influences senior management on decisions related to departmental
and functional priorities, schedules, and plans. --- Contribute to
overall "New Ways of Working" at BTS while cultivating Business
Innovation across functions. Knowledge and Skills/Technology Used
--- Product Management: Responsible for the success of development
and launches of product, capability, or service in IT and work
collaboratively with technical partners, financial and vendor
partners. Preferred candidates need to demonstrate that he/she was
able to stand up new products or capabilities from start to finish
for an organization. --- Program Management: Manages programs and
initiatives mapped to business objectives to align with BTS
transformation vision and mission. --- Strategic Management and
Analytics: Ability to communicate the function's vision and the
department direction and set aligned goals. Provides resources and
creates systems to measure results. Apply market research
discipline and have a good understanding on competitor, financial
and industry dynamics. --- Team Collaboration: Leads change,
manages conflict, and fosters collaboration. --- Ethics: Deals with
others in an honest manner, assures adherence to company policies
and addresses questionable business practices. --- Customer Focus:
Drives and models customer loyalty, manages customer expectations,
solicits customer feedback, and ensures commitments are met. ---
Communication and Executive-level Presentations: Provides others
with reliable information, delivers informative and persuasive
presentations. Uses good listening skills and negotiates
effectively. --- IT Financial Acumen: Understanding of financial
concepts such as capitalization/amortization/chargeback/cloud costs
(Apptio knowledge a plus) Typical Education --- BS/BA Required ---
MBA or MS/MA preferred Typical Range of Experience --- Typically
have 7 to 10 years of directly related experience --- 7 years
product and program management experience, strategic planning, or
consulting background --- 7 years' experience managing large cross
functional project teams Licenses or Certificates --- CSM
(Certified Scrum Master), Agile, Preferred --- SAFe certification
Preferred, not required --- ITIL 4 (IT Strategic Management)
Preferred --- Six Sigma certified Preferred, not required
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