Location: Atlanta, GA
Work arrangement: On-site
Work type: Full-time
Compensation: DOE
This role ensures programs remain aligned with organizational goals while balancing scope, schedule, financial, risk, and resource considerations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
* Plans and coordinates closely with LOB/function managers and subject matter experts
* Ensures that business cases are developed for budgeting, planning, and tracking revenue and/or expense
* Works closely with, and provides direction to technology leads to support program needs
* Ensures that program activities are on a path to deliver benefits realization
* Installs an appropriate risk management plan for the program and ensures adherence to company and unit requirements
* Proactively challenges the performance of current systems and processes and identifies risks and develops solutions and/or processes and ensures necessary risk mitigation steps are built into the processes
* Readily recognizes solution and determines at what point issues require escalation to management
* Leads teams or multiple teams of internal and/or external resources on a project basis
* Provides project-related performance evaluations on project resources
* Analyzes and collectively manages variances to the program plan and overall portfolio and makes recommendation and/or creates action plan to mitigate negative variances or to resolve issues
* Prepares dashboard reporting to identify and communicate the health of the project portfolio for use by key executives
**Required Qualifications**
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
* Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
* Ten years progressive related experience in either a consulting, project management or process improvement related role
* Strong skills and experience in issue resolution, influencing team members and other stakeholders, conducting difficult negotiations and managing to stringent timelines for project deliverables
* Demonstrated superior understanding of business and technology organization, resources, priorities, needs and policies
* Demonstrated leadership in the implementation of complex programs and projects
* Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous assignments
* Demonstrated executive level verbal and written communication skills
* Superior working knowledge of business matters, finance, planning, and forecasting
* Strong skills in MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio, Project)
**Preferred Qualifications**
* Advanced degree in a relevant field of work (e.g., MBA)
* PMP and/or PgMP Certification
* Certification in Lean Six Sigma or similar process improvement, facilitation, and project management methodologies
* Experience implementing large/complex initiatives across a matrix organization
* In-depth knowledge of management and planning systems theory and practical application to complex initiatives
* Experience with financial measurements and metrics
* Financial Services experience
* Knowledge of business unit's mission and processes
**Other Job Requirements / Working Conditions**
* Sitting Constantly (More than 50% of the time)
* Standing Occasionally (Less than 25% of the time)
* Walking Occasionally (Less than 25% of the time)
* Visual / Audio / Speaking: Able to access and interpret client information received from the computer and able to hear and speak with individuals in person and on the phone
* Manual Dexterity / Keyboarding: Able to work standard office equipment, including PC keyboard and mouse, copy/fax machines, and printers
* Availability: Able to work all hours scheduled, including overtime as directed by manager/supervisor and required by business need
* Travel: Up to 25%
Compensation: DOE