Program Manager II

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Description

• Execute all programs and projects using CDWG’s proven delivery methodology, while adapting where necessary to meet the needs of each individual effort. • Accountable for project profitability. • Tracks multiple budgets, consolidates and summarizes for executive stakeholders. • Understands budget to actual variations for project phases, makes recommendations and adjustments. • Tracks project and program margins against targets. • Addresses financial warnings for individual projects and mitigates the effect with the Project Managers. • Understands the economics of financial decisions across the portfolio within the client and its impact to CDW. • Works with clients to position operational expenses vs. capital expenditures. • Validates initial program/project scope and estimates. • Understands and articulates the impact of project changes on the program. • Influences and makes program recommendations at executive stakeholder level. • Sets strategy for minimizing impact and risk to the client due to project changes. • Maintains continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives. • Makes recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the business results or strategic intent. • Identifies and interprets risks from dependent CDW projects and client landscapes. • Understands how they impact the program and mitigates the risks. • Communicates risks and plans to project stakeholders. • Aligns all dependencies from program work streams. • Proactively conducts resource planning monitoring and adjusting assignments as necessary. • Acts as an escalation point to address resource constraints to minimize impact to the program. • Establishes and owns program communication plan. • Consolidates, manages and executes project communication plans into program communications plan for all stakeholders and work streams. • Responsible for meeting contractual performance criteria and due dates during service delivery and overall project completion. • Ensures compliance with relevant corporate and government policies. • Understand Contract Vehicles, Blanked Purchase Agreements and other purchasing vehicles used by government agencies and how they affect the projects or program as a whole. • Provides guidance, mentorship and counseling to CDW project team members. • Takes accountability for project results. • Is fiscally responsible to the client, the project and to CDW. • Holds project team accountable. • Instills trust with our clients by building strong relationships with stakeholders. • Leverages business acumen and political savvy as well as relevant personal and CDW experience to build credibility. • Demonstrates ability to diffuse uncomfortable situations with client and/or project team. • Leads efforts to continuously define, contribute and to improve our overall project management knowledge base across geographies and solution areas. • Contributes to developing standards, best practices and training for team members. • Assimilates information from across all projects in the program and distills the information for the appropriate stakeholders. • Integrates new information on the fly, synthesizes the information and charts a new course as appropriate. • Has clear and concise communication. • Leads and facilitates both live and virtual meetings. • Keeps meetings on track, on topic and summarizes assigns and publishes follow up items in a timely manner. • Adapts communication style and medium to the audience needs. • Adjusts communications based on complex political landscape. • Defines strategy and content for formal presentations and coaches project managers on delivery. • Creates talking points and strategic messaging.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or computer related field or equivalent experience • 10 or more years of experience in delivering quality Project Management • Five or more years of experience in leading significant technology projects across all solution areas in support of government programs. • PMP or PgMP certification required • Active DoD Top Secret clearance strongly preferred. • Significant success leading projects with enterprise or strategic customers that may encompass several technologies • Suggest and initiate new processes to improve best practices within the Project Management team • Demonstrated ability take accountability for projects and their results, be fiscally responsible and lead teams to meet project success factors • Working knowledge of one or more formal project management methodologies proficiency with tools such as Microsoft Project/Office • Ability to leverage business acumen, political savvy, relevant personal and CDW experience, perseverance and communication skills to build credibility • Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills. Adjusts communication based on complex political landscape. • Ability to assimilate information from across all projects in the program and distills the information for the appropriate stakeholder • Ability to work weekends and/or off hours as necessary to meet clients' needs • Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% or as necessary to other CDW locations, meetings and client sites