Director - Program Management

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Sand Cherry

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Sand Cherry is a consulting firm specializing in delivering strategic business solutions to a variety of clients across numerous industries, including broadband, telecommunications, IT, media, healthcare, and financial services. The company excels in areas such as business process optimization, customer experience enhancement, and digital transformation. Sand Cherry's experienced consultants provide tailored solutions in project management, strategic initiative leadership, and business process optimization to help businesses streamline operations and achieve their growth goals. They are particularly noted for their innovative approaches to digital solutions and their commitment to diversity and inclusion in their business practices.

Business & Customer Operations • Customer Experience • Marketing & Product Innovation • Digital Solutions • Customer Acquisition & Retention

51 - 200 employees

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📋 Description

• Company Profile • At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions. • Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry team. • Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of continuing that success. • Our client is a forward-thinking, growth-driven energy company focused on creating value for its stockholders. • It’s core business is to produce natural gas from its owned and operated upstream businesses, which are supported by four business lines: natural gas production; natural gas gathering, processing and transportation; power generation; and carbon capture, utilization and sequestration. • Overview • We are recruiting an experienced Director, Program Management for direct hire at an oil and gas client. • The Director, Program Management is responsible for leading and executing cross-functional and critical enterprise projects and programs using best practices. • This work involves strategic planning, project management, executive-level communication, and stakeholder collaboration to ensure the projects/programs deliver on its intended outcomes. • Collaborate with functional leadership, project/program leadership and PMOs across the Company to define, standardize, and manage Project/Program Management governance, processes, reporting frameworks, and tools. • This role collaborates with experienced professionals, implements policies and strategies for short-term results, and influences others outside their own area of work regarding policies, practices, and procedures. • This role may require up to 20% travel. Qualified candidates must be able to work within the United States and not require any visa sponsorship. • This position will work MST and CST times zones primarily but may be expected to work additional time zones as needed. • Responsibilities • Strategic program management direction and leadership to identify and mitigate any potential risks that may impact enterprise wide program and/or project management success. • Maintain transparent and effective communication with numerous cross functional stakeholders and Executive level senior management. • Direct, manage, monitor and report on the progress and performance of the entire program portfolio. • Make Executive level recommendations to support strategic decisions regarding project initiation, continuation, or termination. • Actively use a Change Management Toolkit, ensuring key steps are followed and project resources contribute appropriately. • Ensure adherence to quality standards, best practices, tools, and formal program management methodologies. • Help lead all M&A activities related to integration of acquired assets.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree preferred. • Requires a minimum of 8 years strong strategic enterprise-wide program and project management (specifically with technology implementations and M&A integrations). • Project management certifications (e.g., PMP) preferred. • Minimum of 7 years experience in oil and gas industry with a strong understanding of natural gas industry standards, market trends, emerging issues, and regulatory requirements. • M&A integration experience in Upstream Oil and Gas, including setting up an IMO, workstream support, synergy identification, and value capture preferred. • Expert in strategy, portfolio, project management, process improvement, and change management. • Advanced leadership and management skills including achieving results through influence, guiding performance and development, and fostering a motivating and inclusive workplace. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, Smartsheet, and job-related applications e.g., project management and digital visualization software and tools. • Analytical, structured thinker. Ability to quickly break down problems, information, and data into logical groupings, clear next steps, etc.; naturally curious to continue asking the next question; fast to narrow in on the crux of an issue; ability to add structure quickly to ambiguity of all kinds. • Comfortable with numbers; strong experience analyzing complex data sets, building models, and identifying or understanding relationships between metrics. • Advanced PowerPoint skills. Building decks for C-Suite executives is required. • Ability to thrive in a dynamic fast-paced environment, and work independently and as part of a team. • Expert interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills. • Advanced attention to detail, organization, and prioritization. • Expert cognitive, decision-making, and problem-solving skills. • Growth mindset with an advanced ability to innovate, embrace change and have grit.