Program Manager

Direct client -Program Manager, Columbus, OH - Hybrid

**Will be required to be onsite at 35 East Chestnut, Columbus OH 2days/week

The candidate will be supporting The Ohio Department of Children and Youth Office of Information Technology.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities would include:

• Organizes, manages, and directs project team tasks and assures the proper application of PMO standards, tools, and methodologies in project work.

• Develops the project plan.

• Supervises and manages the project Stakeholders, the project team and project communications.

• Manages project risks, issues, and changes.

• Oversees and manages the project schedule and project budget.

• Manages conflicts and ensures successful project delivery.

The ideal candidate would have the technical qualifications specified below:

• Responsible for the development of estimates for the enhancement or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation.

• Adjust and revise estimates when necessary.

• Ensure all changes to scope follow processes and are documented.

• Ensure new estimates are approved by the client and agreed upon.

• Adjust and revise estimates when necessary.

• Monitor project milestones and phases to ensure the project is on schedule.

• Prepares status reports on a periodic basis for program team, team leads, group leads, and program manager and appropriate stakeholders.

• Develop the detailed program plan for the enhancement or development effort.

• Accountable for the final program management evaluation review with stakeholders for approval upon program completion.

• Responsible to tailor and baseline all program templates.

• Accountable to schedule or monitor status reviews, peer reviews, program management inspections, and software quality assurance work product and process reviews with the appropriate designated resources.

• Notify team leads of project timelines, milestones, phases, work requests target dates, and approved executable work package.

• Coordinate and present proposals to agencies as necessary.

• Analyze and distribute reports on program metrics associated with work items related to improvement measures.

• Ensure processes and activities are followed.

• Accountable for the approval and sign-off of the program plan with customer representatives, such as portfolio managers, and all affected program stakeholders.

• Accountable for management of scope for the program and gaining agreement and approval of scope changes with customer representatives and affected stakeholders.

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customer representatives.

• Direct work planning and scheduling design work.

• Coordinate and present proposals to agencies as necessary.

• Identify and manage program risk and develop risk mitigation strategies, track to closure.

• Ensure team leads adjust and revise estimates when necessary.

• Anticipate issues and proactively address them. Resolve conflicts with sensitivity and tact.

• Coordinate the establishment of program standards and program specific procedures with team leads.

• Responsible for project compliance with standards and procedures.

• Responsible for the capture and reporting of required program management metrics.

• Responsible to tailor and baseline all program templates.

• Develop and facilitate achievement of program service commitments and performance metrics.

• Ensure that tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the program and meet service commitments, conduct reviews with agencies.

• Accountable for the final program management evaluation review with stakeholders for approval upon program completion.

• Communicate effectively with customers and software / hardware suppliers supporting the State as appropriate.

• Identify and track issues.

• Balance workload with program members' capacity.

• Plan program specific training and orientation needs.