This featured candidate is a passionate Senior Program Manager who specializes in strategic alignment and operating model optimization! Please take a moment to review his professional summary:
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Initiated an organizational shift by establishing a ‘System of Delivery’ to construct a large scale data warehouse that has enabled business units to discover and leverage data by systematically integrating Business, Product, Engineering, and Executive leadership teams.
- Created a Program Governance Model & Operating System for a large auto manufacturer that enabled visibility, traceability and measured progress towards annual Objectives & Key Results (OKRs).
- Led a three year cross-collaborative effort for a luxury retail company to modernize their enterprise infrastructure, ultimately saving the organization ~$1.2 million in potential CapEx.
FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Program Management: Led complex, cross-functional programs across the full lifecycle, including benefits management, program governance, strategic alignment and overall lifecycle management.
- Program Leadership: Managed large-scale programs involving more than 200 resources and 22 product teams.
- Delivery Methodologies: Experienced with Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, Kanban, Critical Path and flow-based methodologies.
- Jira Expertise: Served as a Jira subject matter expert (SME), with deep experience creating dashboards to support program tracking, reporting and decision-making.
- Dashboard Development: Built Jira dashboards and HTML-based dashboards using Claude to improve program visibility and stakeholder reporting.
- Executive & Agile Coaching: Served as both an Agile Coach and Executive Coach for a Fortune 100 organization, supporting leadership, delivery and organizational effectiveness.
- Professional Certifications: Holds PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PMOCP, Google Cloud Digital Leader, Google Cloud Generative AI Leader, CSM, and ITIL v3 certifications. Currently pursuing PMI-CPMAI certification.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 15 years of experience in Program Management
CAREER GOAL: Currently seeking director-level roles
PREFERRED EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time
PREFERRED LOCATION: Remote, or Hybrid in NJ or Philadelphia 2 times per week