Senior Manager – IT Projects and Programs

📋 Description

• Develop, sustain, and enhance collections of interconnected projects alongside various stakeholders throughout the organization to effectively provide capabilities that support both strategic and operational requirements.

• Responsible for the oversight and governance of a diverse range of IT projects and programs, varying from large-scale transformational initiatives to a portfolio of related programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

• Exhibit a profound understanding of business acumen and organizational dynamics among administrative, clinical, human resource, information technology, and quality functions, including their interactions and interdependencies.

• Create, maintain, and implement extensive project plans or integrated program strategies, encompassing charters, scope definitions, communication strategies, roadmaps, resource allocations, timelines, milestones, deliverables, risk management, and dependency oversight across the portfolio.

• Direct and oversee a team of Project Managers and Project Analysts, focusing on talent development, coaching, performance assessments, and managing the recruitment process from candidate evaluation to the onboarding of new staff.

⛳️ Requirements

• Associate’s degree and a minimum of four (4) years of Program Management experience required in:

• Leading and managing IT teams in delivering IT projects and programs.

• Oversight of project, portfolio, or program management in a regulated industry (finance, healthcare, government).

• Senior or lead role in delivering large-scale, complex IT transformation initiatives.

• Business-facing and executive-level reporting for IT projects, programs, or transformation initiatives;

• OR

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two (2) years of Program Management experience required in:

• Leading and managing IT teams in delivering IT projects and programs.

• Oversight of project, portfolio, or program management in a regulated industry (finance, healthcare, government).

• Senior or lead role in delivering large-scale, complex IT transformation initiatives.

• Business-facing and executive-level reporting for IT projects, programs, or transformation initiatives;

• OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Project Management certification such as Project Management Institute (PMI) Program Management Professional (PgMP), Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or PRINCE2.

• A valid driver’s license is required.

• Residency within North Carolina is mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health Insurance with no premium for employee coverage

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• 24 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) plus 12 paid holidays in your first year

• NC Local Government Retirement Pension (defined-benefit plan)

• 401k with 5% employer match and immediate vesting

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifying employer

• Quarterly stipend for remote work supplies