Associate Director, Program Manager – Records Mgmt

Key Responsibilities

• Lead & drive our largest and most complex DT programs, showing up with an entrepreneurial sense of urgency and ownership, as if you were investing your own money in the program’s results.
• Understand and support the Strategic Vision of the organization and ensure strategic alignment as a trusted advisor.
• Instill trust to develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with digital and functional executive sponsors to understand their strategic interests & viewpoints.
• Ability to seamlessly navigate the political landscape amongst senior leaders in the function and DT.
• Oversee all the normal PM fundamentals: project schedule, key decisions, resources, financials, requirements, issues, risks, dependencies.
• Drive the program’s delivery cadence and maintain momentum and accountability, blending agile & waterfall techniques as needed.
• Continuously demonstrate progress, provide status reports/briefings. Create compelling materials to effectively communicate with senior/executive leaders the value delivery story for the program.
• Efficiently shepherd your programs through our phase-gated project governance framework. Maintain the team’s focus on critical cyber, architecture, and compliance artifacts and secure relevant approvals at each gate.
• With grit and tenacity, attack complex issues and challenges for your program. Often involves tactful executive escalations and driving for key decisions. All without leaving a wake of destruction and burned bridges.
• In addition to knocking it out of the park on your assigned program, you’ll participate in efforts to continuously improve and mature our PM services and evolve our value management capabilities.
• Ability to travel ~20% within US

Qualification & Requirements

Must have

• Typically a university degree and 12 years prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in related field and minimum 10 years’ experience OR in absence of a degree, 15+ years of relevant experience is required
• 8+ years’ experience with program management oversight of DT software development or infrastructure initiatives.
• 5+ years’ of proven experience in Records Management: Proven experience in managing records management projects, including understanding of records lifecycle, retention schedules, and compliance requirements.
• 5+ years’ of knowledge of Regulatory Requirements: Familiarity with regulatory requirements and standards related to records management, such as ISO 15489, GDPR, and other relevant laws and regulations.
• 5+ years’ of Technical Expertise: Experience with records management systems (RMS) and related technologies, including electronic document management systems (EDMS), as well as knowledge of record storage and destruction processes.
• 5+ years’ of demonstrated ability to interface and collaborate with concurrent Enterprise programs, managing dependencies, resources, and schedule.
• 3+ years’ experience building and managing schedules in MS Project.

Preferred

• Experience working in a government and/or large, complex corporate/industrial environment.
• Expert in creating visually appealing, executive-level PowerPoint presentations.
• Experience developing & managing financial business cases & cost/benefit analyses for DT programs.
• Experience with integrating multiple project methodologies including waterfall & Agile frameworks like SAFe.
• Role model in exhibiting and intentionally developing leadership behaviors in yourself & others by Driving Results, Instilling Trust, Collaborating and Communicating Effectively, maintaining Customer Focus and demonstrating Courage and Strategic Vision.
• SAFe or similar agile certifications and Project Management certification (PMP, etc.)

Benefits

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.