Senior Program Manager

Project Description

You will be part of the client's PMO team and will take over the Program Manager role of a program of projects within the Energy domain. We will work on various applications covering generation control, distribution control, transmission control, and service crew control. The implementation area of these products is very high-scale (e.g. country-wide systems), spanning across multiple platforms and applications. 

As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for managing several engineering teams, planning, organizing, and directing the completion of the delivery commitments.

Key requirements:

- 5+ years of experience in managerial positions on software projects, where at least 1 year you worked as a Senior Manager (you had other managers reporting to you)

- Proven experience in project planning, estimations, and delivery metrics reporting.

- Solid understanding of engineering practices, software development standards, tools, and frameworks (at the level enabling engagement with Developers on the Team);

- Excellent communication and negotiation skills (including fluent English language skills);

- Strong Facilitation skills to be able to lead on-site client meetings and client negotiations;

- Ability to communicate over several contacts from the client side and streamline requests from them into the distributed dev team;

- Experience in project staffing and people management across several geo-s;

- Experience working in an enterprise environment with multiple stakeholders;

- Experience with finance management (invoicing, P&L, finance reporting);

- Experience with pre-sale: preparing pre-sale presentations and pitching clients;

- Experience with legal: you're able to prepare SoW on your own;

Would be a great advantage:

- Previous working experience in Energy domain companies like Hitachi Energy, ABB, Siemens, GE. Experience in working with power grids, energy network management, and control systems;

- Knowledge of energy generation, transmission, and distribution systems, as well as industry-specific regulations and standards

Job Responsibilities

- Coordination and facilitation of multiple teams&stakeholders from both client and GL side.

- Working on the program benefits plan and realisation plan. Discussing, presenting and defending this plan together with the client team.

- Working on timelines, roadmaps, budgets, and scope for program projects. Serving as a focal point, major sync person for GL and client teams.

- Contribute to establishing, enforcing, and improving Software Development policies and procedures to constantly improve operational effectiveness. You will be responsible for transparent reporting in people management, finance, and delivery