Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple projects within a program of work.

• Develop program’s integrated plan, budget and scope and identify interdependencies between different workstreams.

• Define program governance arrangement win accordance to the PMO governance and delivery frameworks.

• Direct and coach the project managers to ensure alignment to the program’s vision.

• Report to the steering committee on the overall program progress, risks and issues.

• Manage vendors and external program stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of the outcomes.

• Oversee the day to day program activities and resolve any conflicts.

• Engage through contract negotiations and be responsible for translating requirements into operational plans, seeking buy-in across all stakeholder groups.

• Continuously benchmark program management performance with the support of the PMO to identify improvements and achieve higher capability maturity in the delivery.

• Manage interdependencies between the program projects and other related projects.

• Ensure all projects resource requirements are fulfilled.
  
  
  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  
  

  • Proven experience with Custom Applications Development and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

  • Excellent communications, influence, negotiation and leadership skills

  • Significant stakeholder and relationship management at different levels.

  • Strong vendor management experience.

  • Hands-on experience with project management tools (e.g. MS Project Server, MS SharePoint, Jira, ..etc).

  • Resilient and be comfortable working in an ambiguous environment with ability to lead teams in this.

  • Results-oriented, out-of-the-box, problem solver.

  • Exposure to different technologies and integration between systems and applications is highly desirable.

  • Experience in procurement and tendering.

  • Experience in different project delivery methodologies from waterfall to Lean/Agile.

  • Understanding the systems and operations of Government is a plus.

  • Previous experience in delivering large complex projects in public sector is a plus
    
    
    Requirements / Certifications:

    
    

    • B.Sc. degree in Engineering, Computer Science or another relevant field.

    • 10+ years of experience in program and projects management.

    • Certified in Program and /or Project management (PgMP/MSP and/or PMP) or equivalent.

    • Demonstrated professional experience in leading programs and projects.