Enterprise Project Manager

Title : Enterprise Project Manager
Location : Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Duration : 12 months

I need four senior (10 years +) Enterprise Project Managers coming out of a large consulting environment like the big four. The PMP is a must and this client is very selective. They like career consultants with a good pedigree and large consulting company experience.

This position is responsible for leading large scale program(s), providing guidance and direction to teams of one or more Project Manager/Lead/Coordinator with multiple sub-projects within the program.

Key activities to be performed in this capacity include:

Governs consistent processes, tools and guidelines for the program and ensures that they are followed in support of the enterprise Project Management discipline and governance
• Manages holistic resource forecasting and planning in order to ensure that both internal and external resources are available throughout the program
• Manages Vendor Partnership relationships as applicable
• Responsible for the ramp up and management of all consultant project managers; provides guidance and oversight in the creation of program/project management deliverables
• Single point of escalation for issues and risks related to program(s)
• Formulate and present recommendations and drive decision making with key stakeholders
• Ensures that projects in the program(s) are being executed in accordance with established business objectives & technology road map adhering to timelines and budgets
• Able to manage projects when necessary
• Collaborates with the ITS leadership to manage day to day resource conflict, risks and issues related to the program
• Maintains executive level issues and risk across the program. Escalates to the program executives to resolve conflict and issues
• Accountable for program(s) financials
• Develop and maintain integrated plans for projects in the program(s)
• Maintain PMP certification

Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree or higher required
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification required
• Direct experience as a successful Project Manager (PM) required
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the project and program management disciplines
• Experience in vendor management, including developing and managing Statement of Works
• Extensive experience managing large-scale vendor implementations and partnerships
• Demonstrated success handling initiatives of high complexity and risk
• Able to provide high level program estimates and program staffing models
• Able to identify the interrelationship of projects across the program
• Organizational agility and ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Able to communicate effectively across a variety of audiences
• Able to think strategically with an enterprise-wide perspective
• Demonstrated conflict management skills and experience
• Proven listening, facilitation, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Results-oriented individual with strong influencing and problem solving skills
• Detail-oriented individual with strong planning and analytical skills
• Ability to work evening and weekends based on business needs
• Executive presence and communication
• Must be able to clearly articulate project updates to stakeholders and members of the senior leadership team.
• Must be able to tailor appropriate message to the level required based on audience
• Possess strong presence with confidence and polish
• Waterfall and Agile Methodology Experience
• With various dependent projects potentially being executed with different methodologies, the candidate must have strong experience running waterfall, agile and hybrid programs, aligning processes and deliverables where necessary.
• Must posses direct experience with agile projects, including deliverables, roles and project metrics/dashboards/reports
• Vendor Management
• Because a number of initiatives will be executed by external teams, the candidate is exepcted to have strong experience managing internal, external and hybrid teams
• Large Program Management experience
• Experience with programs composed of numerous tracks and projects
• Ability to deliver updates, risks and information on dependent or independent project initiatives
• Experience working with numerous project managers responsible for elements of the overall program. Ability to align goals, progress and reporting among a variety of teams and owners.

This is IMMEDIATE requirement