Hybrid Director, Strategic Program Management

at skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

• Job title: Director, Strategic Program Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Smithfield, United States

About the role

• Program leader responsible for leading FI programs and projects execution. Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure delivery value and adherence to standards.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading activities associated with the delivery, readiness and overall execution of FI programs and FI and IWMS projects.
• Work closely with the executive sponsors, Product Areas and Stakeholders to ensure that the initiative stays on track and delivers value to our customers.
• Champion standard tools and agile ways of working to run program activities, track dependencies, create qualitative and quantitative executive reporting.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience collaborating and building positive relationships within a sophisticated agile organization, ideally in financial services.
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with specific strengths in communicating with senior leaders.
• Ability to enable and drive synchronization and partnership between squads and program team for clear communication and effective execution.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think through problems, assess a variety of factors and recommend solutions.
• Flexibility and the skill to both lead and contribute to workstreams are a must.
• Consistent track record leading sophisticated programs by balancing execution, priorities, dependencies, risk factors, compliance to regulatory and internal controls while meeting client expectations.
• Strong attention to detail as well as effective time management abilities
• Demonstrated self-starter that thrives in an independent environment
• Relevant program management and technology leadership focus is significantly beneficial.
• Demonstrated ability working within a product management, project management team or relevant experience is preferred.
• Assimilate business needs with operational, technical and readiness requirements of a program.
• Drive and enable strategic programs within Fidelity Institutional and across Fidelity within our agile framework.
• Partner with business unit partners, domains, product areas, business owner(s), and technology teams to develop scope and project tasks.
• Developing realistic, workable iterative plans, identifying dependencies and risks and providing transparency to leadership around progress.
• Provide leadership and oversight associated with balancing customer expectations during iterative development, coordinating customer communications, and implementing effective governance.
• Liaise with legal, risk, compliance, and audit as required.
• Champion standard tools and agile ways of working (e.g., JIRA Align) to run program activities, track dependencies, create qualitative and quantitative executive reporting.
• Liaise with initiative executive sponsors to ensure continued alignment with initiative’s objectives.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities