[Hiring] Program Manager @Iconma Portal

Role Description

Our client, an IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Program Manager - Mainframe Software migration for their Remote location.

• Provide project management of software migration projects for clients on the IBM Z platform.
• Consult with management and review project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, and allocation of resources.
• Analyze the need for and provide the necessary project management for project planning, execution (including the development of project plans).
• Report on project activities, changes in scope, challenges and requirements to the leadership team as a strategic tool in keeping implementers and decision makers moving toward consistent, business or mission-focused goals and objectives.
• Communicate with management internally and at the customer on ongoing status, milestones, and project risks.
• Review and analyze process & procedures in order to find opportunities for improvement and increased efficiencies, then help drive implementation of these improvements.
• Monitor, assess, and improve the effectiveness of program best practices, ensuring continual process and quality improvement with a primary focus on the client account.

Qualifications

• At least five years of technical project management experience.
• PMP or PRINCE2 certification.
• Demonstrated knowledge of operations and project management skills.
• Demonstrated excellent written and communications skills.
• Experience managing cross-functional technical teams, with overall responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables, which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management.
• Demonstrated experience creating and managing complicated project plans that span multiple years that leverage client, consulting and 3rd party organization resources.
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to organize competing priorities and adapt to change.

Requirements

• IBM Z Mainframe experience.
• Experience with IBM Z software products.
• Microsoft Office (Word, PPT) certification.
• Experience doing application development on IBM Z, including programming languages like Cobol or PL/1 is a plus.

Benefits

• Health Benefits.
• Referral Program.
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities.