Planning & Execution Specialist

Equifax • Alpharetta, GA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you. What you’ll do Lead design, implementation and management of highly complex strategic initiatives. Work with leadership and BU to deliver detailed designs for business cases and initiatives across the company Perform Risk Management, including governing the risk and issue process, from risk, issue, and dependency identification, to developing and tracking mitigation plans, and facilitating the escalation of any issues or dependencies that block delivery Monitor and communicate initiative measures of success, plans, status, issues and risks in a timely manner to team members, stakeholders and senior management Present solutions to have the greatest impact on profitability and client satisfaction Develop short and long-term delivery strategies while outlining assumptions, success drivers, dependencies, expected outcomes and offering strategic alternatives necessary to pivot due to internal or external business goals Facilitate planning activities for the team Facilitate budget activities for team Manage time tracking governance activities for the team (ensuring proper codes are changed, time is submitted and approved, etc.)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Results-oriented professional with 7+ years of technology planning/ program management, Release Train Engineer, Program Manager or Scrum Master experience
• Experience in managing complex programs involving extensive change management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Forecasts and plans resource requirements for complex initiatives
• Experience in building and managing medium to large delivery functions using Agile methodology or has managed the entire business pillar portfolio with a supporting team
• Consistent with Equifax’s 3/2+2 flexible work framework, a willingness to work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in Equifax’s Atlanta-based office

Nice To Haves

• The ability to demonstrate our Success Profile Key Skills as follows:
• Analytical Thinking - Understand product and software development life-cycle principles with a keen focus on financial responsibility; Skilled in recommending process improvements that benefit local and global teams resulting in improved velocity, accuracy and delivery.
• Business Partnership and Consulting - Drives culture of accountability through actions and stakeholder engagement and expectation management; Communicate difficult concepts and influences others to adopt a different point of view, advocating for others and addressing counterproductive behaviors; Interact with key decisions-makers within own function and across related functions to successfully navigate Equifax’ organization, involving others across the organization as needed; Contribute to and participate in global collaboration for continuous process improvement; Cultivate robust and sustainable working relationships between business and technology teams to foster a cross-functional team environment.
• Execution - Highly results and outcomes driven with energy and determination to succeed in a fast-paced environment where response and leadership is critical to success; Drive adherence to agile best practices and enforce the use of planning and delivery tools and artifacts that sustain and excel delivery accuracy and velocity; Provides coaching, leadership and talent development; ensures teams functions as a high-performing team; able to identify performance gaps and opportunities for upskilling and transition when necessary; Manage risks & issues, works with the team on remediation plans, as well as manages escalations where needed; Support the removal of blockers for the team; Facilitate quarterly planning activities in partnership with tribe leadership; Support a culture of continuous planning, prioritization and delivery accountability through all communication channels and transparency.
• Strategic Planning - Oversee the delivery of larger alliance goals and ensure the delivery plans are aligned; Drives delivery plans, identifies risks and outline mitigation plans, and handles budget strategies; Ensure the team's work aligns to team and organizations goals and objectives; Facilitate agile or program ceremonies as needed (scrum or scrum, status meetings, stand-ups, reviews, demos, retros, capacity planning, etc.); Participate in strategy discussions; lead proper planning aligned with strategic goals and drive appropriate supporting education, communication, and collaboration to position the organization for successful delivery.
• Technical Communication / Presentation - Effective communicator at all levels both internally and externally; Articulates complex messages and the impacts to stakeholders to build support and agreement; Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to tailor to specific audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation and management of highly complex strategic initiatives.
• Work with leadership and BU to deliver detailed designs for business cases and initiatives across the company
• Perform Risk Management, including governing the risk and issue process, from risk, issue, and dependency identification, to developing and tracking mitigation plans, and facilitating the escalation of any issues or dependencies that block delivery
• Monitor and communicate initiative measures of success, plans, status, issues and risks in a timely manner to team members, stakeholders and senior management
• Present solutions to have the greatest impact on profitability and client satisfaction
• Develop short and long-term delivery strategies while outlining assumptions, success drivers, dependencies, expected outcomes and offering strategic alternatives necessary to pivot due to internal or external business goals
• Facilitate planning activities for the team
• Facilitate budget activities for team
• Manage time tracking governance activities for the team (ensuring proper codes are changed, time is submitted and approved, etc.)

Benefits

• We offer comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages, 401k matching, paid time off, and organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees