Project/Program manager

Innova Solutions • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Project/Program manager. This is a full-time contract (W2) role with a duration of 6+ months. The position is located in the USA and is a hybrid role, requiring travel to the local client office. The primary skills required for the role include cross-functional leadership, stakeholder management, dependency management, strong planning and organization, risk and issue management, comfort with ambiguity, and ownership/proactive leadership. The ideal candidate will have experience in large programs within complex, multi-workstream programs with significant interdependencies. They should be comfortable working across business, tech, vendors/consultants, change, risk, etc., rather than managing a single isolated team. Strong communication skills are essential for synthesizing complex information, facilitating meetings, driving decisions, and communicating status clearly and concisely. The candidate should not just track actions but actively drive work and follow through to resolution. Transformation/Coupa implementation experience is a plus.

Requirements

• Cross functional leadership
• Stakeholder management
• Dependency management
• Strong planning and organization
• Risk and issue management
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Ownership/proactive leadership
• Large program experience: has worked within a complex, multi-workstream program with significant interdependencies
• Comfortable working across business, tech, vendors/consultants, change, risk, etc., rather than managing a single isolated team
• Can navigate different levels of leadership, functional leads, SMEs, and partners and knows when/how to escalate
• Understands how their workstream connects to others and proactively identifies upstream/downstream impacts
• Can translate a large body of work into a clear plan, milestones, owners, dependencies, and next steps
• Can identify risks early, drive mitigation, distinguish a risk from an issue/blocker, and elevate what needs leadership attention
• Doesn't need everything perfectly defined before moving work forward and can bring structure to evolving work
• Able to synthesize complex info, facilitate meetings, drive decisions, and communicate status clearly and concisely
• Doesn't just track actions, actually drives the work and follows through to resolution
• Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration!
• This position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W-2 basis.

Nice To Haves

• Transformation/Coupa implementation experience

Responsibilities

• Cross functional leadership
• Stakeholder management
• Dependency management
• Strong planning and organization
• Risk and issue management
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Ownership/proactive leadership
• Translate a large body of work into a clear plan, milestones, owners, dependencies, and next steps
• Identify risks early, drive mitigation, distinguish a risk from an issue/blocker, and elevate what needs leadership attention
• Bring structure to evolving work
• Synthesize complex info, facilitate meetings, drive decisions, and communicate status clearly and concisely
• Drive the work and follow through to resolution

Benefits

• Medical & pharmacy coverage
• Dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Health saving account (HSA)
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Short term and Long term Disability
• Accident & Critical illness coverage
• Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection
• Sick time
• other types of paid leaves (as required by law)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed