Senior Program Manager

Sysco • Remote - Canada - Alberta, AB

4d • CA$100,000 - CA$150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Strategically drive approved programs through the project lifecycle, relying on expertise to anticipate and address change requests, issue management, risk management and status reporting. Manages the scope, schedule, budget, quality, and post-pilot deployment waves of very large (multiyear) programs from pilot to full deployment across the enterprise. Creates long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones, adhering to deadlines, and allocating resources. Delegate tasks on the project to team members best positioned to complete them. Responsible for ensuring effective decision making when presented multiple options for how to progress with the project. Oversee dependencies across program tasks. Manages other project managers.

Requirements

• 10 years project management experience in a project or program management role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with project management tools and methodology.
• Demonstrated understanding of project financials and measures of performance.

Nice To Haves

• CAPM/PMP, Prince 2 or similar certification.
• Experience with Agile Methodology or CSM certification preferred.
• 10 years' experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or PlanView.

Responsibilities

• Owns all aspects of 1 high complexity or 2 or more medium complexity programs, to deliver approved business functionality to Sysco.
• Defines and leads program scope, approach, program-level assumptions, dependencies, risk, and budget.
• Partners with all stakeholders and dependent projects and programs to develop detailed program schedules.
• Coordinates activities, critical dates, and dependencies across multiple distinct projects/programs.
• Prepares financial plans showing profiled capital and revenue expenditure.
• Defines financial reporting requirements and arrangements for the release of funding linked to stage or phase gates.
• Establishes budget governance processes at the program level to drive efficiency and timely completion of initiatives.
• Oversees project budget, including purchases and contracts, monthly spend and resource forecasting.
• Seek cost-effective alternatives to enhance cost efficiency while delivering quality results.
• Conducts and supervises financial processes such as budgeting, forecasting, and correct coding of actual expenses.
• Supervises creation of purchase requisitions and onboarding third-party resources to specific programs.
• Leads the development of the Business Case, in alignment with senior stakeholders and obtaining agreement through approving governance bodies.
• Collaborates with financial business partners and leadership team to support IT business case creation.
• Identifies and monitors program risks (threats and opportunities), planning and implementing responses to them and responding to other issues impacting the program.
• Manages risks and issues, including those that are strategic and politically sensitive, ensuring regular reporting and escalation as appropriate.
• Serves as final point of escalation in remediation of risks, issues, or requests.
• Evaluates impact of scope changes on the program(s) and how they may interact with other projects.
• Drives communications between stakeholders of dependent projects and with Sysco management.
• Identifies, addresses, and resolves differences between individuals and/or stakeholder interest groups using conflict management techniques.
• Mentor and train project and program managers in their technical and professional development.
• Identify and coordinate training needs.
• Map program dependencies and identify owners, build dependency management into the program's governance cycle.
• Defines quality indicators for processes/outputs and manages quality assurance and control processes for projects/programs.
• Uses these to determine whether success criteria are met, capture lessons learned, and implement change control processes.
• Independently creates and supervises reporting flows and processes for multiple projects/teams/workstreams in a program.
• May manage other project management members of the team.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Optional Insurance
• Parental Leave Plan
• Company Pension Plan
• Group RRSP & TFSA
• Employee and Family Assistance
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Maple Virtual Care
• Unlimited on-line learning
• Sysco product discounts
• Preferred vendor discounts
• Associate Resource Groups

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior